Lotus 49

This is one of the cars I photographed at the Donington Park Museum on a visit in March 1996.

It's a 1968 Lotus 49 which has a 2,998cc Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The Lotus 49 was introduced in 1967, and despite reliability problems Jim Clark managed four wins to finish second in that year's World Drivers' Championship, although Graham Hill only managed to finish in two of the Grands Prix that season. Jim Clark won the first race of the 1968 Championship in South Africa and Graham Hill finished the race in second place. This was the last race for Lotus with their traditional green livery with a yellow stripe as the following race in Spain was the first appearance of the car with its new John Player's Gold Leaf livery - as seen in the above photograph. Graham Hill was now team leader as Jim Clark had died in an accident in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, and he won the Spanish Grand Prix and two other races to end the season as World Champion, Lotus winning the Constructors' Championship. 1969 was not such a successful season, the team only managing to win two races, one each for Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt, and Jochen Rindt only won one race in the car in the 1970 season before it was replaced by the Lotus 72. The car at Donington Park was chassis R12, a car built for Ford for promotional purposes, but was never raced in period as a new Lotus 49B had been produced before the car was released by Ford.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car at the Ferrari Racing Days meeting at Silverstone in September 2017.

It's a 2017 Ferrari GTC4Lusso which has the Ferrari F140ED 6,262cc V12 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. It has four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering to aid traction.

1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato

This car took part in a 5 lap Scratch Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies Race Meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's Roger Baxter's 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Zagato, a car designed by Vittorio Jano and the body by Italian coachbuilders Zagato. The 6C 1750 has a straight-6 1,752cc supercharged engine and was in production from 1929 to 1933. It was a successful race car, winning the Mille Miglia in both 1929 and 1930.

1914/18 Vauxhall A/D Type

This car competed in the Edwardian Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in June 2008.

It's Alisdaire Lockhart's 1914/18 Vauxhall A/D Type, which was driven in the race by James Gunn. The car has the chassis of a 1914 Vauxhall A Type with the 4-cylinder inline 3,996cc engine of a 1918 D Type. The A type was originally produced with 4-cylinder engines of 3,054cc and 3,402cc. The photograph was taken at McLean's Corner.

1961 Bristol Lodekka FS6G

This was one of the participants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1995.

It's a 1961 Bristol Lodekka FS6G, and the programme of the event had this information about the vehicle:

Bristol Lodekka FS6G, ECW H60RD, 1961                                                         AAO547A

Cumberland Motor Services 550

Entered by        550 Group, Whitehaven, Cumbria

Delivered in 1961 for the Carlisle to Frizington and Thornhill services, this vehicle was used as a driver trainer after withdrawal. It passed to the 550 Group in 1991 and has been restored with help from Volvo Bus, Workington.

The vehicle was reunited with its original registration, 101 DRM, in 2001 and there's more information about it on the website of the Workington Transport Heritage Trust.

De Tomaso Mangusta

This car was one of those displayed in the paddock by the De Tomaso UK Drivers Club at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's a De Tomaso Mangusta, 401 of which were produced between 1967 and 1971. The car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Carroziera Ghia, the early cars being powered by the Ford HiPo 289 cu in (4,728cc) V8 small block engine and later ones by the Ford 302 cu in (4,949cc) unit.

1994 Lola T9400

This car was part of a display at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008 marking 50 years of Lola Cars.

It's the 1994 Lola 9400 that Nigel Mansell drove for the Newman/Haas Racing Team in the Indy Car World Series in 1994. He didn't have a successful season, failing to win a single race and ending up in eighth place in the Championship. He had won the Championship in 1993 in a Lola T93 becoming the only man to hold the Indy Car Championship and the Formula One Championship at the same time, having won the Formula One title with the Williams team in 1992.