The British Grand Prix took place on Saturday 21st July 1962 and will take place on the circuit in Aintree for the second year in a row, despite the agreements with the circuit in Silverstone requiring the British Grand Prix to be held alternately on both circuits. The R.A.C. decides to delegate the British Grand Prix to the B.A.R.C. for the second time in a row despite the protests. Thus, the Grand Prix circus goes to Liverpool in order to race at the Aintree Stadium. After the races in Rouen and Reims and the smaller Solitude race, respectively won by Cooper and Porsche, everyone goes to Aintree with a very keen state of mind. The teams know that the championship is still open. With the Italian strikes easing a bit, Scuderia Ferrari field a car for Phil Hill. It’s the one tested int Monaco during the practice session. It features the gearbox ahead of the differential housing and still uses the 1961-type 120-degree V6 engine. The other two entries are withdrawn. Gurney and Bonnier have the two flat 8-cylinder Porsches spec that raced in Solitude. The only differees that both cars use Koni shock-absorbers. Only one of them previously used the Koni system while the other one had gas-filled Bilstein shockers. Graham Hill and Ginther will drive the usual B.R.M. V8 cars. A brand-new spare car is identical to Ginther’s one in terms of chassis frame on the rear. Hill still has the prototype chassis frame with different tube arrangements in order to support the gearbox. McLaren and Maggs have two identical Cooper-Climax V8. Clark and Taylor drive the two Lotus that were driven at Solitude. Clark is at the wheel of the monocoque Type 25 while Taylor has the Type 24. Bowmaker’s two Lola-Climax V8 cars will be driven by Surtees and Salvadori. The team also brings a brand-new car as a spare. It that the same basic layout of the other two cars and it incorporates all the successful modifications that were made since the start of the season, plus a few more. The most notable ones are the front suspension uprights and stub axles. The uprights are not modified proprietary components. They are now fabricated from steel sheet in taper-tube shape like the Ferguson P99. The diameter tubing of the stub axles is as large as the Lotus 24 and 25. The wishbone ends while the steering pivots are also improved and strengthened. However, the top suspension link is reverted to the channel section that was also used on the original car.
A 6-speed Colotti gearbox is fitted. The right-hand gear change needs a cross-over linkage behind the gearbox. It has the same specification as the 6-speed Colotti, which has the selector mechanism on the left. Rob Walker is forced to withdraw his entry since the car was destroyed in Rouen. Brabham drives the Lotus-Climax V8 given that the Brabham-Climax V8 for F1 is not quite ready. The car could have been prepared for the start of the race but this would have meant that it was completely untried. Brabham wisely decides not to use it. U.D.T.- Laystall wasn’t happy with the B.R.M.-engined car after Rouen. Therefore, they enter two Lotus-Climax V8. Ireland drives the newest of the two while Gregory’s has additional bracing struts across the engine bay. Lewis and Burgess drive the Cooper-Climax 4-cylinders. Chamberlain and Shelly are at the wheel of the old Lotus-Climax 4-cylinders. Settember has an Emeryson-Climax 4-cylinder while Beaufort drives a 4-cylinder Porsche. Campbell-Jones will not start since he’s still suffering from the Solitude accident. His car was badly wrecked as a result. Greene hopes that the new Gilby-B.R.M. V8 gets fixed in time. However, the team can’t fix the car. In addition, Siffert withdraws his entry after hearing the measly starting-money offer that was made by B.A.R.C. Seidel arrives last minute with his brand new Lotus-B.R.M. V8 car. The one-hour begins on Thursday afternoon after the lunch break. The Stadium is bathed in glorious sunshine although there is a strong headwind on the railway straight. This will not favor the drivers. Thus, lap times will probably not be very fast. Back in April, Clark sets a new lap record in Aintree with 1'54"0 in the Lotus 24. The headwind though didn’t allow the British to improve this time. Porsche and B.R.M. are all set and ready to go. On the other hand, swept stub pipes with no venturi tailpipes are installed on Ginther’s car. McLaren’s Cooper is also present while the other V8 is late. The transporter has broken down on the way to the track. Tommy Atkins’ mechanics have to travel up from London in order to collect the car and bring it to the racetrack. However, they are forced to miss the first session after arriving late at the destination. Eric Broadley is finishing off the brand-new Lola, which has the letter T to be recognized. Soon after, the other competitors are also going out on track. Gurney is in good shape and charging along after braking very late for Melling Crossing. Surtees tries the new Lola but is having trouble shifting gears.
