195 racing at Crystal Palace
In May 1955 Bryan Maggs headed to London’s own race track to see grand prix cars in two races, a non-championship F1 and a Libre event. We’ve included a couple of shots from elsewhere too
It took Jim Clark to make the troubled Lotus 30 fly. After two pit stops in the 1964 Goodwood TT he drove a sensational catch-up, until slowed by a suspension snag.
Having reinvented the racing car, John Cooper visits Brands Hatch in 1957 and goes back to earlier days to check he got it right.
Peter Collins, in Avon overalls.
Ivor Bueb tries out new lines in the works Cooper while Les Leston wisely keeps his Connaught clear.
Roy Salvadori leans on his Maserati 250F. He would place third overall in the F1 race.
Mike Hawthorn has a chat with Salvadori
Harry Schell’s victory in one heat was the first for Vanwall.
Hawthorn’s Maserati squats under acceleration as he heads for a Heat 1 victory in the International Trophy for F1 cars
Collins has his 250F nicely balanced on his way to victory in the London Trophy Formule Libre event – unlike his rival in the background
A busy Palace crowd watch Peter Collins in the Maserati 250F. The tail was damaged and removed after a practice spin
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