It’s funny to think today’s 1.6-litre Formula 1 cars are not the smallest engined grand prix cars, because back in the early 1960s the racing elite piloted these tiny but terrifically fast machines.
This is the Glover Trophy, 25 minutes of grand prix fun for the cars that raced from 1961 to 1965. In the 2022 race we had cars from Lotus, Cooper, Lola, Brabham, Ferrari and more. A close start gave way to a superb race, and if you were in any doubt as to just how quick these absurdly small F1 cars are, consider the qualifying time of pole man Andy Middlehurst in his Lotus 25: 1m 22.6s. Pole position in the 2022 RAC TT Celebration was a 1m 24.3…
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