Coys International Historic Festival

Silverstone, 21-23 July 2000.

After a day of brilliant sunshine for the Friday practise sessions, the weather changed overnight, to greet participants and spectators with a grey skies and a substantial drop in temperature, that set the scene for the remainder of the weekend. One of the main news items of the event was that Coys were terminating their title sponsorship arrangement, and that the auction would be taken up by Brooks starting from the 2001 event which would move to a new date at the end of August. Hopefully the later date might give the British summer time to improve!

50 Years of Formula 1
The main focus of the event was 50 Years of Formula 1, with the great British hero of the eighties, Nigel Mansell, in attendance driving a JPS Lotus 79 in demonstration runs on both days. He was accompanied on the runs by John Watson in a Marlboro McLaren, Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell, Sir Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F, and Tony Brooks in a Ferrari 625, deputizing for Froilan Gonzalez who was taken ill the previous week, and was not well enough to make the journey from Argentina.

Ferraris from 166 MM/53 to ex-Pilot racing F40 LM
The main Ferrari presence was around the Ferrari Owners Club marquee, where more than a hundred cars gathered each day, including a reasonable number of older examples led by a Bernard Worth's 166 MM/53, and a quartet of 250 GT SWB berlinettas. The modern end of the spectrum was led by the ex-Pilot racing F40 LM, plus a number of roadgoing examples together with an F50. In the race grids the Ferrari presence was on the thin side, and the only victory for the "Cavallino Rampante" over the weekend came in the Maserati U.K. sponsored Pre-1961 Grand Prix Car Race. Here Nigel Corner took victory in the V12 engined Dino Tasman from Don Orosco in a Scarab, with Willie Green bringing Robin Lodge's 246 Dino home in third place.

Maseratis from 1935 4CS to 3200 GT
Maserati U.K. sponsored three races, and the Maserati Owners Club had a marquee close to their Ferrari family counterparts, with a wide range of early models including 3500 GT in coupe and spider configurations, Khamsin, Merak and Bora, plus more modern examples with numerous Biturbo variants up to the current 3200 GT. Pride of place in their display went to a pair of pre-war cars, a 1935 4CS supercharged 2 seater model, of which only eleven were built and of these there are only six known survivors. Alongside this was another supercharged model, in the form of a 1937 single seater 6CM. On the track the Maserati highlight was Alan Minshaw's victory in the second part of the stopped second race for the Duncan Hamilton Trophy in his red Tipo 61 "Birdcage".

Ferraris Of Note In Attendance

Racing - Paddock - F1 Display

Model Colour Chassis #

625 F1	Red	0540
246 Dino F1	Red	0006/R2
246 Dino V12 F1/Tasman	Red	0788
312 F1	Red	0003
246 Dino Tasman	Red	010
312 T4	Red-White	040
500 TRC	Yellow-Black Stripe	0682MDTR
246S Dino	Red	0784
250 GT SWB Berlinetta	Red	3401GT
250 GT SWB California Spider	Silver	3077GT
250 GT Lusso	Red	5031GT
330 LM Berlinetta	Red	4381SA

Ferrari Owners Club

166 MM/53 Vignale Spider	Red	0308M
250 Europa GT	Red	0375GT
250 GT SWB Berlinetta	Red	1995GT
250 GT SWB Berlinetta	White w. Green Stripes	2209GT
250 GT 2+2 GT	Dark Blue Met'	2285GT
250 GT PF Cabriolet S2	Dark Blue	2683GT
250 GT SWB Berlinetta	Dark Blue w. White Band	2735GT
250 GT SWB Berlinetta	Pale Blue Met'	3605GT
250 GT Lusso	Silver	5463GT
250 GT Lusso	Dark Blue Met'	5675GT
250 GT Lusso	Green	5685GT
330 GT Nembo Spider	Blue Met'	5805GT
275 GTB	Red	06677
275 GTS	Red	08007
275 GTB	Pale Blue Met'	08047
330 GTS	Black	09699
330 GT 2+2	Dark Blue Met'	09915
330 GTC	Pale Blue Met'	11333
365 GT 2+2	Red	12085
365 GTB/4	Dark Blue	13595
365 GTB/4 Spider Conv'	Red	14269
365 GTB/4	Silver	14793
365 GTC/4	Blue Met'	16089
365 GTB/4	Red	16601
F40 LM	Blue-White "Pilot"	74045
F40	Red	83089
F40	Red	85867
F40	Red	86001
F40	Red	87325
F40	Red	89047
F50	Red	106995
246 GT	Dark Blue Met'	00448
246 GT	Red	03774
246 GTS	Red	05942
246 GTS	Red	06326
246 GT	Silver	06328
246 GTS	Grey Met'	06716
246 GTS	Pale Blue Met'	06984
246 GT	Pale Green Met'	07036
246 GT	Red	07296