The Formula Ford Festival is one of the highlights of the British racing season and, on its 40th year of running, it's still providing a platform for ambitious young drivers to show their potential, as Ben Anderson explains

The Formula Ford Festival is the stuff of legend in Britain - an annual racing extravaganza that has carved itself a special place in the motorsport annals over the past four decades.

The event has been the highlight of the Formula Ford calendar ever since British Racing and Sports Car Club visionary Peter Browning first decided to run an all-Formula Ford meeting at Snetterton in 1972.

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