Friday's Ferrari

I took this photograph at Luffield Corner during the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's the 1959 Ferrari Dino196S of Kerry Manolas which has a 1,984cc V6 engine and is chassis #0776S. It's the only example of this model produced and was originally owned by Luigi Chinetti, for whom the Rodriguez brothers Pedro and Ricardo drove the car in the 12 Hours of Sebring Race, the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring 1000km Race in 1960. They were 7th in the Targa Florio but failed to finish the other two races. It was driven in the race by Spencer Martin.

Friday's Ferrari

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997 featured a tribute to Ferrari's 50th anniversary with a large display of cars.

This is the 1959 Ferrari Dino196S then owned by Viscount Cowdray (Michael Pearson) which is chassis #0776S and originally had a 1,984cc V6 engine, but by 1997 apparently had a 2½ litre engine. It's the only example of this model produced and was originally owned by Luigi Chinetti, for whom the Rodriguez brothers Pedro and Ricardo drove the car in the 12 Hours of Sebring Race, the Targa Florio and the Nürburgring 1000km Race in 1960. They were 7th in the Targa Florio but failed to finish the other two races. It was at one time owned by Rob Walker, hence the 'RRW 1' registration.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's Kerry Manola's 1960 Ferrari 196S Dino, chassis #0776S, that was driven in the race by Spencer Martin. The car is similar to the Ferrari TR59/60 but has a 1,984cc V6 engine instead of the TR59/60's 2,953cc V12 unit.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the paddock at the Silverstone Classic meeting in July 2010.

It didn't take part in any of the races but appears to be a Ferrari Dino Sports Prototype from the late 1950s. I've seen it described as a 1958 Ferrari Dino 196S replica, but only one Dino 196S was ever built and this car doesn't really resemble it. The Dino 196S is a 1959 car, chassis #0776S, and  has a 1,984cc V6 engine, but the DVLA record says that this replica is a 1958 Ferrari with a 2,417cc engine. The only Sports racing Ferraris with the 2,417cc engine were the Ferrari 246P of 1960 and the 246SP of 1961, and they were both mid-engined cars. The Ferrari Dino 246GT introduced in 1969 has a 2,419cc V6 engine.