Maseratis and ERA

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the Chopard HGPCA 100 Mile Grand Prix Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

Leading is Thomas Bscher's 1957 Maserati 250F V12, a car built with a 2,491cc V12 engine instead of the 250F's usual 6-cylinder inline 2,490 unit. It's chassis #2531 and is one of only 2 cars specifically built to take the V12 engine. The car at the rear is Jeffrey Pattinson's 1954 Maserati 250F, chassis #2508, originally owned and raced by Stirling Moss. The blue car appears to have a number 33 which was an ERA  driven by Duncan Ricketts, and although the programme of the event doesn't identify the four ERAs that appeared in this race, it appears to be R12B. The green car in the background is David Baldock's 1938/39 Alta which was driven by Paul Jaye.

Alta

This car took part in the Corporate Jets Historic Grand Prix Cars 100-Mile Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's David Baldock's 1938 2-litre supercharged Alta which was driven in that race by Paul Jaye, and on 4 November 2015 I featured the same car at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in 1993,

Alta 2-litre

This is a photograph I took at the Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies Meeting at Oulton Park in June 1993. There are two trophies, one for Pre-War Historic racing cars and the other for Vintage (Pre-1931) racing cars, and this car competed for the Historic Trophy.

It's a 1938 Alta 2-litre and was driven in the race by Paul Jaye. I showed a photograph of another of the pre-war Altas on 22 August 2015.