Competitors :-

Please be aware that the last day for submitting competitor entries will be Thursday 4th September so please get those entries in now! There are just a few spaces left.

You can find the entry form on our competitors page at https://www.watergatebaymotorsport.co.uk/competitors

Spectators :-

Please note that the last day for buying spectator tickets onlinie will be Wednesday 17th September so we reccommend taking advantage of the early bird discounted tickets now!

You can buy tickets online from our spectators page at https://www.watergatebaymotorsport.co.uk/spectators

We are delighted to announce that spectator tickets can now be purchased online via the Spectators page at https://www.watergatebaymotorsport.co.uk/spectators/

Can we kindly ask our disabled visitors to purchase their tickets online and notify us by ticking the disabled access required box so we can arrange their access into the event via the paddock in/out gate, and their parking in the disabled area, just behind the main viewing area.

The 2025 competititor entry form link is now available on the competitors page :-

Please visit https://www.watergatebaymotorsport.co.uk/competitors/

Entries open at 8.00pm on 4th August 2025 and close at 8.00pm on 4th September 2025.

The supplementary regulations for competitors are now available on the website. Visit the competitors page at https://www.watergatebaymotorsport.co.uk/competitors/ for further information.

Watergate Bay Motorsport is delighted to confirm that the Watergate Bay Sprint is back for 2025!

Once again, around a hundred cars of various types and competitors of all ages will travel to the region and compete on the 20th and 21st of September along a closed 850m section of public road creating a thrilling event that the public will be able to attend.

There really isn’t another event like the Watergate Bay Sprint and through coming together to enjoy motorsport in this spectacular Cornish setting local charities are benefiting. Watergate Bay Motorsport has, since 2018, secured over £30,000 to worthy causes, including the vital work of Cornwall Air Ambulance.

The event starting life as a Hillclimb in 2018, as the pioneer closed road sprint event following a change in primary legislation in 2015 and then secondary legislation in April 2017 which enabled Motorsport UK to authorise closed road motor sport events in England. Watergate Bay transitioned into a Sprint in 2021 and continues to be one of only a handful of closed-road speed events in the UK. Its unique format attracts some of the fastest drivers in the country to the challenging course, all eager to beat class records or secure fastest times.

This year will mark the Centenary of the last of the early speed trials held on public roads, on 4 April 1925 in Hereford and Tavistock, speed events took place two days after the then decision to stop motor racing on public roads, a Bill having been put to Parliament and the RAC Competitions Committee cancelling all permits for speed contests on the open highway on 2 April 1925. Back then local authorities and Police allowed these last speed trials to proceed on the basis of ‘good sportsmanship’!

We look forward to the return of an exciting weekend of thrills, spills, and fast-paced motor racing against the spectacular backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean in 2025, what better way to mark this Centenary in Motorsport!

Further exhibitor, competitor and spectator news will be released in the near future. Please come back and check with us soon!