1962 Lola Climax Mk 4

This a photograph that I took at the Waterway corner with my Kodak Brownie 127 on practice day for the British Grand Prix at Aintree in July 1962.

It's John Surtees in the Bowmaker-Yeoman Racing Team Lola Climax Mk 4. The Lola Mk 4, like several of the other teams, used the 1,496cc V8 Coventry Climax FWMV engine. Three of these cars were apparently built with John Surtees driving chassis BRGP42 in the race and Roy Salvadori chassis BRGP43. John Surtees qualified in second place on the grid behind Jim Clark's Lotus 25 and those two drivers finished the race in that order. Roy Salvadori qualified in eleventh place on the grid but failed to finish the race, retiring after 35 laps with ignition problems.