I took this photograph at Luffield Corner during the Chopard Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.
Leading the race is the 1957 Maserati 250F, chassis 2531, of Thomas Bscher, a car that was built with a 2,491cc V12 engine instead of the usual 2,490cc straight-6 unit. When Maserati disbanded the racing team at the end of the 1957 season the car was sold minus the engine and at one point acquired a Chevrolet V8 engine which was later replaced with a 3 litre V12 unit from a Maserati Tipo 63. The programme of the Silverstone event shows the engine capacity as 2,500cc. The car challenging the Maserati for the lead is the 2,200cc 1958 Lotus 16 of Chris Drake followed by the Maserati 250F of Jeffrey Pattinson, Tony Smith's Aston Martin DBR4 and what looks to be the ERA R9B of Peter Mann.
On 5 September 2015 I showed photographs of the Maserati 250F V12 that I had taken at Donington Park in 2005.
On 5 September 2015 I showed photographs of the Maserati 250F V12 that I had taken at Donington Park in 2005.
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