Can anyone please identify this? Taken at a Silverstone midweek session in early 1977 and on the same day as the de Cadanet Lola and the F1 Brabham posted earlier. Howard may know!
The very last F1 BRM though sadly, it never raced in a GP. Built as a Jordan-BRM, the P230.
The Arnott, seen here at Whenuapai. I think, 1990.
Whenuapai 1995
It wasn't allowed to happen under Bernie's reign, but de Beaufort's Porsche was totally outclassed in F1, yet added colour and variety. My support for larger grids is well known and I'm sure that despite the 107% rule (or is it 105%?), I believe F1 needs larger grids. Part of the reason for the decline in spectator support over the last couple of decades has been the smaller grids. It may not be apparent on TV, but it certainly is if you have paid to attend.
I'm now dismantling the glass slides, to clean the glasses before scanning and also trying to identify which sets were taken on the same day! I know the above BRM pic was from an early visit, maybe even as early as the 1970's, (it opened 1973) as the BRM's were later grouped alongside the Vanwall collection.
Some Kodak slide film had a code number at the top which makes that part easier, but others had no markings at all, which may mean it was stock film from Dad!
Makes a slow job even slower... Sooner or later, I'm going to have to just give in and put an approximate date, but I may come across a slide with the same markings that will fix a date. I live in hope.
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