Ferraris and Other Things

This is a photograph that I took at Brittens chicane during the Historic Formula 2 Trophy Race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2008.

Leading is the 1971 March 712 of Paul Bason followed by the 1971 Lola T240 of Tim Barrington. The 1971 Formula 2 cars were limited to 1.6 litres and most cars used the Ford Cosworth FVA engine. The European Formula 2 Championship that year was won by Ronnie Peterson in a March712.

This was one of the competitors in the FIA Historic Formula 2 International Series race at the Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park in August 2017.

It's the 1971 March 712 of Paul Bason and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,600cc Ford Cosworth BDA engine. The March 712 was the car favoured by several teams in the European Formula Two Championship in the 1971 season, which was won by Ronnie Peterson in a March Engineering 712. Paul Bason's car was driven by James Hunt for the Hesketh Racing team in 1972.

I took this photograph at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

Its Trevor Needham in his 1971 March 712 pictured at Lodge Corner during the HSCC Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race. The March 712 was the car favoured by several teams in the European Formula Two Championship in the 1971 season, which was won by Ronnie Peterson in a March Engineering 712 powered by a 4-cylinder inline 1,598cc Cosworth engine.

 

This car took part in the HSCC Pre '71 Single Seater Championship race at the Historic Sports Car Club's Spring Historic Race Meeting at Oulton Park in May 1987.

It's the 1971 March 712 entered by PRW Hillingdon Motors and driven in the race by Peter Walker. I've not been able to trace a history of the car, but the programme of the event says that it had a 1,594cc engine, presumably a Ford Cosworth unit. In the 1971 European Formula 2 season the works March 712 was driven by Ronnie Peterson, and other March drivers that year included Dieter Quester, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Niki Lauda, Derek Bell and Vittorio Brambilla.