MORE history was made on the 113th anniversary of Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb.

A new all-electric hill record was set by Mitch Evans driving the Jaguar Formula E car in 30.46 seconds.

On a slippery track after morning rain, the Kiwi smashed the previous best by 6.84 seconds.

Thanks to Worcestershire's GKN Driveline, the car was arguably the most technically advanced to ascend the climb that was first used in 1905.

Evans said: “It was a great honour to drive the Jaguar I-TYPE 2 at such a historic venue and the whole team was elated with the record time we managed to achieve.

"Formula E fans in the UK were incredibly welcoming and it was great to see them so excited about the car’s debut run here.

"I’m proud to have moved the class-best result a step further towards a potential pure electric outright hill record in the future.”

British Hill Climb Championship drivers had their run-offs with Will Hall taking top honours twice to add 20 more points to his title-chasing tally.

But reigning British champion Trevor Willis, of Worcester, continues to lead the standings, 32 points ahead of Hall with four weekends left at Gurston Down, Prescott, Doune and Loton Park.

Other cars present celebrated 12 decades of racing at Shelsley Walsh such as the Spider that held the record in 1926, the Vauxhall Villers so dominant in 1929, the Brabham BT16 which held the record in 1967 and the Hepworth 4WD that broke the 30-second barrier in 1971.

The outright record holder Martin Groves attended with his 22.58 seconds set in August 2008 now the longest-standing at Shelsley.

The three fastest people at Shelsley were reunited with Scott Moran (22.83) and Jos Goodyear (22.86) also on the start line.

The next racing at the Worcestershire venue is over the weekend of September 15 and 16 with the autumn speed finale.