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Enter our competition and see your design on the world-famous Silverstone track.

Have you got a passion for motorsport and thrilling door handle to door handle racing? If the answer is yes, then we've got the competition for you.

To celebrate our Bristol Street Motors with BTCC EXCELR8 Race Team and the iconic Silverstone leg of their British Touring Car Championship, we're giving you the opportunity to design a helmet for team drivers Tom Chilton and Tom Ingram.

The winning design will be unveiled on Saturday 23rd September and seen by thousands of racing fans, when 2022 champion Tom Ingram, and Tom Chilton take on the Silverstone circuit.

Download Tom Ingram PDF template Download Tom Chilton PDF template

Silverstone Circuit History

Silverstone is the penultimate weekend of action before the championship finale at Brands Hatch GP.

BTCC is renowned for action packed racing, and Silverstone delivers exactly that. The short national circuit incorporates long straights and tight corners. This creates fantastic overtaking opportunities and thrilling racing on every lap.

The race is the final chance for drivers to battle it out and set themselves up for the season finale.

How to Get Involved

Simply download the PDF templates and the rest is over to you!

Draw inspiration from the striking EXCELR8 Motorsport livery or the Silverstone circuit, which is known for being one of the most famous circuits in the world. Once you're done designing, email your entry to [email protected] and let us know which Tom it's for!

We can't wait to see where your creativity takes you - whatever direction you decide to take your design in.

Download Tom Ingram PDF template Download Tom Chilton PDF template

Submit your Design

Entries close on Monday 4th September. The winning design will be revealed at Silverstone on Saturday 23rd September.

Don't forget to follow us on social media to see if your design is the winning helmet.

Upload your design

Terms and Conditions of Entry

Win your chance to design the racing helmet of Tom Ingram or Tom Chilton, the Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) racing team drivers.

All you need to do to enter is complete a downloadable design template provided, get designing and then submit your completed design to [email protected].

For an entry to be valid, it must not contain any of the following material:

  • Copyrighted images, graphics, or characters.
  • Offensive language or images.

Entries must also keep to the design areas specified in the downloadable templates and must not remove or edit in any way any pre-existing elements of the template.

This competition is provided by Vertu Motors plc, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 05984855 whose registered office is at Vertu House, Fifth Avenue Business Park, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 0XA (Vertu Motors plc) and has been pre-approved by EXCELR8 Motorsport, who own and controls all commercial rights, (together, the Organisers)

1) PRIZE:

ONE winner will have their design painted on Tom Ingram or Tom Chilton's Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 helmet for the BTCC race at Silverstone, 23rd-24th September 2023. There is no cash alternative, and the Prize cannot be exchanged for any other prize.

2) ELIGIBILITY:

This competition is open to any resident in the UK. Entrants below the age of 18 must have parental consent in order to submit a valid entry to this competition.

Employees of the Organisers and their affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotion agencies are not eligible, nor are members of these employees families (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse and life partners).

3) TIMING:

This competition closes on Monday 4th September 2023 at 12:00am (BST) (Promotion Period).

4) ENTRY:

To be entered into the competition, you must complete the design template provided and submit your completed design to [email protected]

For an entry to be valid, it must not contain any of the following material:

  • Copyrighted images, graphics, or characters.
  • Offensive language or images.

Entries must also keep to the design areas specified in the downloadable templates. No designer is to remove, resize or move the logos already incorporated in the template. Entries must be made before the closing date, 4th September 2023 at 12:00am. Vertu Motors plc holds the right to refuse any entries that are not completed before the submission end date stated and/or do not comply with the design regulations set out.

5) WINNER SELECTION:

The competition winner will be selected by Tom Ingram, Tom Chilton and Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 at their absolute discretion (the Judges). Each person may only enter once. Entries will be ineligible and not accepted if they:

  • are incomplete
  • are found to be part of an attempt to use multiple accounts to enter
  • violate the rights of any other person or entity
  • are received outside of the Promotion Period (See 3) (TIMING)
  • are reported to violate the terms governing use of the Website.

No purchase is necessary to enter the competition. Entry constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Vertu Motors plc is not responsible for lost, corrupted or delayed entries. Vertu Motors plc reserves the right to disqualify anyone who violates these Terms and Conditions.

6) USE OF YOUR ENTRY:

The winner of the Prize consents to their full name and winning helmet design being made publicly available and posted on social media as the winner of the competition. They also consent to permit or take part in any additional publicity which may be reasonably requested by the Organisers. Any other personal data you provide when you enter may be used for future Vertu Motors Plc and/or EXCELR8 Motorsport marketing activities if you indicate your consent to such activity. Otherwise, this personal data will be used by the Organisers and agents acting on their behalf only for the operation of this competition.

7) THE HELMET DESIGN:

You acknowledge that all intellectual property rights relating to Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 including but not limited to the Bristol Street Motors and EXCELR8 logos that appears on the template helmet design is the sole property of Vertu Motors plc. You (and Vertu Motors plc) acknowledge and agree that this competition shall not operate to grant, assign, or transfer to you (or Vertu Motors plc) any intellectual property rights in the EXCELR8 logo, together with any goodwill in the same.

[By submitting your helmet design and so entering the competition, you assign to Vertu Motors plc absolutely with full title guarantee all rights, title and interest in and to your helmet design and further you waive absolutely, being the sole designer of the helmet design, any moral rights arising under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 in relation to the helmet design and, so far as is legally possible, any broadly equivalent rights you may have in any territory of the world].

8) NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS:

ONE winner will be selected by the Judges from 4th September 2023 (for further details see 4) ENTRY above). The winner will be contacted by Vertu Motors plc or agents acting on its behalf via the Website to claim their Prize. If a potential winner has not confirmed receipt of the notification within thirty-two (32) hours of the first attempt, another winner may be selected to replace them and the potential winner will cease to be entitled to the Prize. The winner may be asked to provide documentation proving their identity and eligibility to enter the competition before they are announced as a winner.

9) OTHER:

No correspondence will be entered into regarding either this competition or these Terms and Conditions. In the unlikely event of a dispute, the decision of Vertu Motors plc, or EXCELR8 as the case may be, shall be final. Vertu Motors plc reserves the right to amend, modify, cancel or withdraw this competition at any time without notice before the Prize is claimed and the winner confirmed. Participants in this competition agree that neither Organiser or its subsidiaries or group companies will have any liability whatsoever for any injuries, costs, damage, disappointment or losses of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly from acceptance, misuse or use of a Prize, or from participation in this competition. Nothing in this clause shall limit Vertu Motors Plc's or its subsidiaries or group companies' liability in respect of death or personal injury arising out of its own negligence or liability arising out of Vertu Motors Plc's fraud. This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.

10) SPIRIT OF THE COMPETITION:

If an entrant attempts to compromise the integrity or the legitimate operation of this promotion by hacking or by cheating or committing fraud in ANY way, each Organiser may seek damages from that entrant to the fullest extent permitted by law. Further, Vertu Motors plc will disqualify that entrant's entry to this competition and may ban the entrant from participating in any future competitions, so please enter fairly.