Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, 2017 Le Mans class winner Will Stevens and 2014 European Le Mans series champion Oliver Webb and nearly 80 local competitors will share centre stage for the second Barbados Festival of Speed at Bushy Park today, starting at 2 p.m.
And the highlight of the day/night event will be the former F1 world champion Button taking on a Twister aerobatic plane around the 2.01-kilometre circuit, while Stevens and Webb will take part in the super cars demonstrations.
But with the world F1 championship at a crucial stage with only four races remaining, Sahara Force India Formula One’s Esteban Ocon will miss today’s racing at the St Philip facility as he is preparing for next week’s United States GP.
“Force India is in sight of finishing fourth in the Constructors championship for the second year in a row, perhaps also a record points haul, so it is understandable after their recent run of good form that they want to focus on that. We are working to confirm a replacement driver shortly,” said Bushy Park Circuit Inc.’s manager Amy Willis. (TT)
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