Grand Prix of the Golden Age
The annual Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or was once again part of the Peter Auto series in 2025. It was round three of the six-round championship that started in Barcelona and will also visit Imola and Estoril later in the year. The participants of this year's edition came with fresh memories from a wet Spa Classic that was run just two weekends earlier. As had been the case during the last few editions, the Group C and Endurance Racing Legends grids were missing as they do not suit the classic, undulating Circuit de Dijon-Prenois. The earlier machines from grids like the Sixties' Endurance and Classic Endurance Racing are perfectly at home on the track in the French Bourgogne region. In keeping with the origins of the event, single seater racers also starred at the 2025 Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or in the form of the HGPCA and demonstration runs for three-litre Grand Prix cars.
Our photographers were at the track throughout the weekend and have returned with this class-by-class 190-shot gallery.

Fifties and Sixties sports racers
Sports racers from the 1950s and 1960s are split in the Gentlemen Challenge with two 45-minute races for the earlier cars and the two-hour Sixties' Endurance. Additionally, there is the 90-minute 2.0L Cup for short wheelbase Porsche 911s only. Scheduled for Saturday afternoon, the single-make Porsche race is always very hotly disputed. Starting from pole position, the 911 of Kyle Tilley and Oliver Bryant came out on top again.
The first of the Gentlemen Challenge saw last minute heartbreak for the Lister Costin Jaguar shared by father and son David and Olivier Hart. They were forced to retire from the lead with a broken differential. This saw the sister car of John Spiers and Nigel Greensall claim the win. A swift, overnight repair saw the Harts back out on Sunday and score the overdue victory.
The Harts were also found in the sharp end of the Sixties' Endurance grid, which was headed by Jonathan Mitchell in a Jaguar E-Type. The very close race was unfortunately cut short by a very heavy rain shower that soaked the track with 20 minutes to go. Leading by the time of the red flag were the Harts with their Cobra Daytona, from Mitchell in his E-Type and the Cobra Daytona of Maxime Guenat and Guillaume Mahe. Even though the rain stopped, the race was not re-started.

Touring Cars
With 30 cars setting a qualifying time, the Classic Touring Challenge field for pre-1966 touring cars was particularly strong. Clinching another pole position was Kyle Tilley in his Lotus Cortina. He shared the front row with Abraham Bontrup in his rumbling and fire spitting Ford Mustang. The two of them quickly pulled away from the rest of the field with Bontrup powering through to take the lead. Tilley eventually got ahead but starting struggling with a misfire. This allowed Bontrup, only in his second season of racing, to get ahead again of his much more experienced rival and claim the victory in what was the last race of the weekend.
The first race on Sunday was for the Heritage Touring Cup. The top ten in qualifying as dominated by Ford Capris and BMW 3.0 CSLs with the Ford Escort of Raphaël de Borman in ninth the single exception. Heading the way were Maxime Guenat and Armand Mille in Equipe Europe prepared Ford Capris. Guenat made no mistake in his flame spitting Capri and scored a comfortable one-two victory from Mille. Third was for the BMW of Emile Breittmayer. Victory in the Group A category was for Armand Adriaans in his BMW 635 CSi.

Single seaters
The only non-Peter Auto grid of the weekend was the British Historic Grand Prix Cars Association. They brought together a capacity field of pre-1966 single racers that included anything from a pre-War Maserati, the one-off Lister Monzanapolis to a brace of Coopers and Lotuses. The single 25-minute qualifying session was wet and saw Will Nuthall excel in the Cooper T53 that he has campaigned successfully for many years. He beat Michel Kuiper with a Brabham by nearly four seconds. During the race, Nuthall suffered from mechanical issues, which allowed Tim Child to get ahead and claim the victory. Further down the field there was a race-long battle between a pair of Maserati 250Fs with Guillermo Fierro eventually beating John Spiers by 0.15 of a second. Starting from the back of the field in race two, Nuthall showed his true colours and worked his way all the way up the order to score a well deserved victory. This time round, Spiers got the better of Fiero in the 250F battle but again the margin was less than a second.
In addition to the races, there was also a demonstration of three-litre Grand Prix cars, which included rare gems like a Matra-engined Ligier JS17, an early Ferrari 312 F1 and the unique McLaren M25, which started life as a F5000 car but was later converted to F1 specification and entered in the 1978 Spanish Grand Prix by Emilio de Villota.

Classic Endurance Racing
Without question, the most evocative grid of the weekend was for Classic Endurance Racing 1. Oversubscribed, the field included two Gulf-liveried Porsche 917s, Ford GT40s and a colourful selection of Lolas and Chevrons. During qualifying, it was Emile Breittmayer, who proved fastest of all in his Lola T70 Mk3B, ahead of a sister car piloted by Armand Mille and another T70 that was shared by Jan Magnussen and Chris Ward. Starting from fourth on the grid, the T70 of David and Olivier Hart proved to have superior pace in the race. Even a fifteen-second penalty for track limits could not prevent the Dutch drivers to claim victory from Mille, and Magnussen and Ward. Victory in the GT class was for Didier Denat with his Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8.
The CER2 grid was not quite as populated and was headed by Maxime Guenat in a Lola T286 and Yves Scemama in a TOJ SC304. Both prototypes were powered by a three-litre Cosworth DFV engine and prepared by Equipe Europe. Guenat immediately moved into the lead and was not challenged as Scemama felt a vibration and was forced to make an unscheduled stop. Behind Guenat, it was the Chevron B31 of Ross and Charlie Hyett that finished second, while third was for the Chevron B36 that had started from the back of the grid and was shared by Gianluigi Candiani and Fred Rouvier. Finishing fourth and first in the GT2 class was the Porsche 935 K3 of the German Busch brothers.

Final thoughts
With action on the track for a solid three days, the Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or once again lived up to its reputation. The oldest surviving historic racing meeting on the European continent traditionally also has a strong enthusiast club presence and this year was no exception. In addition to showing the cars in the infield, the clubs were also allowed out on track during the brief lunch breaks. The great racing of the 2025 edition has been captured in this 190-shot gallery.