The first British Grand Prix I attended was at Aintree in 1955. The Ferrari entry that day consisted of three of the 625 models driven by Mike Hawthorn, Eugenio Castelloti and Maurice Trintignant. The only one to finish was Hawthorn's car, taken over later in the race by Castelloti, in sixth place and three laps behind the winning Mercedes Benz of Stirling Moss. The 625 was created in 1954 by modifying the chassis of the 500 model, which had been used in 1952 and 1953 when races were run under Formula Two regulations, and fitting a 2.5 litre engine. Ferrari had raced the 553 'Squalo' and the 555 'Supersqualo' in 1954 and 1955, but by the time of the 1955 British Grand Prix had reverted to the older 625. At the end of that season with the demise of the Lancia Grand Prix team their D50 cars were handed over to Ferrari who raced the cars with some modifications over the next two seasons before introducing the 246 with which Mike Hawthorn won the world championship in 1958. The photographs below show a Ferrari 625 which took part in the 'See Red' meetings at Donington Park in 2004 and 2007.
Leaving the pits for a practice session in the 2004 event
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