1959 Cooper Monaco

This is a photograph that I took at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1959 Cooper T49 Monaco of Mark Clubb and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,990cc Coventry Climax engine. The name 'Monaco' was given to the car to mark Maurice Trintignant's win in the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix in a Cooper Climax T45. It was the successor to the smaller centre-seat Cooper T39 'Bobtail' that the company had produced since 1954. This car is chassis CM/6/59, the sixth of eight factory built cars and was sold to a customer in the USA. In 1979 the car was offered for sale and was bought by Stirling Moss and the following year he sold it as a restoration project to David Watson. David Watson commissioned Hall and Fowler to carry out the restoration and when it was finished he sold it to a US collector who kept the car until 1999 when it was acquired by Mark Clubb who kept the car until 2014.

Motorcycles at Silverstone

These two motorcycles took part in the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

Both machines competed in the Formula F750 Motorcycles class and the one nearest the camera is the 1972 Ducati SS of US rider David Barrett, whilst on the far side is Simon Walsh's 1970 Triumph Trident.

1970 Brabham BT34

This was one of the competitors in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre-1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1971 Brabham BT34, a car designed by Ron Tauranac who placed the car's radiators in front of the front wheels in order to fit a wing to give downforce at the front. Because of the unusual look of the bulky radiators at the front of the car the BT34 was dubbed the 'lobster claw'. Only one BT34 was built and it was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Graham Hill drove the car in the 1971 season without much success, his best result being fifth place in the Austrian Grand Prix, although he did win the International Trophy Race at Silverstone. In 1972 the car was driven by Carlos Reutemann and Wilson Fittipaldi, the best result being Carlos Reutemann's win in the non-Championship Brazilian Grand Prix. It was driven in this race at Silverstone by Ean Pugh.

1971 Surtees TS9B

This car took part in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's John Bladon's 1971 Surtees TS9B 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 in this car, chassis TS9B-5.

1959 Cooper T51 & 1958 Lotus Eleven Le Mans

I took this photograph in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

On the left is the 1959 Cooper T51 of David Cooke that he drove in the John Cooper Trophy Race for Pre 1966 Grand Prix and Tasman Cars. The T51 was a development of the Cooper T43 and and T45 cars for the 1959 F1 season and was usually powered by a 2½ litre Coventry Climax engine, though the programme of this events says that David Cooke's car had a 1,998cc engine. On the right is David Cooke's 1958 Lotus Eleven Le Mans with a 1,498cc engine. The Lotus Eleven was primarily designed to compete in the 1,100cc class of racing, but competed with a variety of engines ranging from 750cc to 1,500cc. The Lotus Eleven Le Mans differed from the standard Lotus Eleven in that it had a wider chassis frame in order to provide Le Mans regulation-width seats, and cockpit and footwell minimum dimensions, but the overall width of the bodywork was no different to the standard car.

1958 Maserati 250F

This car took part in the Raymond Mays Trophy Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's indistinguishable from a 1950s Maserati 250F, but it's one of 12 replicas built by Cameron Millar and this one has the chassis number CM7. Cameron Millar acquired a genuine Maserati 250F in 1964 (originally 2501, later renumbered 2523) which he kept and raced for 8 years. In this time he purchased all the remaining cars and spare parts belonging to the Scuderia Centro Sud who had competed with the 250F in the 1950s, and also the chassis jigs from the Maserati factory. He then set about creating this series of replicas, using as far as possible genuine period parts, which are so well crafted that the FIA has allowed them to race alongside the genuine Maserati 250F and its contemporaries in competitive historic racing events. At the time of this Silverstone event CM7 was owned by Gerry Hann and was driven in this race by Allan Miles.

1954 Austin Healey 100S

This car was parked in the Healey Drivers Club area at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1954 Austin Healey 100S, a version of the Austin Healey 100 intended primarily for racing which gained the 'S' suffix after one of the cars won its class in the 1954 Sebring 12 Hour race. It has a tuned version of the Austin Healey 4-cylinder inline 2,660cc engine and has an unusual two-tone black and white livery - the majority of the 100S models were a two-tone white and dark blue.

1959 Aston Martin DBR4

This car competed in the Raymond Mays Trophy Race for Pre 1961 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 2001.

