1970 Brabham BT34

This was one of the competitors in the Silverstone International Trophy Race for Pre-1978 Grand Prix Cars at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001.

It's a 1971 Brabham BT34, a car designed by Ron Tauranac who placed the car's radiators in front of the front wheels in order to fit a wing to give downforce at the front. Because of the unusual look of the bulky radiators at the front of the car the BT34 was dubbed the 'lobster claw'. Only one BT34 was built and it was powered by the 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Graham Hill drove the car in the 1971 season without much success, his best result being fifth place in the Austrian Grand Prix, although he did win the International Trophy Race at Silverstone. In 1972 the car was driven by Carlos Reutemann and Wilson Fittipaldi, the best result being Carlos Reutemann's win in the non-Championship Brazilian Grand Prix. It was driven in this race at Silverstone by Ean Pugh.

1968 BRM P133

The Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1998 marked 50 years of racing at the circuit with a display of 50 cars marking each of those 50 years, some of which also took part in track parades throughout the weekend. This is the car that was chosen to represent 1968.

It's the 3 litre V12 1968 BRM P133 of Ean Pugh - at least that's what it says in the programme of the event. The P133 was produced in Bourne by BRM following the design of Len Terry's P126 which was built by his own Transatlantic Automotive Consultants company. There is some suggestion that the car pictured above is actually a P126. Only two examples of the P133 were built, the second of which was written off in an accident at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix by Pedro Rodriguez. The remaining P133 was driven in the 1968 season by Pedro Rodriguez, and by Jackie Oliver in the first part of the 1969 season. The programme of the event made this brief mention of the car:

‘The BRM concern had its ups and downs but 1968 was one of its better years, and the 3-litre P133, as raced by Pedro Rodriguez, will certainly bring memories flooding back.’

Pedro Rodriguez didn’t win any of the races that year, but he had a second place finish at the Belgian Grand Prix, and two third, a fourth and a sixth place finish to end the season in sixth place in the World Drivers’ Championship table.'

1968 BRM P133

This was one of the competitors in the F.O.R.C.E. Pre-1972 Classic Grand Prix Cars Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1999.

It's the 3 litre V12 1968 BRM P133 of Ean Pugh - at least that's what it says in the programme of the event. The P133 was produced in Bourne by BRM following the design of Len Terry's P126 which was built by his own Transatlantic Automotive Consultants company. There is some suggestion that the car pictured above is actually a P126. Only two examples of the P133 were built, the second of which was written off in an accident at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix by Pedro Rodriguez. The remaining P133 was driven in the 1968 season by Pedro Rodriguez, and by Jackie Oliver in the first part of the 1969 season. A second BRM P133 entered by Robs Lamplough took part in this race at Silverstone, and that one appears to be the surviving BRM P133/01.

1962 Anglo American Cooper T59

This car took part in the Historic Formula Racing Cars Pre '65 Single Seater Championship Race at the HSCC's Summer Race Meeting at Oulton Park in July 1995.

It's the 1962 Anglo American Cooper of Ean Pugh that was driven in the race by Mark Linstone. The car was built by Ian Burgess of Louise Bryden-Brown's Anglo American Racing team and it was based on a Cooper T59 Formula Junior car with a 1,475cc Coventry Climax FPF engine. It was entered for three Grand Prix races in the 1962 F1 season, finishing in 12th place in the British Grand Prix, 11th place in Germany, but didn't qualify for a starting place in the Italian Grand Prix. Ian Burgess was the driver on each occasion.

1967 Lola T70 Aston Martin

This car competed in the Pre-'70 Le Mans Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

It's the 1967 Lola T70 Aston Martin of Ean Pugh who shared the driving in the race with Keith Norris. Two of these cars were built at the instigation of John Surtees.Team Surtees who entered them in the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hour Race, to be driven by John Surtees/David Hobbs and Peter de Klerk/Chris Irwin, but the first car only lasted 3 laps and the second retired after 25 laps. Ean Pugh's car is Lola T70 chassis SL73/101. The car in the background is the Lotus Elan GT of Don Hands and Peter Dixon, which also took part in that race.

Four Connaughts and an ERA

All these cars lined up in the paddock outside the pit garages took part in the Chopard HGPCA 100-Mile Grand Prix Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1994.

Number 12 is the 1955 Connaught B-Type of Ean Pugh and is chassis B5. Behind that is car number 24, the 1952 Connaught A-Type of Bob Burrell, chassis A6, then next is the 1955 Connaught B-Type of Paul Burdell which is chassis B4. The fourth Connaught is the 1952 A-Type of Spike Milligan, chassis A7, and in the background car number 32 is the 1934 ERA R1A driven here by Tony Merrick.

BRM P133

This car took part in the Classic & Sportscar Pre '68 GP and Tasman Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's the 3 litre V12 1967 BRM P133 of Ean Pugh - at least that's what it says in the programme of the event. The P133 was produced in Bourne by BRM following the design of Len Terry's P126 which was built by his own Transatlantic Automotive Consultants company. There is some suggestion that the car pictured above is actually a P126. Only two examples of the P133 were built, the second of which was written off in an accident at the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix by Pedro Rodriguez. The remaining P133 was driven in the 1968 season by Pedro Rodriguez, and by Jackie Oliver in the first part of the 1969 season.

Lola-Aston Martin T70

This car took part in the Visage Pre '72 Le Mans Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in August 1996.

It's a 1967 Lola-Aston Martin T70, a car built at the instigation of John Surtees.Team Surtees entered two of the cars in the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hour Race, to be driven by John Surtees/David Hobbs and Peter de Klerk/ Chris Irwin, but the first car only lasted 3 laps and the second retired after 25 laps. The entrant for this Silverstone race was listed in the programme as Ean Pugh, and it was driven by Keith Norris.

Brabham

Two Brabhams took part in the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship race in the SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2006 and here are photographs of both cars.

This is the Brabham BT49C driven in the 1981 season by Nelson Piquet and Hector Rebaque, Piquet winning the World Drivers Championship and Rebaque finishing in tenth place. In the Constructors Championship Brabham finished in second place to the Williams team.

Here is the car at Redgate Corner during the Saturday qualifying session driven by Joaquin Folch followed by the 1979 Arrows A1 driven by Rowland Kinch.

Here in the dead car park after the qualifying session

This is the other Brabham car in the race, the BT34 'Lobster Claw', again at Redgate Corner and driven by Ean Pugh. The car, designed by Ron Tauranac, was driven with no great success in the 1971 World Championship by Graham Hill who finished in a lowly twenty first position with only two points.

Here is the car in the dead car park after the qualifying session