Overview
- Cars depart from Hyde Park’s South Carriage Drive at first light, replacing the traditional Serpentine Road start for the dawn red‑flag ritual.
- More than 400 veteran cars are joined by four motorcycles and 25 period bicycles, forming the event’s largest recent pre‑1905 turnout.
- The 60‑mile route passes Buckingham Palace and Westminster before heading through Surrey and Sussex to Brighton’s Madeira Drive, with official paddocks at Hyde Park and the seafront.
- International participation tops 100 overseas entries, including an 1894 single‑cylinder Benz from Germany driven by Hermann Layher as one of the earliest starters.
- Transport advisories include selected road closures along the route and a Met Office outlook of mild conditions with early light rain clearing to brighter spells.