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Ferrari, Ascari, Barchetta, Silverstone

Ascari and a Barchetta

April 10, 2015 · by · in About KlemColl, Ferrari, Formula 1, KlemColl Events, KlemColl News · 4 Comments

In August 1950 Ferrari sent two of their 166MM barchettas for a race at Silverstone in England. These two cars were driven on the road, probably from Paris, by Alberto Ascari and Teodoro “Dorino” Serafini. Ascari was of course a coming World Champion, now already with Ferrari’s Grand Prix team, while Serafini was an ex motorcycle […]

Fangio, BRM Goodwood

The Maestro

March 6, 2015 · by · in About KlemColl, Formula 1, KlemColl Events, KlemColl News · 3 Comments

Looking superbly relaxed, Juan Manuel Fangio sits on a rear tire of the 1.5-liter V16 BRM that he is about to drive. The race course is Goodwood, a former RAF airfield in the south of England, on September 26, 1953. The race will be the Woodcote Cup, a five lap Formula Libre affair. Most of […]

BRM, Goodwood,Ferrari, Parnell, Gonzalez

Smoking Tires

September 25, 2014 · by · in About KlemColl, Ferrari, Formula 1, KlemColl Events, KlemColl News · 1 Comment

The starter up on his podium at the left has dropped the Union Jack and turns away as the two BRMs explode at the start of The Woodcote Cup Formula Libre race for Grand Prix cars at Goodwood on September 27, 1952. Nearest the camera is Reg Parnell’s BRM while across the grid is a sister car […]