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[Barry Boor]

Interesting picture of Ronnie in the Lotus posted by Bondurand.

I wonder where it came from....

[Arturo Pereira]

Maserati 250F
BRM P 261
Lotus 33
Eagle Weslake ´67
Ferrari 312 F1 ´67
Lotus 72
Brabham BT44
Lotus 79



From this list, I would choose the 250F and the P261 as my all time favs though

[Terry Walker]

Slighty outside the terms of ref - I also like the early Indy STP Turbine, the chubby one with the offset. And my favourite sports race of all time for sheer beauty is the Maser 300S.

[brooster51]

I would die a truly happy man to have the chance to drive a few of the listed. OK well maybe if Uma Thurman came calling then I would die happy . . . My choices do reflect somewhat when I became interested in F1 (not in order):

Brabham BT33 – Ford/Cosworth
Eagle T1 – Gurney Weslake
Ferrari 312 B2 (not the sport car nose)
Ferrari 312/67
Jordan 7-Up car
Lotus 33 – Coventry/Climax
Lotus 49
Lotus 72
Lotus 79
Matra MS 120D
McLaren M19A – Ford/Cosworth (esp. in Sunoco/Penske colors)
Mercedes Benz W196 (Streamlined and not)

As far as sports car go, is there one that matches a Ferrari P3/4? The Maserati 300S Tipo 58 and Sauber C9 do come close.

[T54]

Considering all the pre-war/post-war options, if I had to pick ONE car, it would be the 1967 Eagle. And it's not "Westlake", it's "Weslake".

[Tom Thomas]

IMO the Ferrari Sharknose and the front engined Scarab were not only best looking GP cars of all time, but may have been the best looking racecars of all time.

[RDV]

Maserati 250F, and Lotus 72...

72 not surprising as I spent more time with it than my wife.. and she was 22 at the time and a looker!!!

[andrea]

Without doubt, it's ALFA ROMEO 182.

Forza Andrea,

[Kingsleyrob]

Great thread - glad it was resurrected - had a smile on my face reading all the posts, nodding at so many that coincide with my views. Funny that when I picture their beauty they are often in a certain scenario:


Ferrari 156 (Sharknose) especialy with number '36' on it, at Monaco:
Ferrari 312 (with the great Chris Amon at the wheel - anywhere!)
1988 Benetton (B188?) - great paint job too
Mike Hawthorn's '58 Ferrari - Spa
Dan's Eagle Weslake (Spa again - where else!)
Vanwall (not the Monaco short nose though - coming past the pits at Aintree)
Mercedes Streamliners (coming down the pit straight at Rheims)

I also think that these had a cetain attractiveness:
The 'Hondola' - was it the RA301? At Monza with Big John coming around the Parabolica - great exhaust pipes!
The short lived Onyx I recall looked good - nice paint job
V16 BRM (can't help picturing it on the Silverstone grid - alone and stationary!
Lotus 49 - 'out of the box' at Zandvoort
The 58/59 Coopers - plus was there a later 'lowline' model?

Oddly enough, after my trip round part of the Aintree circuit today (see separate 'Aintree' thread) I took a stroll around a shopping mall in Warrington and what do you expect to find next to Superdrug and River Island? Yes I nearly fell over a Fernando Alonso Renault F1 car! Part of a PR stunt for a new Clio which had turned up late so the F1 car was on its own! Was it beautiful?? Hmmm - certainly it had a certain something, not sure it was beauty though. Certainly purposeful and impressive.

Oh, can't leave out the Chaparral 2F, and what about the big orange McLaren Can-Am beauties?

Ahhh. Great memories. Lovely cars.

Rob