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THE NEW SMALL CROSSLEY A LIVELY AND INTERESTING ADDITION TO THE LIGHT CAR CLASS LIKE most pioneer firms in the automobile industry, Crossley Motors Ltd., have in the past taken…
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
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
Jack Brabham’s Climax motor would fail him on lap four of the 1963 British Grand Prix
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
Innes Ireland (left), Dan Gurney and John Surtees engrossed in reading matter in the Brands Hatch paddock during the ’64 British Grand Prix
Graham Hill, BRM team boss Tony Rudd (facing) and an expectant Bette Hill in the ’63 Silverstone paddock
Porsche driver Dan Gurney in his characteristic black Bell helmet
First UK appearance of Sharknose Ferrari 156, Aintree ’61. “We were not disappointed,” says Mike Aspinall
In 1963 Lorenzo Bandini scored two points for Scuderia Centro Sud in his BRM P57 at the British GP
Concentration writ large on Jack Brabham’s brow; both BT7s retired from the ’63 British GP
Ever cheerful Richie Ginther put his BRM P57 on pole at the 1962 Oulton Park Gold Cup
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