He thus dives into the pits to allow the mechanics to fix them. In the meantime, he continues to drive his old car. Ireland is driving very fast after spending a day at Goodwood to sort out the U.D.T. cars. That is until his engine blows up. Lotus aren’t in great shape at the moment. Clark isn’t leading the ranking which was unusual. Unfortunately for drivers, the timekeepers are still using timers with only one-fifth second divisions. That means that official times are giving lots of dead heats. The first session is over. Immediately after, Formula 1 cars are on track again for the second hour of practice. The pace quickens even though the track conditions are the same as before. Clark is now into his stride and equals his existing lap record. In the meantime, Surtees abandons the old Lola on the grass and walks back to the pits in order to get the new one. Brabham, Burgess and Chamberlain join the other drivers on track after missing the first practice session. Maggs exits in the pits with the second Cooper-Climax V8. Ginther is now testing venturi tailpipes since Graham Hill is watching the practice session. Phil Hill isn’t happy with the Ferrari because it’s a bit unpredictable in the corners. Gregory doesn’t like the set-up of the U.D.T. Ireland decides to take it out on track instead. He then does a lap time that is identical to the one he had previously set with his own car. Everyone is smiling inside the garage except for Gregory. Having driven a Lotus 24 back in April, Clark decides to borrow Taylor’s car in order to compare it with the Lotus 25. After spinning on the opening lap, he does one cautious flying lap in 1'57"8. Anyone who has more than four cylinders needs to lap under two minutes. Private owners instead have a 2-minute target. The bar, in terms of times, is pretty high so far. It is, in fact exceeded by Settember who set a time of 2'03"2. It is only good enough for the 20th position but is quite a respectable lap at the wheel of the Emeryson. At the end of the day, Clark is the fastest driver. Gurney is 2nd for Porsche. He’s doing very well at the moment. Surtees is 3rd fastest driver and showing continuous progress in the Lola. Friday is another remarkable day.
It’s warm, dry and not really windy. Not many people had time to eat something before the start of the third practice session. Every driver is heading out on track. Clark immediately has some issues with fouling plugs. Graham Hill has a new engine. The British driver doesn’t get far into the session before an oil leak covers the circuit. The circuit has to be dried up. Thus, the last practice session is delayed. Meanwhile, B.R.M. mechanics mop up the mess on the car. Greene borrows Shelly’s Lotus to do some qualifying laps. The hope is that the mechanics finish the new Gilby in time. Bonnier is in trouble with the gear selectors. However, he shows his old self when the car gets fixed. A couple of minutes later, Surtees sets the pace in 1'54"2 at the wheel of the repaired Lola. Ireland is trying to set the fastest time. He is 2 tenths off Surtees’s time with a 1'54"4 while McLaren sets a time of 1'54"6. Among private owners, Lewis almost breaks the 2-minute barrier. Burgess is also driving very well. He is showing considerable improvement in the last three races with the new engine. Seidel goes back on track with the brand-new Lotus 24 with B.R.M. V8 engine and 6-speed Colotti gearbox. Ireland didn’t do any laps so far. He is thus satisfied with his practice efforts. Some drivers, like Clark, Graham Hill, McLaren, Brabham, and Phil Hill, haven’t reached their limit yet. They are still going much faster than before. The others are doing what they can with new brakes and scrub tyres. Towards the end of the practice session, the wind is completely dropping. The air becomes very cool and rain is approaching. Clark takes advantage of these track conditions to do a terrific 1'53"6 lap time. It is uncanny the way he previously said I will now set a new fastest lap before going out on track. The Lotus driver does exactly what he had planned to do. The Lotus rarely is 100% right in all aspects. This time though it is. One day, it will be spot-on for everyone that Jim Clark will set a really fast lap. No one was supposed to qualify to begin with. The grid will be made by the best times set by the four practice sessions. In the final hour, Jack Lewis goes under the 2 minutes barrier. He is the only 4-cylinder driver even though Burgess gets close to this time. A study of all lap times makes up for an interesting reading. Some drivers got progressively faster. Others were more erratic whilse some didn’t progress at all.