It's the 1959 Aston Martin DBR4 of Wolfgang Friedrichs, chassis DBR4/1. The DBR4 is a car that was first built and tested in 1957 although it didn't make its Grand Prix debut until 1959. By that time the new generation of rear-engined cars had made the older front-engined cars uncompetitive and the best results it managed were Roy Salvadori's sixth place finishes in the British and Portuguese Grands Prix in 1959. Originally powered by a 6-cylinder inline 2,493cc engine, Wolfgang Friedrichs’ car had the same 6-cylinder inline 2,992cc engine as the DB3S sports car.

1964 Maserati 3500GT

This car was parked in the Maserati Owners Club area in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1964 Maserati 3500GT a car with a 6-cylinder inline 3,485cc engine that was supplied to its first owner in South Africa with the standard Touring Bodywork. About a year later he commissioned local coachbuilder Pierino Scalco to clothe it in this new bodywork using components imported from Carrozzeria Scaglietti in Italy to create this unique machine.

Lamborghini Countach

This car caught my eye as I was walking through the paddock at the Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 2010.

It's a Lamborghini Countach that has been transformed into a 'work of art' by the Danish artist Kristian von Hornsleth, and I've been unable to find out anything about the car itself nor what the artist is trying to portray. The Lamborghini Countach was produced from 1974 to 1990 and was available with three different sizes of the V12 engine, 3,929cc, 4,754cc and 5,167cc.

1954 Osca MT4 2AD

I came across this car in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1954 Osca MT4 2AD and didn't take any part in the meeting. O.S.C.A. (Officine Specializate Costruzione Automobili—Fratelli Maserati S.p.A.) was an Italian manufacturer of racing and sports cars established in San Lazzaro di Savena, Bologna, by Ernesto and Bindo Maserati after the Maserati brand was sold to the Orsi family in 1948. OSCA was active from 1949 until it closed down in 1967. Its name is usually abbreviated to OSCA or Osca. Their first car was the MT4, for Maserati Tipo 4 cilindri. The 1092 cc engine (71 bhp at 6000 rpm) had a FIAT-derived block with an alloy head and in 1950 a new DOHC head (MT4-2AD) raised power (to a maximum of 100 bhp) at 6300 rpm

1964 BRM P261

This is one of the competitors in the Pre 1966 Grand Prix and Tasman Cars race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 2 litre 1964 BRM P261 of Richard Attwood which is Chassis #2617 and was driven by Jackie Stewart in the 1965 season with a 1½ litre V8 P56 engine then driven by Jackie Stewart and Richard Attwood with a 2 litre engine in the Tasman Series in early 1966. The programme of this Silverstone event says about the BRM P261:

'The wailing 2-litre V8-engined BRM P261s of the evergreen Richard Attwood (his car was built about the remains of Current BRDC chairman Jackie Stewart's '66 Belgian Grand Prix wreck) and Germany's Thomas Bscher may be able to get the better of the Brabham Contingent led by Spencer Flack (BT7) and old pals John Harper and John Beasley in BT4s.'

1970 BRM P153

This car is leaving the pit lane during the qualifying session for the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's Bobby Bell in the 1970 BRM P153, chassis P153/04 that was raced by Jackie Oliver in the 1970 racing season. The car was designed by Tony Southgate, was powered by the 2,9982cc BRM P142 V12 engine, and after the 1970 season it competed in a variety of races until 1981. During the last five years of that period it was owned by Bell & Colvill and driven by Bobby Bell who drove it at this Silverstone meeting.

Three Maseratis

Three Maseratis spotted in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

On the left is the 1955 Maserati 300S of Michael Hinderer which was powered by a 2,991cc 6-cylinder engine that was based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a longer stroke. The Maserati 300S took part in the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1957 and this car is chassis #3057 that was originally owned by Swiss driver Benoit Musy. The middle car is Alan Minshaw's 1959 Maserati T61, chassis #2453, and is a car that was almost completely destroyed in an accident at Daytona in 1959. The parts that could be salvaged were used to reconstruct the car in the UK in the early 1990s. The car on the right is the 1953 Maserati A6GCM of David Bennett, chassis #2044 that was at one time owned by Prince Bira, and has the blue and yellow Siamese racing colours.

