At the end of 1955 Ferrari took over the Lancia D50 team cars when Lancia pulled out of racing due to financial problems and with some modifications the car won the 1956 World Championship in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio. By the next season, however, it couldn't match the Vanwall and the Maserati 250F and in 1958 Ferrari introduced the Dino 246 F1 which was an immediate success for Mike Hawthorn who won that season's World Championship. In 1959 there were slight modifications to the car and it had a reasonably successful season, Tony Brooks finishing second in the Championship. By 1960 the car was being outclassed by the rear-engined Cooper and Lotus cars but became the last front-engined car to win a World Championship Grand Prix by winning the Italian Grand Prix. This race, however, was run on the combined road and banked oval track and was boycotted by the major British teams on safety grounds.
Today's photo is of one of the 1960 cars taken at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in July 1987.
It's taken at the inside of Lodge Corner, one of my favourite photo spots at Oulton Park.
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