1955 Maserati 250F

The Vintage Sports Car Club's  SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005 featured the Maserati marque and in particular the Maserati 250F, and at from time to time during the meeting various of the Maseratis that were present were displayed in a marquee in the paddock. This is a photograph I took of a few of the cars that were there one of the times I walked through the marquee.

Number 237 is the 1955 Maserati 250F of Michael Hinderer, chassis #2516, a car that was mainly campaigned for the works team in 1955 by Jean Behra. At the end of that season it was sold to Australian Reg Hunt who raced it successfully for several years and it then passed through the hands of other Australian drivers before being acquired by Cameron Millar in the 1960s. Subsequent owners were Anthony Mayman, who allowed a wide range of friends to race the car, and Thomas Bscher before it ended up with Michael Hinderer. Behind that car is Maserati 250F #2515 which was then owned by Tom Wheatcroft, the owner of the Donington Park race circuit and museum. Originally a Maserati team car, it was driven mainly by Roberto Mieres in the 1955 season then by Chico Landi and Gerino Gerini in two races in Argentina at the start of the 1956 season. It was then sold to Scuderia Guastalla for the remainder of the 1956 season before being bought by Ottorino Volonterio who contested Grand Prix races with it till the end of the 1959 season, driving it himself on two occasions, but mainly using other drivers. At the end of the 1959 season he retired the car from racing, but kept it until selling it in 1965 to Tom Wheatcroft. Beyond that is a Maserati 300S sports car that I've been unable to identify, and apparently just leaving the marquee is the 1951 Maserati A6GCM of Julia de Baldanza.