Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the Ferrari Owners Club's area at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's the 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione of Anthony Dyas, and despite the number 157 on the door of the car it didn't take part in any of the races at this meeting. This is the competition version of the Ferrari 250 GT, one of 74 built by Scaglietti, with an aluminium alloy body and the Colombo designed 2,953cc V12 engine. It is chassis #2129GT and was originally owned by Jacques Swaters' Ecurie Francorchamps, Willy Mairesse and Georges Berger taking first place with the car in the 1960 Tour de France race. Ecurie Francorchamps later merged with Johnny Claes' Ecurie Belge to form Equipe Nationale Belge.