Gallery: Taming Edwardian racers in the S.F. Edge Trophy Part 2

The latest bit of kit in this category is a Bugatti Type 13 ‘Brescia' that was built only 10 years after the start of World War I. Aviation was merely 20 years old. And George V was still on the throne. The oldest car in the field is a 1903 Mercedes 60hp, which came out of the workshop during a time when Battle of Waterloo veterans were still knocking about telling their war stories. These things are from a very different time indeed.

Watching them race in the here and now however is much more exciting than a stale history lesson. And the racer’s competitive spirit was out in its Sunday Best to squeeze every bit of juice out of the ageing engineering.

Hughie Walker took a Theophile Schneider Aero from 1913 to first place with Mark Walker finishing two seconds behind in the Darracq 200hp from 1905. Third place went to one of our all-time favourite historic racers Julian Majzub in a Sunbeam 'Indianapolis' from 1916. Sometimes the oldies really are the best.

Photography by Jordan Butters.