1949 Gordini T15

This was one of the competitors in the Allcomers Scratch Race for Historic Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.

It's the 1949 Gordini T15 of Chris Renwick and is pictured on the straight leading up to Hilltop. The car is chassis 0008-GC, which was a works race car till 1950 and was acquired by Chris in 1971. It was later part of the Donington Collection from 1973 to 1994. The engine of the Gordini T15 was based on a Simca 4-cylinder 1,495cc unit, in which form it competed in Formula Two races, and with the addition of a supercharger it could run in Formula One.

1948 Gordini T15

This car took part in the HGPCA Pre-1952 Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998.

It's the 1948 Gordini T15 of John Foster, with a 1,430cc 4-cylinder inline Simca-based engine. The T15 took part in World Championship Grand Prix races from 1950 to 1953, with a supercharged engine in 1950 and 1951, and without the supercharger in 1952 and 1953 when races were run with the Formula 2 limit of 2 litres. In the 1952 and 1953 seasons the works Gordini team used the updated Gordini T16, but the T15 was still used by some private entrants.

1948 Gordini T15

This car took part in the Motor Sport HGPCA Pre '52 Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival Meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's the 1948 Gordini T15 of John Foster, with a 1,430cc 4-cylinder inline Simca-based engine. The T15 took part in World Championship Grand Prix races from 1950 to 1953, with a supercharged engine in 1950 and 1951, and without the supercharger in 1952 and 1953 when races were run with the Formula 2 limit of 2 litres. In the 1952 and 1953 seasons the works Gordini team used the updated Gordini T16, but the T15 was still used by some private entrants.

1949 Gordini T15

This was one of the entrants in the Allcomers Scratch Race for Historic Racing Cars at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1971.

It's Chris Renwick's 1949 Gordini T15, chassis 0008-GC, which was a works race car till 1950 and was acquired by Chris Renwick in 1971. It was later part of the Donington Collection from 1973 to 1994. The engine of the Gordini T15 was based on a Simca 4-cylinder 1,495cc unit, in which form it competed in Formula Two races, and with the addition of a supercharger it could run in Formula One.

Gordini T15

This car competed in the Motor Sport HGPCA Pre '52 Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival Meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's John Foster's 1948 Gordini T15, with a 1,430cc 4-cylinder inline Simca-based engine.  The T15 took part in World Championship Grand Prix races from 1950 to 1953 and was superseded by the T16.

On 20 March 2016 I showed photographs of this same car at Silverstone in July 2000.

Gordini T15

This car took part  the racing and also a track demonstration at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2000 to mark 50 years of Formula 1.

It's John Foster's 1949 Gordini T15, a Simca engined car that competed in Formula 1 racing from 1950 to 1953.

Here's the car setting out from the pits on the track demonstration run driven by former Matra and BRM driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise.