1970 Tyrrell 001

This car was on display in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's the 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.

1960 OSCA FJ

This car took part in the Miller Oils/ AMOC Historic Formula Junior race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

Numbered 21 in the programme of the event, it's the 1960 OSCA Formula Junior car of Peter Mullen and has a 4-cylinder inline Fiat 1,098cc engine. The OSCA company was established by the Maserati brothers at the end of their 10 year contract with Adolfo Orsi, to whom they had sold the Maserati concern in 1937. Formula Junior racing was initiated in 1958 by Giovanni Lurani as an affordable introduction to single seater racing and was initially dominated by the Fiat-engined Italian cars, particularly Stanguellini. British interest remained for some time with the 500cc Formula 3 class of racing, but when they turned their attention to Formula Junior cars such as Elva and Lola started to make an impression, and when Cooper and Lotus introduced their mid-engined cars they became the ones to beat.

Friday's Ferrari

I photographed this car in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting of June 2004, though it doesn't appear to have taken part in any of the races at that meeting.

It's David Piper's 1965 Ferrari 365 P2, #0836, originally built as a 330 P2 with a 3,967cc V12 engine, but converted to 365 P2 specifications with a 4,390cc V12 engine before it was acquired by David Piper in late 1965. This Silverstone meeting included a race for the 'European Sports Prototype Trophy Organised by Group4Racing' for which this car would have been eligible, but it is not listed in the programme of the event nor the table of results.

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. 

 

1956 Cooper T39

This was one of the competitors in the HGPCA Race for pre 1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004. 

It's a 1956 Cooper T39 of George Cooper (no relation as far as I know), more commonly known as the Cooper Bobtail because of the truncated tail of the car which was aerodynamically effective, but which John Cooper claimed to have been shortened so that it would fit inside the works transporter. The car was used in the 1,100cc and 1,500cc classes of sportscar racing and this car has a 4-cylinder inline 1,450cc Coventry Climax engine. It was reputedly the road-holding characteristics of this car that led John Cooper to produce first the rear-engined 1½ litre Formula 2 car and then the 2½ litre Formula 1 car that gave Jack Brabham the World Drivers' Championship in 1959 and 1960. Cooper's successes led all the other teams to adopt the rear-engine layout, and the last Formula 1 Grand Prix to be won by a front-engined car was Ferrari's victory in the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.

1970 Tyrrell 001

This car was on display in the paddock at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's the 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.

1970s Formula 3 Racing

The Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004 included the HSCC Classic Formula 3 Series race for Formula 3 cars built and raced between 1 January 1971 and 31 Decenber 1980. The engines the cars were allowed to use in this Series were the 1.6 litre Lotus Twin Cam or the 2 litre Toyota units.

I took this photograph during the race at Luffield corner, and leading here is Richard Trott in his 1978 2 litre Ralt RT1 followed by Ian Smith in a 1979 2 litre Argo JM6 and Steve Maxted in another Argo JM6, this one a 1980 model. Behind them and still to round Priory corner is Tom Thornton in a 1974 2 litre March 743.

Bugatti v. Bentley

I took this photograph at Luffield Corner during the VSCC Bill Phillips Trophy Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

On the left is the 1931 Bugatti Type 50 Le Mans of Mike Preston, chassis 50143. The Type 50 had a smaller version of the 5,349cc straight-8 engine of the Type 46, the capacity being reduced to 4,972cc, and was the first Bugatti to race at the Le Mans 24 Hour race, competing there in 1931, 1933, 1934 and 1935. The car on the right is the 1927 Bentley 'Syd Lawrence' Special of Brian Cook. This car was built on a Bentley 3 litre chassis with a 4,398cc straight-4 engine.

1953 Allard J2R

This was one of the entrants in the HGPCA Race for pre 1959 Drum Brake Sports Cars at the Historic Sports Car Club's Historic Tribute meeting at Silverstone in June 2004.

It's Dean Butler's 1953 Allard J2R, chassis 3404, which was driven in the race by Michael Windsor Price. Prior to the Second World War Sydney Allard produced a series of Allard Specials, and in 1945 founded the Allard Motor Company Ltd, which soon began to produce lightweight cars powered by large American V8 engines that were sold on both sides of the Atlantic. Sydney Allard himself drove his cars several times at Le Mans in the early 1950s, the best result being a third place finish in the 1950 race with an Allard J2. The J2R was Allard's final competition car, and it has a 390 cu in (6.4 litre) Cadillac V8 engine. The company continued to produce the Palm Beach and K3 sports cars and the P1 Sports Saloon until finally going into administration in 1957.

Friday's Ferrari

This car was in the Ferrari Owners Club's area at the Historic Tribute meeting at Silverstone in June 2004.

It's a Ferrari Enzo, also known as a Ferrari F60, a car that was produced by Ferrari between 2002 and 2004. It was named after Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the company, and has the 5,999cc V12 Tipo F140 engine.

