Fangio's Maserati at 1953 Swiss hillclimb
#1
Posted 26 January 2013 - 15:36
Juan Manuel Fangio drove in 1953 Vue des Alpes Swiss Hillclimb.
According to the book 'Car Facts & Feats'(1971 edition) Fangio broke the three year record in a Maserati (250F ?) with Ken Wharton being runner up (car unknown).
Does anyone know what chassis Maserati was used by Fangio, and the times for both Fangio & Wharton?
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#2
Posted 26 January 2013 - 16:20
You can find a report and full results of the event in the Gazette de Lausanne, i/d July 13th 1953, page 4. I can't link direct to the article, but if you go to this page and then click on "select an edition" you'll be able to navigate to it:
http://www.letempsar...W=1359215928826
As it says Fangio was in the racing car class in a 2 litre, that's going to be an A6GCM. Wharton's 2 litre blown ERA would have been R4D.
#3
Posted 26 January 2013 - 16:21
Edit: Vitesse2 beat me to it!
Edited by D-Type, 26 January 2013 - 16:23.
#4
Posted 26 January 2013 - 18:07
Only my second topic and I have 'brain-fade'. Of course it could not have been a Maserati 250F that J.M.Fangio drove in the Swiss hill climb.
I will have to 'let my fingers linger a little longer over the computer keys' before posting any other topic.
Embarrassing error.
But thanks for the replies
#5
Posted 26 January 2013 - 22:19
Whenever you think you've covered your bases, someone on this board will show you up!
#6
Posted 27 January 2013 - 00:40
Wharton drove R11B. He didn't buy R4D until 1954.Wharton's 2 litre blown ERA would have been R4D.
#7
Posted 27 January 2013 - 02:42
OUCH!
#8
Posted 27 January 2013 - 08:07
Yep!Don't worry! It will happen again, and again...
Whenever you think you've covered your bases, someone on this board will show you up!
Had I bothered to stir myself and walk the six feet to extract Weguelin's ERA tome from its slipcase I'd probably have found that as it's in R11B's race record! (Although perhaps not, as I'm not sure I knew that R11B had ever been fitted with a 2 litre engine. R4D's, OTOH, I was absolutely certain of.)
#9
Posted 27 January 2013 - 20:47
But not just any A6GCM, but the one dedicated to Ononfre Marimon by the Maserati Factory for 1953.
The was the only occasion that anyone, other than Marimon, drove this car in 1953.
The obvoius question is, Why?
Typical Maserati goings-on.
Cheers,
Barrie