Photos: The Ken Hyndman Collection

[Steve Holmes]

[khyndart in CA]

These poor hapless Ferrari mechanics were hard at it changing the 3 litre Flat 12 engine once again.
1973 was one of Ferraris worst years in Formula One. It finished fourth in one race only !
This engine and 6 speed transmission were too underpowered and unreliable.
As I mentioned earlier, Jackie Ickx, left the team after this race to drive for others until Ferrari could get it's act together.

Note the sophisticated equipment (block and tackle !) and custom fit overalls !
(compare that to the McLaren mechanics)

(Ken Hyndman )

[Steve Holmes]

[Steve Holmes]

Same photo as above, only cropped.

[khyndart in CA]

Same photo as above, only cropped.

1973 British Grand Prix. Silverstone. Becketts Corner. First Lap.
Jackie Stewart dove under Ronnie Peterson for the lead here in a move that was described as "jaw dropping."in Autosport magazine. It was the last time Stewart would lead a British Grand Prix as at the end of this lap Scheckter would lose it and cause the huge accident that would take out 9 of the cars in this field. Peterson (Lotus 72) is followed by Reutemann (Brabham BT 42) then Hulme, Revson and Scheckter on the far right in their McLaren M23s. Remember there are 4 Kiwis in this field and I think 2 are at the back. (Amon and McRae). So all this action was about to come to a grinding halt while the track was cleared and the race restarted 90 minutes later. Eventually to be won by Peter Revson in his McLaren.
Even though it was a long day it was exciting and I was with my fellow Trojan work mate, Patrick Head, who would go on to design for Williams. But on this day he was just one of "the lads" having a good time.
(Ken Hyndman )

[Steve Holmes]

[khyndart in CA]

This photo shows the cars exiting Becketts Corner on the warm up lap. The red Ferrari is driven by Belgian, Jackie Ickx, in his last race for the team, followed by the white Brabham of Andrea de Adamich that crashed on the first lap and Andrea would sustain leg injuries that would prevent him from ever racing again. (It is said that he is still angry with Jody Scheckter to this day for causing this accident !)
The green car # 28 is the Ensign Ford driven by Rikki von Opel who was an heir to the Opel car company. It had a neat design which incorporated the rear wing into the bodywork but it was not very successful.
The next car with just the front wheel coming into the picture is the STP March Ford of Tom Wheatcroft driven by the talented Roger Williamson. It also did not survive the first lap crash here at Silverstone.
Sadly Roger was to die under tragic circumstances two weeks later during the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

So although it is a pretty simple photo taken to show what it looked like at Silverstone that day, there is a lot going on showing cars and drivers that would sadly not survive for long. I appreciate that I had the opportunity to see them in action, if only for a brief time.

(Ken Hyndman )