1960 Lotus 18

This car competed in the HGPCA Pre-66 Grand Prix Cars race at the VSCC's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2005.

It's Michael Schryver's 1960 Lotus 18 with a 4-cylinder 2,495cc Coventry Climax FPF engine. At Monaco in the last season of the 2½ litre Formula in 1960 Stirling Moss in the Rob Walker Racing Team's Lotus 18 gave Lotus their first Grand Prix victory, and also won the United States Grand Prix later that year. In 1961, the first year of the 1½ litre Formula, Stirling Moss repeated his win at Monaco in the Rob Walker car and also won the German Grand Prix.

Lotus 18

These cars are approaching the Old Hairpin in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars at the HGPCA's International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

Leading is Michael Schryver in his 1960 Lotus 18 with a 2,495cc Coventry Climax engine. The Lotus 18 was designed to be used in Formula Junior, Formula Two and Formula One events, 1960 being the last year of Formula One's 2½ litre limit that started in 1954. The following car is Frank Sytner's 1963 Brabham BT4, chassis IC-2-62, a car that was built for the Australian and New Zealand season of Formula Libre races where it was powered by the 2,751cc Coventry Climax FPF engine that was developed for Jack Brabham's attempt to win the 1961 Indianapolis 500 race in a Cooper T54. The Donington Park programme says that Frank Sytner's car had a 2,500cc engine.

On 18 August 2016 I showed a photograph of Michael Schryver's car in the pit lane at this meeting, and on 27 December 2016 a photograph of Frank Sytner's car in the paddock.

Brabham BT4

Here are three cars approaching McLean's Corner in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars at the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association's International Historic Grand Prix Meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

Leading is Frank Sytner in his 2½ litre 1963 Brabham BT4, chassis #IC-2-62, a car that was derived from the BT3 F1 car and intended for Tasman Formula Racing. The following car is the 2½ litre 1960 Lotus 18 of Michael Schryver and the third car, as far as I can make out, is the 1½ litre 1961 LDS Mk2 of Julian Wakeley.

On 27 December 2016 I showed a photograph of the Brabham BT4 in the paddock at Donington Park in May 2001.

Chevron

The Chevron Car Company was founded in 1965 by Mancunian Derek Bennett, starting off in Salford and later moving to Bolton. It's no surprise then that meetings at nearby Oulton Park (about 40 miles away) attract a large number of Chevron cars at appropriate meetings. Here are some of the cars of this marque that took part in the European Sports Prototype Trophy races at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2004. The photographs were taken at the Foulstons chicane.

Martin O'Connell in a 1,998cc 1967 Chevron B8

Jon Minshaw in a 1,950cc 1970 Chevron B16

Michael Schryver in a 1,600cc 1967 Chevron B6 leading David Yates in a 1,850cc Chevron B16

Sean Walker in a 1,850cc 1970 Chevron B16 leading Andrew Schryver in a 1,998cc 1969 Chevron B8

Lotus 47

This car competed in the R Cressey & Sons Ltd Trophy Race - which was a round of the HSCC 2 litre Championship - at the HSCC's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

It's Michael Schryver's 1967 Lotus 47, with a 1.6 litre (probably Ford Cosworth) engine. The car was based on the Lotus Europa with the more powerful Cosworth engine fitted in place of the Europa's Renault unit.

Lotus 69

At the HSCC Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1992 there was a race for three classes of single seater racing cars, one of which was for 'Racing Cars under 1600cc with Wings'. This car was entered for the race in that class.

It's Michael Schryver's 1971 Lotus 69. The Lotus 69 was designed to be used in Formula 2, Formula 3 and Formula Ford racing - this car had a 1600cc engine and looks to have been designed for Fomula 2 racing. The Lotus 69 was also used in Formula B racing in the United States, and this website details one such car.

Lotus 18

This is a photograph I took in the pit lane at the HGPCA's Donington International Historic Grand Prix meeting at Donington Park in May 2004.

It's Michael Schryver's 1960 Lotus 18 that competed in the HGPCA Race for Pre-1966 Grand Prix Cars. The Lotus 18 was Colin Chapman's first rear-engined car, introduced in 1960 in the last year of 2½ litre Formula One racing as a replacement for the front-engined Lotus 16 which was being outclassed by the rear-engined Cooper. Stirling Moss in Rob Walker's privately owned Lotus 18 gave Lotus its first World Championship victory at the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix.