The International Gold Cup is a prize awarded annually to the winner of a motor race held at the Oulton Park circuit, Cheshire, England. In the 1950s and 1960s it formed one of a number of highly regarded non-Championship Formula One races, which regularly attracted top drivers and teams. With the increasing cost of F1, the number of non-Championship events dwindled and the Gold Cup fell by the wayside in the mid-1970s. After this time the Cup was open to Formula 5000 cars, then Formula 3000 cars, before finally being reduced to a courtesy award made for the winner of the race deemed "highlight of the weekend"[1]. The Cup proper was reinstated by the Historic Sports Car Club in 2003, for the winner of a race for historic F1 cars at the same circuit.
The Oulton Park circuit opened in 1953 and the first Gold Cup meeting was held the following year. As a sign of things to come Stirling Moss won both the first and second events; he would go on to win the Gold Cup a further three times before an accident prematurely ended his career. Perhaps appropriately it was Moss that was at the wheel when the Ferguson P99 took the first ever victory by a four-wheel drive F1 car and the last victory for a front-engined F1 car, in the 1961 Gold Cup race. Other famous winners include Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme.
Winners
Year | Driver | Constructor | Championship/Class | Report |
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2004 | ![]() | Aston Martin DBR4 | Historic racing | Report |
2003 | ![]() | Lotus-Cosworth | Historic racing | Report |
2002 | Historic racing | Report | ||
2001 | ![]() ![]() | Chrysler Viper GTS-R | British GT Championship | Report |
2000 | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT2 | British GT Championship | Report |
1999 | ![]() ![]() | Lister Storm | British GT Championship | Report |
1997–98 | Not held | |||
1996 | ![]() | Reynard-Cosworth | British Formula 2 | Report |
1995 | Not held | |||
1994 | ![]() | BMW 318i | BTCC | Report |
1993 | ![]() | BMW 318i | BTCC | Report |
1992 | ![]() | Reynard-Cosworth | British Formula 2 | Report |
1991 | ![]() | Reynard-Cosworth | British F3000 | Report |
1990 | ![]() | Reynard-Cosworth | British F3000 | Report |
1989 | ![]() | Reynard-Cosworth | British F3000 | Report |
1988 | ![]() | Ralt-Volkswagen | British Formula 3 | Report |
1987 | ![]() ![]() | Lola-Chevrolet | Thundersports | Report |
1986 | ![]() ![]() | Lola-Chevrolet | Thundersports | Report |
1985 | ![]() ![]() | Tiga GC84-Cosworth | Thundersports | Report |
1984 | ![]() ![]() | Lola-Chevrolet | Thundersports | Report |
1983 | ![]() ![]() | Chevron-Ford | Thundersports | Report |
1982 | ![]() | Fittipaldi-Ford | British Formula One Championship | Report |
1981 | ![]() | Maserati | Historic racing | Report |
1980 | ![]() | Arrows-Ford | Aurora F1 | Report |
1979 | ![]() | Wolf-Ford | Aurora F1 | Report |
1978 | ![]() | McLaren-Ford | Aurora F1 | Report |
1977 | ![]() | Surtees-Ford | Shellsport Group 8 | Report |
1976 | ![]() | Brabham-Ford | Shellsport Group 8 | Report |
1975 | ![]() | Chevron-Ford | British F5000 | Report |
1974 | ![]() | Lola-Chevrolet | British F5000 | Report |
1973 | ![]() | Chevron-Chevrolet | British F5000 | Report |
1972 | ![]() | McLaren-Cosworth | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1971 | ![]() | Surtees-Cosworth | Non-championship F1 plus Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship | Report |
1970 | ![]() | Surtees-Cosworth | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1969 | ![]() | Brabham-Cosworth | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1968 | ![]() | Matra-Cosworth | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1967 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1966 | ![]() | Brabham-Repco | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1965 | ![]() | Lola-Cosworth | Formula 2 | Report |
1964 | ![]() | Brabham-Cosworth | Formula 2 | Report |
1963 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1962 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1961 | ![]() | Ferguson-Climax | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1960 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1959 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1958 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | Sports car racing | Report |
1957 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | Formula 2 | Report |
1956 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | Formula 2/1.5 L sportscars | Report |
1955 | ![]() | Maserati | Non-championship F1 | Report |
1954 | ![]() | Maserati | Non-championship F1 | Report |