1961 Emeryson Mk2

This is a photograph I took in the paddock at Aintree during practice for the British Grand Prix in July 1962.

It's the Emeryson Mk2 of Tony Settember who qualified in nineteenth place on the grid and ended the race in eleventh position, four laps behind the winning Lotus 25 of Jim Clark. The car was a development of the 1960 Emeryson Formula 2 car and had a 4-cylinder inline 1,496cc Coventry Climax FPF engine. Tony Settember's team had acquired the cars from Ecurie National Belge who had raced them in 1961 with Maserati engines, but Olivier Gendebien had failed to qualify his car for the Monaco Grand Prix, the only World Championship race which the team had entered that year. Tony Settember fared little better in 1962, failing to qualify for the Italian Grand Prix, the only other Grand Prix race it was entered for. Behind the Emeryson is the Ecurie Galloise transporter of Jackie Lewis.