1957 Lotus Eleven

This was one of the competitors in the Louis Vuitton 50s Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1995.

It's Peter Austin's 1957 Lotus Eleven, about 270 of which were built by the Lotus Company between 1956 and 1958. The Lotus Eleven was built with a variety of engines of different sizes from 750cc to 1500cc, and the programme of the event shows Peter Austin's car to have a 1,460cc engine.

1970 Tyrrell 001

This car competed in the FORCE Classic Grand Prix Cars race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003.

It's the John Delane's 1970 Tyrrell 001, not a successful car itself, but one which led to the last two of Jackie Stewart's three World Drivers' Championship wins. Powered by the ubiquitous 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine it was introduced towards the end of the 1970 season replacing the March 701 for the last three races, but retiring in each of those races. Jackie Stewart finished in fifth place in the championship that year having won it with the Matra MS80 in 1969. Jackie Stewart only drove the car in the first race in 1971, in South Africa, where he finished in second place, then drove the Tyrrell 003 in the rest of his appearances that season to win the Championship again, repeating that feat with the Tyrrell 006 in 1973. The car number 95 behind the Tyrrell is Peter Austin's 1960 Lola Mk1. These cars were produced by Lola Cars from 1958 to 1962, initially with a 1100cc Coventry Climax FWA engine. The programme of the event shows that this one has an engine of 1490cc and it appears to be chassis BR-19.

1971 Surtees TS9B

This is one of three Surtees TS9's that competed in the Force Pre-1972 Grand Prix Car Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2002.

It's the 1971 Surtees TS9B of Peter Austin, chassis TS9/004, that was raced by the Surtees team in the 1971 and 1972 seasons, being uprated from a TS9 to a TS9B before the start of the 1972 season. The Surtees TS9 was powered by the 2,993cc Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine and was not particularly successful, the best result being Mike Hailwood's second place in the 1972 Italian Grand Prix. 

1958 Lotus Eleven

This was one of the competitors in the Historic Grand Prix Cars Association Sports Car Race at the Christie's International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1992.

It's Peter Austin's 1958 Lotus Eleven, about 270 of which were built by the Lotus Company between 1956 and 1958. The Lotus Eleven was built with a variety of engines of different sizes from 750cc to 1500cc, and the programme of the event shows Peter Austin's car to have a 1,089cc engine. The red car at the side of the Lotus is Burkhard von Schenk's 1957 Maserati 300SI, and behind are the 1957 Jaguar D-Type of Sir Anthony Bamford (driven by Frank Sytner) and the 1957 Lotus Eleven of Malcolm Ricketts.

1971 Surtees TS9

This car competed in the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's Peter Austin's 1971 Surtees TS9B, chassis 004, that was raced by the Surtees team in the 1971 and 1972 seasons, being uprated from a TS9 to a TS9B before the start of the 1972 season. The Surtees TS9 was powered by the 2,993cc Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine and was not particularly successful, the best result being Mike Hailwood's second place in the 1972 Italian Grand Prix. 

 

Surtees TS9B

This is one of the participants in the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's Peter Austin's 1971 Surtees TS9B, a car raced by the Surtees team in the 1971 and 1972 seasons. It raced in the 1971 season as a TS9 and was uprated to a TS9B for the 1972 season. It's chassis 004 and this oldracingcars.com website shows the racing history of the car from 1971 to 1975.

McLaren M23

This car competed in the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute race in June 2004.

It's the 1976 McLaren M23/6 that James Hunt drove to win the World Championship in that year. The M23 in its effective 4-years of racing won the Drivers' World Championship for Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974 and for James Hunt in 1976, and the Constructors' World Championship in 1974. It was driven in this race at Silverstone by Lorina McLaughlin.

Here's Lorina McLaughlin at Luffield corner during the race leading the 1971 Surtees TS9B of Peter Austin.

Surtees TS9B

This was one of the cars that lined up in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's Peter Austin's 1972 Surtees TS9B in the Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees livery in which it raced in the 1972 season. On 12 May 2015 I showed a photograph of the late John Surtees driving one of the other Surtees TS9B cars at Silverstone in July 2000.

Lola Mk1

I took this photograph at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2003 where this car was entered in the BRDC Historic Sports Car Championship race.

It's Peter Austin's 1960 Lola Mk1. These cars were produced by Lola Cars from 1958 to 1962, initially with a 1100cc Coventry Climax FWA engine. The programme of the event shows that this one has an engine of 1490cc and it appears to be chassis #BR-19. On 7 July 2015 I showed a couple of photographs of the Lola Mk1 of Brian Ashby at the Aston Martin Owners Club's meeting at Oulton Park in September 1986.