Perhaps it’s the first time that the manufacturer from Modena is represented with a single vehicle in the Grand Prix of Great Britain, which in the post-war tests saw the Italian cars win seven times consecutively, respectively with Luigi Villoresi in 1948 and with De Graffenried, then with Farina, González, Ascari (twice) and González again. In the race Phil Hill has a very hard task because the opposing cars proved to be faster, in these two days of testing: the technicians of Ferrari, who are led by engineer Mauro Forgheri, worked hard to fix some problems, assembled recently on the Italian red car. In today’s practice behind Clark, the former motorcycle champion John Surtees, Ireland and McLaren have achieved excellent results. The Porsche, that showed up in Liverpool after their surprising success in the Rouen Grand Prix, didn’t do much in practice: the American Gurney, who was the best driver of the German cars, will have to settle for starting in the third row. During the morning of Saturday 21st July 1962, the track is wet because of rain, but an hour before the start of the Grand Prix it was already dry. Ireland is in trouble before the race starts, since he broke the gear selector during free practice and can’t replace it in time for the race; so, he must start without the second and third gear. At 2:20 p.m. the flag is lowered and the twenty-one drivers participating in the race leave the grid; the twenty-first driver is Ireland, who struggles with gearing up and when he manages to start is in last position. Meanwhile Clark takes the lead and after the first laps he manages to get away from Surtees, against all odds, as the audience expected to witness a hard-fought race from the start, and on the thirteenth lap he is four seconds ahead. Third place goes to Gurney, McLaren, Brabham, Graham Hill, who had some unidentified mechanical problems and Gregory, with Ireland stopping in the pits to repair the gearbox. On Saturday starts very ominously. Rain was previously drizzling in the morning. As midday approaches, the sun shines through. The track is drying up nicely. The meeting begins with a 17- lap car race which is then followed by a parade of veteran cars and a parade of Formula 1 drivers. At 2.10 p.m., they set off for the start of the warm-up lap. Ten minutes later, the cars are on the starting grid. Everything is ready. Drama soon starts to brew. Ireland, who should start the race from the front row, is in big trouble. His mechanics worked throughout the night to build a new gearbox and give him the best chance for success.
The old box developed slight wear during practice. Anything that shows either wear or suspect is replaced by new parts. The problem on Ireland’s car is soon solved. He is set to start the warm-up lap. Then, one of the brand-new selector forks breaks. Now it’s too late to do anything apart from whipping off the gearbox top and disentangle the broken part. As a result, Ireland is left without 2nd and 3rd gear. While the engines are revving up, Ireland then discovers that he cannot select any gear at all. He has to sit helplessly on the front of the grid stuck in neutral. The flag is raised for five seconds. When it drops, the remaining 20 drivers successfully dodge the helpless Ireland, who is now on his own. Despite this, the start is impeccable. A calm and confident timekeeper waves the flag, not an exciting dignitary or notability. Clark is 1st ahead of everyone. Bonnier muffs his start and drops to the back of the grid. A staggering opening lap was expected however this didn’t happen. Clark is running away in the lead. The others are following in a surprisingly orderly procession. Surtees is 2nd, in the old Lola, ahead of Gurney, McLaren, Brabham, Graham Hill. The latter drives the B.R.M. that has low-level stub pipes. Gregory, Salvadori, Phil Hill, Bonnier, Maggs, Ginther and Taylor follow. Ireland’s car is wheeled into the pits after the start. The unhappy mechanics attack the Colotti gearbox. Clark is comfortably ahead of Surtees. McLaren is right behind Gurney while Graham Hill is pressing on Brabham. On lap 4, this group is leaving the rest of the field behind. Bonnier has recovered from a disappointing start and is now leading the next group. Ginther’s B.R.M. is not running as smooth as it should despite having a brand-new engine. Taylor’s Lotus is ailing while Phil Hill seems to have given up all hope to collect good championship points. He finds himself in 13th position. Burgess is almost keeping up with him. In the following laps, Surtees begins to close up on Clark, who previously set the fastest lap in 1'57"4. By lap 5, the Brit is all over the rear of the Lotus after equaling Clark’s lap time. The leader soon reacts to this attack and goes even quicker with a 1'57"0. The gap between the Lola and the Lotus opens once again. Surtees tries to respond with a 1'57"0. in an effort to catch Clark again.
The Lola driver realizes that he cannot catch the leader and decides to settle for 2nd place. McLaren is pressing Gurney’s Porsche while Graham Hill gets ahead of Brabham. On lap 7, a carburetor choke tube suddenly falls on Trevor Taylor’s lap. He stops in the pits to give the piece to his mechanic while asking himself where did this come from. One of the ram pipes on the front carburetor comes off and the choke tube pops out. Miraculously, it flies through the opening behind the driver’s head and into his lap. It is then put back and another ram pipe flies away. Taylor then goes out on track. He is now in 18th position with a gap of one lap. His Lotus sounds much healthier though. Ireland gets going again while Clark is starting the 8th lap of the race. He can use 1st, 4th and 5th gears only. Let’s not forget that he had the same issue at the French Grand Prix. A couple of laps prior, Shelly and Seidel retired with engine and brake issues, respectively. The latter also had an overheating engine. Back to the front, things have settled down. Clark is 4 seconds ahead of Surtees. On lap 13, McLaren overtakes Gurney. There was nothing the Porsche driver could do about it. In the second group, Maggs is overtaking Bonnier for 7th place. Burgess still leads the 4-cylinder cars but only just since Lewis tried a few overtaking moves on more than one occasion. Despite falling a bit further back, the British driver is still challenging his compatriot. On lap 20, the Lotus is the race leader ahead of Lola, Cooper, B.R.M., Porsche and Lotus. This is a nice mix of different car manufacturers despite the fact that they are steadily spreading out. Onto the next lap, Bonnier gets ahead of Maggs. Phil Hill is trying to pass Ginther for 11th place. Burgess is having a very good race so far and is managing to fend off Lewis. They are followed by Settember’s Emeryson. Taylor is beginning to make his way through the field. The whole race seems to be over at this point. It is now turning out to be a procession. Clark is on a league of his own. Nobody can challenge him for the race win. In addition, the Lotus sounds very healthy. The gap between the leader and Surtees is continuing to open up. Previously it was 6 seconds. Now it’s 9 seconds and it’s still growing. The young Scottish driver is driving immaculately so far. Behind them are McLaren, Graham Hill, Gurney and Brabham. The drivers in the quartet are keeping their positions. It’s funny how the commentators and the teams are timing the gaps to a tenth of a second while the official timekeepers are only timing to a fifth of a second.
Something is not quite right here. On lap 26, Bonnier enters the pits for a consultation. Something is not running smoothly in the gearbox/final-drive unit. On the next lap, the mythical reliability of Porsche receives yet another blow. Gurney’s clutch begins to slip as Brabham overtakes him. Bonnier joins the race again for one more lap before retiring with an alleged issue with the crown-wheel and pinion department. On lap 28, Salvadori hears an odd sound coming from the rear of the car. The British goes to the pits on the next lap. A flat battery is affecting the ignition and the fuel pumps. Gurney’s clutch slip is getting worse. The American driver is trying to bring the car home but drops to 6th place by lap 33. However, it’s only a matter of time before Maggs catches him. Salvadori has a new battery fitted on and goes out on track again. The Lola still has the same issue and Salvadori is forced to withdraw from the race. Phil Hill’s Ferrari gets ahead of Ginther for a few laps. The latter managed to get his place back. On lap 34, Clark laps the Ferrari driver. On lap 35, the leader does the same with the B.R.M. The drivers would probably laugh if they heard the race commentary over speakers. They all know what is happening so far while the commentators are making some wild guesses. At the start of the 37th lap, out of 75, Clark (Lotus) is 14 seconds ahead of Surtees (Lola). McLaren (Cooper) is 3rd, although nearly half a minute behind the leader. The top-3 are using Coventry-Climax V8 engines. Graham Hill (B.R.M.) is 4th ahead of Brabham (Lotus-Climax V8). Despite the multiple issues, Gurney is in 6th place. Maggs and Gregory follow while the rest of the drivers have been lapped. Taylor is 11th. Burgess is holding the lead of the 4-cylinder cars very well. Maggs and Gregory eventually get near Gurney for 6th position. On lap 44, Ginther’s B.R.M. breaks down on the Railway Straight. The fuel pumps stop working. The American driver poked around the car and finds a broken wire. After fixing it, he gets the car going again. However, he unfortunately drops from 9th to 14th place. In the meantime, Clark sets yet another fastest time with a 1'55"0. It is still a whole second off the record set back in April. Despite this, he still stretches his lead to Surtees’ Lola and is steadily lapping everyone.
