Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph I took at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992 which featured a special display of Ferraris in the paddock.

The red car in the centre of the picture is the 1950 Ferrari 166/195 MM Touring Barchetta that the factory brought up to 195, and later to 212 specifications. Owned by Dudley Mason-Styrron it is chassis #0040M. The note about the car in the programme of the event says this:

'166/195 Barchetta

Front engined V12; 2.3 litres; 160-180 bhp at 7000rpm; ifs/double wishbones/transverse leaf springs. Rigid rear axle/semi-elliptic leaf springs. The dual model designation reflects the fact that it started out as a 2-litre car in the 166 series and finished up with a 2.4 litre engine from the 195 series. The 'Barchetta' - literally 'little boat' body is by Touring. It ran in the 1950 Mille Miglia, 4th overall (G.Bracco/U.Maglioli) and finished 12th overall. 5th in class (Luigi Villoresi) in the Targa Florio that year.'

Behind that is a 1960 Ferrari Dino 246 F1 car, one of which was the last front engined car to win a World Championship Grand Prix race - the 1960 Italian Grand Prix driven by Phil Hill. The black car on the left is a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California GT Spyder, chassis #2377GT which was owned for a long time by Hollywood film star James Coburn, and between 2008 and 2010 by Chris Evans. To the right you can see the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione, chassis #2735GT, which is the Rob Walker entered car with which Stirling Moss won the 1961 Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood.