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Far away from their South African careers, the Lotus 21s of Mark Shaw and Changing decades as the ‘30s Maserati 6C34 of Alex Morton would battle for eighth place. Photo: Eric Sawyer Josef Rettenmaier encounters the ‘50s Cooper T45/51 of Rod Jolley. Photo: Eric Sawyer.
Race of the Spa weekend was undoubtedly the tremendous performance of Rod Jolley in the Lister Jaguar Monzanapolis, the complete master of whatever conditions he encountered. Andy Middlehurst in John Bowers’ Lotus 25 provided the strongest of opposition until a broken gear linkage frustrated his efforts. Photo: Eric Sawyer
Ex-Prince Bira MG K3 of Australian John Gillett added Brooklands flavour. Photo: Per Soerensen
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Recalling the superbly prepared F2 Works Lotus team, Chris Locke netted Driver of the Day in the 32B, here in company with Andrew Smith in the Tim Ross Cooper T43/51 and John Emery’s Brabham BT4. Photo: Eric Sawyer
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challenging and always unpredictable, it tests cars and drivers to the limit, with the lottery of weather vagaries that can leave the circuit basking simultaneously in blazing sunshine or a torrential downpour. As always, the Spa Six Hours attracts the cream of historic racing – uniquely linking past and present – with HGPCA members always out in force, 42 competitors being registered for the 2019 edition. Revelling in the only dry day of the meeting, Peter Horsman set a blistering qualifying pace in the Lotus 18/21, keeping Andy Middlehurst in Lotus 25 R4 at bay from the close company of Chris Drake’s Cooper T71 and the Barry Cannell Brabham BT11. Very much
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Saturday’s race on a damp but drying track predictably saw the Horsman Lotus 18/21 reprising its qualifying form from Middlehurst’s R4, the duo outpacing their pursuers. The Barry Cannell Brabham and the Joaquin Folch-Rusinol Lotus 16 were next up, ahead of Chris Locke in the F2 Lotus 32B who held off the rapid Lister Jaguar of Rod Jolley that was quietly posting intent for the following day. Any hopes of a dry race on Sunday were dashed by an increasingly dank afternoon that greeted the 30 surviving runners for the second race that, despite trackside pessimism, arguably turned
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