Getting into the Sixties groove

The 1960s were a key era for Formula 1, with the sport ever shifting and Britain finally coming to the fore. Mike Aspinall shares his collection of snapshots from around the decade

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In 1963 Mike Parkes drove the BRP GTO to a new record for the type during the British GP support race at Silverstone – and then spun into the bank

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Jack Brabham’s Climax motor would fail him on lap four of the 1963 British Grand Prix

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Giancarlo Baghetti endured a difficult British GP at Aintree in 1961. He crashed his 156 after qualifying poorly, while Ferrari’s other entries swept the podium

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Innes Ireland (left), Dan Gurney and John Surtees engrossed in reading matter in the Brands Hatch paddock during the ’64 British Grand Prix

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Graham Hill, BRM team boss Tony Rudd (facing) and an expectant Bette Hill in the ’63 Silverstone paddock

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Porsche driver Dan Gurney in his characteristic black Bell helmet

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First UK appearance of Sharknose Ferrari 156, Aintree ’61. “We were not disappointed,” says Mike Aspinall

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In 1963 Lorenzo Bandini scored two points for Scuderia Centro Sud in his BRM P57 at the British GP

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Concentration writ large on Jack Brabham’s brow; both BT7s retired from the ’63 British GP

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Ever cheerful Richie Ginther put his BRM P57 on pole at the 1962 Oulton Park Gold Cup

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