The opening round of this season's Dunlop Great and British Motorsport Festival takes place at Snetterton this weekend, with the exciting Mini racers topping the bill.

The opening round of this season's Dunlop Great and British Motorsport Festival takes place at Snetterton this weekend, with the exciting Mini racers topping the bill.

For generations fans have flocked to the Norfolk venue to watch Minis duel around the fast sweeps of Snetterton and with five events on the 13 race card plenty of excitement is assured.

Attleborough's Jonathan Lewis makes a return to the Mini Miglia series after several years and will undoubtedly shake up the established order, giving Kelly Rogers, Colin Peacock and co a tough time. Hoping to use his extensive circuit knowledge to mix it with the front runners will be Norwich's Tony Le May, who is due a decent result on his home patch.

The Mini Sevens always give good value, with Andrew Deviny setting out to defend his title, but he will have to watch out for the speedy Max Hunter.

Three races for the new shaped Mini support the traditional machinery but are no less entertaining.

Gareth Nixon carries the coveted number one but watch out for the Fiat Uno Champion, and multi Snetterton race winner, Jason Greatrex.

Daniel Eagling will push the Classic Clubmans regulars to their limits as the Dereham racer is guesting in Sid Marler's Diamond.

Mark Charteris and the Harper brothers, Peter and Ray, will need to be on top of their game to catch the local star.

Snetterton is the venue for the debut of the SportsMaxx Production Cup in which Jethro Bovingdon had entered a potent Nissan 350Z.

Four races for the Radical sportscars complete the programme, which starts off at 4.30pm on Saturday and from 9.30am the following day.