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[coco]

Has anybody good portrait photos of the Italian driver/dealer Franco Cornacchia and driver Gerino Gerini, also from Italy? Both raced Maserati (yes, yes, yeeeeees ...they also raced Ferrari etc. - but those doesn`t interest me!).

Ciao!
Walter

[raceannouncer2003]

Just came across this:

http://www.modelfoxb...Photostory1.htm

If you go down to "Lascia o Raddoppia 1958", there is a photo of Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Gerini, and Bonnier apparently being interviewed prior to the "500 Miglia di Monza". Interesting...Hawthorn and Hill took part but I don't think Gerini and Bonnier did. What were they doing there? All would have taken part, I think, in the French GP the following weekend.

Vince H.

[Richard Jenkins]

Gerino Gerini died earlier this year - http://www.oldracing...r/Gerino_Gerini

 

 

PS This was in the archive, but I posted in the thread to see what happened and it's appeared in the main TNF fora. I didn't think that was actually possible so clearly you can still add comments onto archived stuff.

Edited by Richard Jenkins, 31 October 2013 - 21:36.

[Paul Parker]

Has anybody good portrait photos of the Italian driver/dealer Franco Cornacchia and driver Gerino Gerini, also from Italy? Both raced Maserati (yes, yes, yeeeeees ...they also raced Ferrari etc. - but those doesn`t interest me!).

Ciao!
Walter

 

Try the Revs Institute http://www.revsinsti...ex.php?f=photos which has Karl Ludvigsen's former archive which I used to run that includes colour from Monaco 1958 taken by Karl.

 

I am not absolutely sure, it's 13 years ago now, but there might be a colour shot of Gerini in a Centro Sud 250F (no.48) at Monaco, certainly worth a try. The archive manager is Mark Patrick who is very helpful.

[Paul Parker]

Try the Revs Institute http://www.revsinsti...ex.php?f=photos which has Karl Ludvigsen's former archive which I used to run that includes colour from Monaco 1958 taken by Karl.

 

I am not absolutely sure, it's 13 years ago now, but there might be a colour shot of Gerini in a Centro Sud 250F (no.48) at Monaco, certainly worth a try. The archive manager is Mark Patrick who is very helpful.

 

Apparently Mark Patrick is no longer in situ but the archive remains accessible.

[bradbury west]

Paul, what a useful archive link. Is it possible that I could ask you to pm Mike Bennett, see Lotus 12 photographs wanted thread a few threads below this, to guide him through the George Phillips archives. Some of the events listed there in 1956,57& 58 may well have unseen shots of the Lotus 12s in which Mike specialises?
Many thanks
Roger Lund

[David McKinney]

I suspect the "right period" George Phillips archive might be held by someone else - LAT?

[bradbury west]

That is what I would have thought, with George an Autosport staffer, so I was surprised to see the number of events and photos listed on the Phillips schedule on the Revs site. When I spoke to LAT recently about Frankie Penn shots they said they only had copies of what Autosport had used in period. When I spoke to Peter Burn last week about his AS shots he said they had all of his archives from his period as an AS snapper. Different period , I grant, so perhaps different terms. Mike will know the events in which he might have an interest, so it is all about long shots, no pun intended, I suspect.
Roger Lund

[Tomas Karlsson]

Just came across this:

http://www.modelfoxb...Photostory1.htm

If you go down to "Lascia o Raddoppia 1958", there is a photo of Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Gerini, and Bonnier apparently being interviewed prior to the "500 Miglia di Monza". Interesting...Hawthorn and Hill took part but I don't think Gerini and Bonnier did. What were they doing there? All would have taken part, I think, in the French GP the following weekend.

Vince H.

I suppose they represented the two big Italian race car-builders. Hawthorn and Hill were Ferrari drivers while Gerini and Bonnier drove Maseratis (although Hill had yet to make his F1 debut, that was to be in one of Bonnier's Maseratis ).

[Paul Parker]

Paul, what a useful archive link. Is it possible that I could ask you to pm Mike Bennett, see Lotus 12 photographs wanted thread a few threads below this, to guide him through the George Phillips archives. Some of the events listed there in 1956,57& 58 may well have unseen shots of the Lotus 12s in which Mike specialises?
Many thanks
Roger Lund

 

Hello Roger.

 

I do not know the whereabouts of the George Phillips archive, but then I am not often in the UK.

 

The last I heard was that it was owned by Gregor Grant's son, but I will see if I can find out.

 

Paul

[Graham Gauld]

Note: I have supplied a photo of Gerino Gerini to Walter.  

[Tony Robinson]

Hi

 

George Philips photos,i believe are held at the STANFORD UNIVERSITY  USA.

 

Contact , Mark Patrick, at <mpatrick@chmotorcars.com>

 

I last emailed him 12/03/12 when he advised me that they were digitising the negatives ready for viewing.

[Paul Parker]

Hi

 

George Philips photos,i believe are held at the STANFORD UNIVERSITY  USA.

 

Contact , Mark Patrick, at <mpatrick@chmotorcars.com>

 

I last emailed him 12/03/12 when he advised me that they were digitising the negatives ready for viewing.

 

FYI this was when Mark was working at the Revs Institute but he is no longer there (see my post no.5).