Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Jesse Alexander's Book

[francis newman (francis]

Willi

The only race the Dino 246 won in 1960 was the Italian Grand Prix.  
There was no "European" GP in 1960. The Monza race was in fact the  
last GP won by a front engined car, but really only because all the  
British teams (who were by now running mid-engined cars) boycotted the  
race because they considered the Monza banking too dangerous. Hill did  
indeed win by 2 minutes from Richie Ginher in a smiliar car, Ferrari  
getting 4 of the first 5 places. The car Hill drove was chassis no  
007, which after many journey roundd teh world in various  
incarnations, is now restored  and raced in its original V6 condition  
and lives a couple of miles from my house. I see it quite often
On 12 Jul 2008, at 22:44, Red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:

> Speaking of Jesse Alexander's book, 'Driven,' how many Listers have  
> a copy? I looked at mine this morning and found at least?two glaring  
> errors in the captions. The first one is plate 27, a close-up of a  
> Ferrari Mechanic fitting a tire on his car for the 1956 Monaco GP.  
> The tire that he is putting on is a Dunlup, which Ferrari didn't use  
> until 1959 or 1960. Ferrari was using Engleberts at the time.
>
> The second is plate 77, which he says is three Porsche RSK Spyders  
> sitting in a garage waiting for the 1959.LeMans. From where I sit,  
> the photo is of a 550 Spyder, an RS Spyder, and an RSK. Check out  
> the headlight configurations.
>
> On the bright side, he has a beautiful shot of?Phil Hill's?246 front  
> engined Dino GP car, sitting?right along side the new mid-engine  
> prototype (without the shark nose)?to be driven by von Tipps, in the  
> pits during practice for the 1960 European GP. Tripps' car had the  
> new 1500cc engine that was going?to be run?the next year. BTW, Hill  
> won the race by over 2 minutes.??
>
> Yer faithul servant, Ferrari Bubba
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