There was a time when F1 racing wasn't confined to world championship Grands Prix and one of the non-championship races on the calendar was the Gold Cup race at Oulton Park. The following photographs were taken at practice for the 1972 Gold Cup race and are of the Lotus 72D of Emerson Fittipaldi, who won the world championship that year.
The Lotus being pushed through the paddock on a thoroughly wet and miserable looking day.
At Old Hall corner during a practice session. The weather had improved considerably by then.
Returning to the still-waterlogged paddock.
On the following day Emerson Fittipaldi finished second in the race, which was won by the McLaren M19A of Denny Hulme.
