1962 Lotus 24

This is one of the photographs I took in the paddock at Aintree during practice for the British Grand Prix in July 1962.

It's Jack Brabham's 1962 Lotus 24 with a 1,496cc Coventry Climax V8 FWMV engine. Jack Brabham had left the Cooper team at the end of the previous season to design his own F1 car and in the 1962 season he competed with the Lotus 24 until the Brabham BT3 was available. It was hoped that he'd be able to drive the BT3 in the British Grand Prix, but it wasn't ready till the following race in Germany. At Aintree Jack Brabham qualified the car in ninth place on the grid and ended the race in fifth place. He was ninth in the World Drivers' Championship table that year, ending the season with fourth place finishes in the last two races with the Brabham BT3.