This was one of the contestants in the Maserati UK Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000.
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It’s David Vine’s 1953 Ferrari 625 that was driven by Flavien Marçais in the race. It was originally a Formula
Two Ferrari 500 with a 4-cylinder inline 1,984cc engine designed by Aurelio
Lampredi, and competed in World Championship races in 1952 and 1953 when they
were run to Formula 2 regulations. It was an Ecurie Francorchamps car, chassis
0208F, and after being in an accident at the end of 1953 it was rebuilt as a
625 with a lengthened chassis and a 2,498cc version of the Lampredi engine to
contest the 2½ litre Formula One starting in 1954. At the same time it was
given a new chassis number, 0540. In 1955 it was acquired by Alfonso de Portago
who competed in a couple of non-World Championship Grands Prix then was injured
in a crash during practice for the International Trophy Race at Silverstone and
then sold the car. It then passed through various hands before ending up with
David Vine in 1998.
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