Tag Archives: Duncan Hamilton
The Red Cars
The cars are lined up in the pits at Le Mans before the start of the 24 Hour Race on June 12, 1954. The car closest to the camera, n. 4, is a Ferrari 375 Plus with its almost five liter V12 motor designed by Aurelio Lampredi which produced about 330hp. Car n. 4 will […]
Winning Le Mans
Duncan Hamilton brings his works Jaguar C-Type down the pit straight to celebrate their win of the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 13, 1953. Sitting next to Hamilton is his co-driver Tony Rolt who has had time to adopt some non-racing wear as two of the Jaguar mechanics ride along behind them. Not long […]
Ferraris at Le Mans
Three Ferrari berlinettas are lined up in front of the Le Mans pits during practice for the 24 Hour race to be run on June 13-14, 1953. The first one is a Ferrari 375MM which will be driven by the friends and teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi. The two other Ferraris are 340MM berlinettas […]
An Unsuccessful Streamliner
Here is a rare view of a rare car. It is a rare view because this car lasted only about three hours and a rare car because its bodywork and related mechanicals were scrapped after its race was over. This rara avis is a Jaguar C-Type, here driven by Stirling Moss during the early laps of […]
Really Trying
Here is the irrepressible Duncan Hamilton right on the limit with his Jaguar D-Type (XKD601) in Woodcote Corner following the long back straight at the Goodwood circuit on April 22,1957 during the Sussex Trophy race for sports cars over 1500 cc. By 1957 the D-Types were getting just a bit long in the tooth for sprint racing and Hamilton […]
Three Racers at Le Mans
These three gentlemen had a great deal to do with the 24 Hours of Le Mans throughout the 1950s. On the left in the dark pullover is American Briggs Cunningham, in the middle with dark glasses is Tony Rolt who with Duncan Hamilton, standing regally at the right, teamed together at Le Mans for many […]
Klemantaski Collection 