Friday's Ferrari

This is a photograph taken at Redgate Corner on the opening lap of a Shell Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge race at the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2004.

The Ferrari in second place is the 1952/54 Ferrari 625, #0482, of Alexander Boswell, originally a Ferrari 500 that raced in the World Championship races of 1952 and 1953 when there was a 2-litre capacity limit. When this was increased to 2½ litres in 1954 the cars were lengthened, the engines replaced by 2½ litre units, and it was re-designated a Ferrari 625. On 28 July 2017 I showed a photograph of this car at the HGPCA meeting at Donington Park earlier in 2004. The car on the outside leading the race is the 1937 Maserati 6CM of Stefan Schollwöck and is chassis #1547, a car originally belonging to Austin Dobson. Behind Alexander Boswell is the 1939/50 Alfa Romeo 158 of Carlo Vögele, being driven by Willie Green, and on 24 May 2018 I featured three other photographs of the car at this meeting. Just visible at the rear is the 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa of Carlos Monteverde, #0738TR, which I pictured in the pit lane at this meeting on 29 January 2016.

Invicta S-Type

This car took part in the MicroPose Spirit of Speed Pre-War Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 1931 Invicta S-Type of Stefan Schollwöck, who shared the driving with Martin Kölnberger as the race necessitated a change of driver. Noel Macklin founded the Invicta company, production starting in 1925 with a car powered by a 2½ litre Meadows engine. The car progressed through 3 and 4½ litre engines and in 1930 the first S-Type was introduced with a 4½ litre engine, and with the rear axle mounted above the main chassis rails instead of below so that the car sits lower compared with the previous models. In all 76 examples of the Invicta S-Type were built.

On 12 March 2015 I showed a photograph of an Invicta S-Type at Silverstone in June 2004.