Brands Hatch Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision company completed the purchase of Brands Hatch and the other Octagon venues (Cadwell Park, Oulton Park, and Snetterton). Palmer immediately implemented a programme of improvements to the venue, designed to heighten customer experiences both for spectators and competitors. 25 September 2005, the inaugural A1 Grand Prix of Nations was held at Brands Hatch. A1 Grand Prix was a single-seater one-make series where the drivers represented their nation, as opposed themselves or a team. The first race, an 18-lap Sprint saw Nelson Piquet, Jr. lead flag-to-flag to win for A1 Team Brazil, ahead of Alexandre Premat (France)
Auto Racing (video game) awarding a victory to the leading car. It would go on to be awarded "Best Sports Game" at the 3rd annual Arkie Awards where it was described as an example of "true blood-and-thunder racing", and as "the racing game even those who hate motor sports ought to love". Auto Racing (video game) Auto Racing is a racing video game released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game console in 1980. "Auto Racing" pits two players against each other (or a single player against the clock) using a top-down perspective on one of five different race courses. In "Auto Racing", players