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 Howard Donald and Brian Johnson at Silverstone for a track day before the Silverstone Classic showdown this weekend photo by Brian Jordan

Howard Donald of chart-toppers Take That, is the latest mega-star to be joining the stellar Celebrity Challenge Trophy grid racing at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (28-30 July).
 
Along with Gary Barlow and Mark Owen, Donald is one of the three enduring members of the idolised Manchester pop group – a super-band that to date has produced no fewer than 12 UK number one singles and seven best-selling albums.
 
As well as being a member of the UK’s most popular boy-band since the Beatles, Donald is a confirmed classic car fan. He owns several race-prepared icons from yesteryear and, when time allows, pursues his passion at non-competitive circuit track days. The Silverstone Classic showdown, however, will be his race debut.
 
“I’m both nervous and excited – it’s my first race and it’s going to be great,” he predicted. “I have done a lot of track days in some of my cars and I have always asked myself the question ‘why am I not racing?’… and now I am!”
 
Donald will not just be ‘racing’ but racing on the famous Silverstone Grand Prix circuit just a couple of weeks after Lewis Hamilton and his fellow F1 aces will have contested the British Grand Prix on the very same track.
 
“To be doing my first race at Silverstone is going to be absolutely amazing,” he grinned. “I have done track days around the Grand Prix circuit but racing is a completely different kettle of fish. It’s going to be exciting, especially in a car I have never driven before.”
 
Come the Silverstone Classic, Donald will be lining up alongside a host of other famous faces all armed with equally-matched, race-tuned Austin A30s and A35s from the Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) Academy.
 
“I’ve been watching them on YouTube, they are just so cute,” he continued. “I am quite competitive but I know some of

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 Howard Donald and Brian Johnson at Silverstone for a track day before the Silverstone Classic showdown this weekend photo by Brian Jordan<br /> <br /> Howard Donald of chart-toppers Take That, is the latest mega-star to be joining the stellar Celebrity Challenge Trophy grid racing at this summer’s Silverstone Classic (28-30 July).<br />  <br /> Along with Gary Barlow and Mark Owen, Donald is one of the three enduring members of the idolised Manchester pop group – a super-band that to date has produced no fewer than 12 UK number one singles and seven best-selling albums.<br />  <br /> As well as being a member of the UK’s most popular boy-band since the Beatles, Donald is a confirmed classic car fan. He owns several race-prepared icons from yesteryear and, when time allows, pursues his passion at non-competitive circuit track days. The Silverstone Classic showdown, however, will be his race debut.<br />  <br /> “I’m both nervous and excited – it’s my first race and it’s going to be great,” he predicted. “I have done a lot of track days in some of my cars and I have always asked myself the question ‘why am I not racing?’… and now I am!”<br />  <br /> Donald will not just be ‘racing’ but racing on the famous Silverstone Grand Prix circuit just a couple of weeks after Lewis Hamilton and his fellow F1 aces will have contested the British Grand Prix on the very same track.<br />  <br /> “To be doing my first race at Silverstone is going to be absolutely amazing,” he grinned. “I have done track days around the Grand Prix circuit but racing is a completely different kettle of fish. It’s going to be exciting, especially in a car I have never driven before.”<br />  <br /> Come the Silverstone Classic, Donald will be lining up alongside a host of other famous faces all armed with equally-matched, race-tuned Austin A30s and A35s from the Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) Academy.<br />  <br /> “I’ve been watching them on YouTube, they are just so cute,” he continued. “I am quite competitive but I know some of