1950s Grand Prix Cars

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

These cars are waiting to go out onto the circuit for a qualifying session for the HGPCA Pre-1960 Grand Prix Cars Race. At the front, from left to right, are the 1956 Maserati 250F of Burkhard von Schenk, the 1959 Ferrari 246 Dino of Robin Lodge, the 1954 Maserati 250F of Christian Glaesel, the 1954 Maserati 250F of Dieter Streve-Mülhens and the 1952 Fraser Nash of Peter Mann. Behind the first two cars are the 1960 Ferrari 246 Dinos of Tony Merrick and Nigel Corner, and you can also see a Cooper Bristol T23 and a Connaught A-Type.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and was driven in the race by Christian Glaesel. This car is chassis #0370AM and has the Aurelio Lampredi designed 4,494cc V12 engine. Its first race was for the Scuderia Ferrari at the 1954 Buenos Aires 1000km race which it won, driven by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli. After that race it was acquired by Masten Gregory who had the car painted in the white and black colours seen above but then crashed the car in practice at Pebble Beach on his first appearance with it. When it had been rebuilt he raced it for the rest of the 1954 season, after which it went to his then brother-in-law Dale Duncan for the 1955 and 1956 seasons. It then had a series of different owners in the USA and after passing through the hands of Anthony Bamford and Nigel Moores in the UK in the 1970s it went to Gavin Bain in New Zealand before ending up with Peter Glaesel in 1994.

Friday's Ferrari

This car competed in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and was driven in the race by Christian Glaesel. This car is chassis #0370AM and has the Aurelio Lampredi designed 4,494cc V12 engine. Its first race was for the Scuderia Ferrari at the 1954 Buenos Aires 1000km race which it won, driven by Giuseppe Farina and Umberto Maglioli. After that race it was acquired by Masten Gregory who had the car painted in the white and black colours seen above but then crashed the car in practice at Pebble Beach on his first appearance with it. When it had been rebuilt he raced it for the rest of the 1954 season, after which it went to his then brother-in-law Dale Duncan for the 1955 and 1956 seasons. It then had a series of different owners in the USA and after passing through the hands of Anthony Bamford and Nigel Moores in the UK in the 1970s it went to Gavin Bain in New Zealand before ending up with Peter Glaesel in 1994.

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Shell Ferrari Historical Challenge race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's Peter Glaesel's 1953 Ferrari 375MM Spider and it was driven in this race by Christian Glaesel. It was once owned by American racing driver Masten Gregory and has an Aurelio Lampredi designed 4½ litre V12 engine with bodywork by Pinin Farina. The chassis number is 0370AM.

Friday's Ferrari

This is another car seen at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998. It's a 1972 Ferrari 312P, serial number 0882, which was driven (if only for a short time) by the German, Christian Glaesel.

This is the car in the paddock preparing to go out on a practice session.

Leaving the pit lane to take part in the practice session.

This is what it looked like when it was brought back into the paddock. Where it left the circuit and sustained the damage I don't know.