By lap 46, Surtees, McLaren, Graham Hill and Brabham are the only drivers that are on the same lap as the flying Scot. Phil Hill retires his Ferrari on the next lap. The engine of the car from Maranello went rough due to a faulty ignition on one distributor. Everything is now calm and peaceful. The race is turning out to be an endurance race. Clark laps Taylor and towes him along. The latter has the golden opportunity to overtake the drivers ahead. Surtees settles for the 2nd place after lapping Maggs. The Brit then eases off and the young Cooper V8 driver gets the chance to overtake again the Lola. Taylor overtakes the unhappy Gurney, who is nevertheless continuing his race. In the meantime, Burgess pits to refuel and hands the lead of the 4-cylinder runners to Lewis. Settember is going well with the Emeryson. He is having a remarkable non-stop and trouble-free race. The American driver manages to also overtake Burgess as well while the Cooper Special is in the pits. Ireland is still at the end of the field. On lap 67, Clark laps Brabham. In the closing stages of the race, Graham Hill is the next target to lap. In the end, Clark decides to be a gentleman and not overtake Hill. The latter remains on the lead lap. Taylor, who followed Clark through most of the race, has enough of this and overtakes the duo ahead. In this way, the latter is able to finish only one lap behind his teammate instead of two. The checkered flag is out. Jimmy Clark wins spendidly at the wheel of the impeccable Lotus 25. The winner was unchallenged from start to finish. This result was unexpected to say the least. Surtees finishes in 2nd place with his Lola. The car proved to be race worthy. It could be a future winner under the right circumstances. McLaren closes the podium at the wheel of the Cooper V8. It was a normal race for him. Graham Hill finishes in 4th position and is the last driver to complete the full race distance. Burgess and the Anglo-American Cooper Special have also been showing a vastly improved reliability, which is good to see.
Top marks to Settember for finishing the race at the wheel of the Emeryson without suffering any reliability issues. The British manufacturer was known for having early pit stops. All the English teams are getting into their stride and B.R.M. seems to have lost the initial advantage that they had at the beginning of the season. The organizers and the F.I.A. mutually agree that the Italian Grand Prix is going to be held on 16th September while the Oulton Park International Gold Cup will be rescheduled for 1st September. The British Grand Prix in 1964 will be held at Brands Hatch. It is going to be exciting in a sordid kind of way. On Saturday at 2:10 p.m., when the racing cars in Aintree are about to start, in a Scottish farm not far from Edinburgh, an old lady turns off the television. Among the millions of motorsport enthusiasts living in England, Jim Clark’s mother is perhaps the only one not to enjoy minute by minute the resounding success of the champion, the only driver in the current season that has won two World Championship races. Mrs. Helen and her husband Jimmy tremble for the fate of their son who was born twenty-six years ago, after four girls, but while his father surrendered to Jim’s passion, his mother didn’t give in. She would like her young boy to continue to be only a cattle breeder or, rather, to use the degree he obtained not so long ago in the elegant boarding school of Loretta. Jim doesn’t take it for granted and is today the strongest and the quietest driver. The winner of the British Grand Prix gets out of his car after a triumphant, smiling, and quiet getaway. He listens to the traditional anthem of the queen, the long speech of an authority, and goes away from the circuit, almost trying to avoid interviews.
"I knew the race victory would be mine and I forced myself from the first meters to secure the leading position. I had confidence in the car".
Then Jim disappears as his Scottish fans shout his name. Instead, a young admirer gives the driver a lively and interesting picture. Her name is Michaelle Burns Greig, nineteen years old, and she dreams of becoming a race car driver. For the moment, she is content with competing in smaller categories, with the car given to her by her father. He wears the Ferrari crest on his shirt and knows everything about every driver. Michaelle, however, knows Jim well, especially because she is what the Americans would say the girl next door. Meaning that she lives in the farm next to the champion.
"He is in Edington Maines, I am in Mount St. Michael, fifteen kilometers from Duns, a village eighty kilometers from Edinburgh".
Jim and Michaelle aren’t engaged or anything. They absolutely give rise to gossip, which isn’t uncommon even in sports circles. They are simply neighbors, they go dancing together, sometimes to the cinema in Duns, and above all they talk a lot about engines and cars.