Riley v. Aston Martin

This photograph was taken at Luffield Corner during the VSCC Bill Phillips Trophy Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

The red car on the left is Pete Candy's 1936 Riley Falcon Special, which he named 'TheRat', and has a 4-cylinder 1,496cc Riley 12/4 engine. On the right is David Freeman's 1936 Aston Martin Speed Model, which the programme of the event says has a 1,970cc engine, though the Speed Models were built with 4-cylinder 1,950cc units. The DVLA record says that the current capacity is 2,107cc.

1959 Volpini FJ

This car took part in the Millers Oils/AMOC Historic Formula Junior Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's shown as number 28 in the programme of the event, and it's the 1959 Volpini Formula Junior car of Michael Ashley-Brown. It's chassis #011 and is one of the many Italian cars that competed in the first season of Formula Junior in 1959, using the ubiquitous Fiat 4-cylinder inline 1,089 engine.

1969 Lola T70 Mk3B

This car competed in the European Sports Prototype Trophy race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004 and is seen in the pit lane during a practice session.

It's shown in the programme of the event as Portugese driver Carlos Barbot's 1969 Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk3B with a 5 litre engine. It seems that it is chassis SL76/136 which is actually a continuation model and was built in 1984. Production of the Lola T70 started in 1965 and over 100 examples were built, usually powered by large American V8 engines, and the cars were more successful in the USA than in Europe, John Surtees and Mark Donohue finishing first and second in the 1966 Can Am Series. They were not so successful in that series in 1967, and in 1968 were replaced by the Lola T160. The cars took part in endurance racing, competing at Le Mans but never making a mark there, although they did manage first and second places in the 1969 Daytona 24 Hour race.

1975 Hesketh 308

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

It's the 1975 Hesketh 308C  of Graham Wilcox, seen here at Luffield Corner during the race. The car has a 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine, and it was in one of these cars that James Hunt won his first World Championship race, the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

On 22 April 2013 I showed photographs of the car in the pit garage at this meeting.

Cooper v BRM

I took this photograph at Luffield Corner during the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

Leading is Ron Maydon in the 1968 Cooper T86C Alfa Romeo with David Brown close behind in the 1968 BRM P126. The Cooper, chassis F1-3-68,  originally had a 3-litre V8 engine as used in the Tipo 33 sportscar, but was later converted to F5000 specifications with a Ford V8 5-litre engine. By the time of this Silverstone meeting it had been put back in it original form with a 3-litre Alfa Romeo engine. David Brown's BRM is chassis P126/01 and was the first BRM to have a V12 engine, which also has a capacity of 3-litres.

On 17 May 2018 I showed a photograph of the Cooper in the pit garage at this meeting.

TVR Griffith

I took this photograph at Luffield corner during the HSCC Historic Road Sports Championship Race at the HSCC's Historic Tribute Meeting at Silverstone in June 2004.

Leading is Laurence Bailey in his 1965 TVR Griffith with a 289 cu in (4.7 litres) V8 engine followed by Graeme Dodd's 3.8 litre 1954 Jaguar XK120. In the background and approaching Priory corner are the yellow 2 litre 1969 Porsche 911T of Nobu Asai and the red 2 litre 1965 Porsche 911 of Michael Masters.

Brabham BT33

I photographed this car during the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's the 1970 (though shown in the programme of the event as 1968) Brabham BT33 of Sid Hoole with a 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine, a car driven by Jack Brabham and Rolf Stommelen in the 1970 season. Jack Brabham finished in sixth place in the World Championship, winning the first race of the season in South Africa, and Rolf Stommelen eleventh. It may well be the same BT33 that I showed on 27 August 2018 that was driven by Duncan Dayton at Silverstone in 1999, and if so then it's chassis #BT33/1.

Tecno F2

This car competed in the HSCC Derek Bell Trophy Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

It's the 1971 Tecno F2 car of Nicholas Wadham, powered by a 1600cc Cosworth BDA engine. The car is chassis T00716 and was raced in the 1971 European F2 Championship by Patrick Depailler, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, François Cevert and Tino Brambilla.

Wolf WR1

These two cars are competing in the Grand Prix Masters Race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

Leading is the 1977 Wolf WR1 of Max Samuel-Camps ahead of the 1968 BRM P126 of David Brown. The Wolf has a 2,993cc Ford Cosworth V8 DFV engine and was driven in the 1977 World Drivers Championship season by Jody Scheckter, finishing second in the Championship with three wins. The BRM has a 2,998cc V12 BRM engine and is chassis P126-01, driven in the 1968 season for the Reg Parnell Racing team by Piers Courage who only had a few minor placings and finished well down the final Championship table.

March 761

This photograph was taken at Luffield Corner during the Grand Prix Masters race at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in June 2004.

Peter Williams in the blue and yellow 1976 March 761 is leading the 1976 Penske PC3 of Frank Sytner with, in the background, Lorina McLoughlin in a 1974 McLaren M23. All three cars are powered by the 2,993cc V8 Cosworth DFV engine. According to the programme of the event the March is chassis #761/5 which didn't actually take part in any races until the 1977 season. The Penske is chassis #PC3/02, driven in period by several drivers including John Watson and Derek Bell, and the McLaren is chassis #M23/6, which competed in the 1974, 1975 and 1976 seasons, being driven by Denny Hulme, Jochen Mass and James Hunt, amongst others.