These cars are approaching the Old Hairpin in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars at the HGPCA's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.
Leading is Michael Schryver in his 1960 Lotus 18 with a 2,495cc Coventry Climax engine. The Lotus 18 was designed to be used in Formula Junior, Formula Two and Formula One events, 1960 being the last year of Formula One's 2½ litre limit that started in 1954. The following car is Frank Sytner's 1963 Brabham BT4, chassis IC-2-62, a car that was built for the Australian and New Zealand season of Formula Libre races where it was powered by the 2,751cc Coventry Climax FPF engine that was developed for Jack Brabham's attempt to win the 1961 Indianapolis 500 race in a Cooper T54. The Donington Park programme says that Frank Sytner's car had a 2,500cc engine.
On 18 August 2016 I showed a photograph of Michael Schryver's car in the pit lane at this meeting, and on 27 December 2016 a photograph of Frank Sytner's car in the paddock.
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