"When he’s not preparing for races, Jim goes hunting or water-skiing, or roots for one of the two Edinburgh soccer teams. However, above all he works on the farm that he bought with what he earned being a driver. He drives tractors and grain cutting machines, he gets up very early in the morning like any other farmer and, in particular, he is dedicated to the breeding of sheep and cows".
This is Jim Clark’s life, a driver who is becoming famous all over the world, despite debuting in competitions after his 21st birthday and naturally starting with smaller races. In his career he had only a sad moment last year in Monza, when his car touched Trips’ car before it was projected towards the crowd and the tragedy we all remember very well. After that day Jim Clark for a long time has been quieter than ever before, but avoided being alone, as if he wanted to look to his friends for a distraction. Now the pain of this episode has subsided. Jim Clark is climbing the world ranking. The British consider him Moss’ temporary heir, waiting for the British driver to heal and return racing. The number one British champion, after hinting at a twist step in a recorded television broadcast that will soon be aired, left a few days before to fly to Nassau, going up the stairs to embark without the help of crutches. He will stop in the Bahamas for about a month, practicing water skiing and driving a small car. He still has a small bandage on his legs, however he gets better quickly.
"I hope to be able to race again on 18th August in Goodwood, on the same track where I suffered the scary accident for which I am still stationary as a driver. Or, at the latest, in Monza, in the Italian Grand Prix that will be held at the beginning of September".
While Moss is unavailable, Clark continues the tradition of British supremacy in the field of motorsport. In the race in Aintree, on a beautiful sunny day, however troubled by the rather strong wind, the Scot triumphed in front of 100.000 people. The farmer from Scotland has jumped to the front of the line and hasn’t been reached. His was a long and exciting duel with Surtees. The former World Motorcycle Champion, who for the excellent qualifying time had also been able to start from the front line, committed to chase the rival with the tenacity of a policeman. Clark’s pale green Lotus and Surtees' dark green Lola passed in front of the grandstands separated only by a few meters: however, Surtees couldn’t reduce that small distance. In fact, towards the end, since he failed to reach Clark, Surtees slowed down to secure the well-deserved place of honor. In this duel at 150 km/h Ireland could also find a place, but the British was betrayed by fate even before the race. In the lap dedicated to warming up the engine and to taking place on the grid, Ireland breaks the gearbox. He noticed when there were 45 seconds left and the engines roared with a deafening noise. He raised his arm wanting to warn his teammates to avoid any collision. When the flag is dropped, twenty cars take off, the twenty-first, Ireland’s, was pushed by hand to the pits, where the mechanics put two long gears back into efficiency, the fourth and fifth. With only these two gears available, Ireland has managed to qualify, though among the last. If you think about how the first and second gears are also used as a brake, you will have an idea of how brave he’s been. In addition to the fast head pair, Dan Gurney (Porsche), Graham Hill (B.R.M.), McLaren (Cooper), and Brabham (Lotus), who gave up on the debut of the Formula 1 car that bears his name, preferring instead the already tested Lotus.
The backing quartet gave rise to the most contentious episodes, especially as long as Dan Gurney remained in the group. The Porsche, despite the unexpected success obtained in Rouen by Gurney, are still not perfectly efficient (the other car of the team, driven by Bonnier, retired on lap 27 due to the transmission failure). Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill and Brabham finish in this order. This allows Graham Hill to score three points in the Drivers World Ranking which, added to the sixteen already in his possession, leave him in charge of the ranking ahead of Clark and the others: for the Italians the race in Aintree was a big suffering. There was only one red car in the race, Phil Hill’s Ferrari. But the reigning World Champion didn’t seem to be competitive even during practice. While racing his car, which is wider than the British Formula 1 cars, he felt disturbed by the wind. Phil Hill continued to lose two to five seconds per lap to his rivals and on lap 47 he was forced to quit. This is not an unexpected disappointment, but it still is a disappointment, which makes everything more bitter when compared to what happened before the British Grand Prix. Out of fourteen editions held after the world war, ten were won by Italian cars and seven by Ferrari. The names of Villoresi, Farina, and Ascari (twice), appear in the golden register of the race. On Saturday we saw a car racing for only half the laps. The British cars Lotus, Lola and Cooper today are noticeably stronger than the Germans and the Italians. The path of the Italian recovery seems long, even if we talk about a new Ferrari that will be prepared for Monza, while the Serenissima is developing a Formula 1 car for next season.