1971 March 711

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.

It didn't take part in any of the races and isn't mentioned in the programme of the meeting, but it's a 1971 March 711. As well as having a works March team cars were sold to private entrants and most of the cars had a 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine, but March effectively entered two teams in the 1971 races, one using the Cosworth engine and the other the 2,998cc V8 Alfa Romeo T33 engine. With the private entrants there could be as many as six of the March 711 and 701 cars in some of the Grand Prix races that year. The highest placed March driver in the World Drivers' Championship was Ronnie Peterson who finished in second place, and although he didn't manage to win any of the races he had five podium finishes.