This is the car that represented 1990 in the line-up of cars marking each of the 50 years of racing at Silverstone at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting in 1998.
It's the 1990 Tyrrell 019, designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and powered by a 3,493cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFR engine. It is notable for being the first F1 car to feature a raised nose instead of the downward pointing ones that were then commonly used, as Harvey Postlethwaite had realised that raising the nose cone would increase the amount of air passing underneath the car and thus increase the downforce produced. The car was not very successful - although Jean Alesi finished in sixth place in the car's first Grand Prix at San Marino and second at Monaco in the next race, the only other points-scoring places that season were Saturo Nakajima's two sixth places in Italy and Japan.
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