Lotus BRM

I took this photograph in the paddock on practice day for the British Grand Prix at Aintree in July 1962.

It's Wolfgang Seidel in his Lotus BRM, a 1962 Lotus 24, chassis #946, with a BRM P56 1½ litre V8 engine. An amateur driver, Wolfgang Seidel competed in Grand Prix racing between 1953 and 1962 without any notable success, this race at Aintree being his final drive. He qualified 21st and last on the grid and retired from the race on lap 11. He had some success in sports car racing, winning the Targa Florio with Edgar Barth in a Porsche 718 RSK in 1959, finishing in second place in the Reims 12 hour race with Phil Hill in a Ferrari 250 GT in 1957, and in third place in the Sebring 12 hour race with Harry Schell in a Porsche 718 RSK in 1958.