This was one of the cars taking part in the Maserati UK Race for Pre-1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.
It's Carlo Vögele's 1948 straight-8 supercharged 1½ litre Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta. The car was originally designed in 1938 to take part in the pre-war Voiturette class of racing, and when the rules for the new Formula 1 were drawn up in 1947 they allowed engines of 4½ litres unsupercharged or 1½ litres supercharged, so the Alfetta was able to take part. When the World Championship for Drivers was introduced in 1950 it was won in the first two years by these cars, driven by Giuseppe Farina in the 158 in 1950 and Juan Fangio in 1951 in the redesigned 159.
Here's Carlo Vögele in the pit lane taking the car out during a practice session.
On 3 April 2016 I showed photographs of an Alfa Romeo 158 on display in a tribute to Juan Fangio at the 1994 Coys meeting at Silverstone.
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