1954 Maserati 250F

This car took part in a paddock display and track demonstration runs by various cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005 which paid tribute to Maserati racing cars, and in particular the 250F.

This is the 1954 Maserati 250F, chassis #2515, that was for a long time one of the exhibits in Tom Wheatcroft's museum at the Donington Park circuit. Originally a Maserati team car, it was driven mainly by Roberto Mieres in the 1955 season then by Chico Landi and Gerino Gerini in two races in Argentina at the start of the 1956 season. It was then sold to Scuderia Guastalla for the remainder of the 1956 season before being bought by Ottorino Volonterio who contested Grand Prix races with it till the end of the 1959 season, driving it himself on two occasions, but mainly using other drivers. At the end of the 1959 season he retired the car from racing, but kept it until selling it in 1965 to Tom Wheatcroft.

Here's the car at McLean’s corner during one of the demonstration runs.

On 16 May 2016 I showed a photograph I took in the paddock at Aintree during practice for the 1959 British Grand Prix where the car was entered by Scuderia Centro Sud and driven by Fritz d'Orey.