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Saturday 11 July 2020

1962 Porsche 804

I photographed this car in the Donington Park Museum in March 1996.
It's a 1992 Porsche 904, chassis #2, that was driven in the first two races of 1962 by Dan Gurney, and by Jo Bonnier for the rest of that season. The car was designed by Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of the company's founder, Ferdinand Porsche, and has a flat 8-cylinder 1,494cc boxer engine. Dan Gurney won the French Grand Prix, finished third in the German Grand Prix and in fifth place in the USA Grand Prix to end the season in fifth place in the World Drivers' Championship. Jo Bonnier finished in fifth place in Monaco and sixth place at Monza for fifteenth place in that Championship, and Porsche finished in fifth place in the Manufacturers' Championship.

The car behind the Porsche is the 1948/49 Cisitalia 360 Grand Prix Car that was designed by Ferdinand Porsche.


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