1972 Brabham BT37

This car took part in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre 1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's the 1972 Brabham BT37 of Rob Hall, about which the programme of the event says:

'Rob Hall has flown in the sole surviving BT37, which John Watson raced here in the 1973 British GP, an event fabled by the destructive first lap accident triggered by McLaren's new boy Jody Scheckter.'

The Brabham BT37 was designed by Ralph Bellamy and had a 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine, but wasn't a particularly successful car. Two cars were built and this car is chassis BT37/2, the car with the best two results, fourth place for Carlos Reutemann in the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix, and another fourth place for Andrea de Adamich in the 1973 Belgian Grand Prix.

Lotus 47

I spotted this car amongst other Lotuses at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a Lotus 47 from the late 1960s, and should have a 1,590cc Ford Cosworth Twin-cam engine. There's no record of the exact number of these cars that were built, but it's estimated to be around 60.

1972 Triumph

These motorcycles took part in the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

Number 17 is the 750cc Triumph of Alan Windsor, and the number 9 is shown in the programme of the event as Gary Nixon's 750cc Windsor Triumph Triple. Gary Nixon won the AMA Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968 riding for the Triumph factory racing team, and the programme has this note about him:

'One of Hailwood's best racing friends, American Gary Nixon, has travelled from Maryland to keep faith with the memory of the 'Oxford Flyer' who rode under the banner of Ecurie Sportive. Gary has long waited to meet Mike's son David Hailwood, now 27, and has come to ride a 750cc Triumph Triple in the Mike Hailwood Trophy race for Formula 750 machines. Still racing in American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association events, Nixon is no slouch and will be hoping to take home the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy donated by Mike's wife Pauline. Twice a National USA Champion Gary 'spent time' with Mike and the two became very close. Mike Hailwood would have loved this Silverstone Historic Festival and in meeting David, Gary will fulfil a 20 year long wish.'

Friday's Ferrari

This was one of the competitors in the Italy v Rest of the World race for Pre 1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It’s Carlos Monteverde’s 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza, chassis 0568M, with the Aurelio Lampredi designed 3,000cc 4-cylinder inline engine and was driven in the race by David Franklin. This car had a very chequered history about which the programme of the event says this:

'Built in 1955, with the three-litre four-cylinder engine - following the rule of thumb that the type number multiplied by the number of pots gives the capacity - this sleek sports-racer has an extraordinary competition history, if not with star drivers.

Originally supplied to French racer François Picard, it finished third in the '56 Agadir Grand Prix in Morocco, and third back on home soil on the speedbowl at Montlhéry, just outside Paris. Thereafter the Italian stallion spent much of its life in Scandinavia, where initially Swedish owner Tore Bjurström used it for the popular local pursuit of ice racing!

From there a short hop to Finland to its next custodian, Carl-Otto Bremer, who returned it to more conventional pastures. After finishing sixth in the '57 Swedish Grand Prix at Kristianstad, won by Jean Behra/Stirling Moss in a Maserati 450S, Bremer confined his major outings to the Helsinki GP thereafter, and the combination won in '59 having finished third the previous year.

Carlos Monteverde acquired  'The Ice Racer' two years ago, and commissioned Tony Merrick to undertake a full mechanical restoration, while leaving the body original. David Franklin has tested the car extensively and says it is beautifully balanced with its five-speed transaxle, but races it for the first time here.'

Friday's Ferrari

This car took part in the Italy v Rest of the World Race for 1960s World Endurance Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's listed in the programme of the event as David Piper's green 1967 Ferrari 330P4, but it appears to be a 1964 Ferrari 330P, though I can't identify the exact car - it's possibly #0824 and should have the Gioacchino Colombo designed 3,967cc V12 engine. The green car behind is David Piper's 1964 Ferrari 275LM #8165 with a 3,286cc V12 engine.

MV Agusta

One of the races at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001 was the Mike Hailwood Memorial Trophy Race and I took this photograph where all the motorcycles that took part in that race were gathered in the paddock.

It's an MV Agusta - from the National Motorcycle Museum according to the sticker at the top of the number '1'. Mike Hailwood rode for the MV Agusta Racing Team from the last couple of races in the 1961 season up to the end of the 1965 season, winning the 500cc Championship in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965.