Club tickets for the 2025 Donington Historic Festival, taking place in May, will open later this year. Members of the Lotus Drivers Club can benefit from a substantial discount on advance prices for all ticket types, covering both the driver and passengers. This special offer is applicable when booking to display on the club stand.

Motor Racing Legends, helmed by Pierre-Antoine Lecoutour, has taken over the organisation of the Festival for 2025 and has expanded it to a three-day format. That gives spectators a bank holiday weekend of outstanding on-track action on Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May. There’s further good news, with the addition of Motor Racing Legends’ superb new GT3 Legends series, with racing supercars from Aston Martin, Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini and more set to feature on the grid.

The full timetable for the event will be announced early in 2025, but, true to DHF form, enthusiasts can expect to see hundreds of classic race cars from the 1920s to the 2010s battling it out across a diverse range of categories. From sprightly vintage racers – some more than 100 years old – through to potent GT3 cars homologated between 2006 and 2012, there will be something for everyone. Touring Car fans will have a wealth of content to enjoy, with ‘tin tops’ from the 1950s to 1990s taking to the track, while lovers of exotic GT and sports cars will also be spoilt for choice. DHF 2025 also sees the return of the nimble Formula Junior single-seaters, with their close racing bound to please the crowd.

The Donington Historic Festival is also renowned for its competitive racing, with skilled drivers, often including past and present-day BTCC and Le Mans racers, putting on a superb show for the crowds all the way to the chequered flag.

Numerous car clubs and individual owners will bring hundreds of classics for display. Look out for pristine examples around the circuit and the paddock, with some taking part in special parade laps. A themed trade area will offer unique memorabilia and specialist items too, with the paddock also open all weekend.

Booking Information

To book tickets click here (available soon)

Log in to your MSV account, or register and create an MSV account if you don’t already have one. This will then take you to the booking page for the Lotus Drivers Club, with the club discount already applied. You will need to register your display vehicle account to your account, even if you previously had it registered with MSV.

Select the day or days you wish to attend and follow the booking process. Two separate items will automatically be put into your basket:

1. A vehicle display pass (this is NOT your driver entry ticket, it is the parking pass for your car). This will be emailed to you two weeks before the Festival.
2. Your driver entry ticket - this is your ticket to enter the event, and will be sent to you immediately upon booking, using the delivery method you choose.

Please also remember to add tickets for any passengers as you go through the booking process. When you get to the checkout you should find that the full 50% club discount has been applied, even if the full price for passenger tickets appears at some point during the process. 

Please note, that there is no telephone booking facility, and the club discount is only available to those bringing a display vehicle (and their vehicle passengers). If you change your display car between the time of booking and the event or wish to bring a different car on each day, your original parking pass will work, even though the car description and registration number might change. You do NOT need to request a replacement parking pass.

For queries about your booking please email events@msv.com. For further information about the event please visit www.doningtonhistoric.com or to contact us about the club display area please email p.mayhew@lotusdriversclub.org.uk