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Tuesday 26 April 2022

1949 Gordini T15

This was one of the competitors in the Allcomers Scratch Race for Historic Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.
It's the 1949 Gordini T15 of Chris Renwick and is pictured on the straight leading up to Hilltop. The car is chassis 0008-GC, which was a works race car till 1950 and was acquired by Chris in 1971. It was later part of the Donington Collection from 1973 to 1994. The engine of the Gordini T15 was based on a Simca 4-cylinder 1,495cc unit, in which form it competed in Formula Two races, and with the addition of a supercharger it could run in Formula One.

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