Parting shot

This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived

Incredible timeline of cars representing each of F1’s World Champions fittingly marked the sport’s 75th anniversary

A busy weekend of top classic action on and off the track at the last Silverstone Festival

Peter Auto resurrected its Imola Classic event from 25-27 July after seven years, with nine of its own grids plus the Alfa Revival Cup. The latter closed proceedings, with polesitter Davide Bertinelli

NEXT GENERATION DIARIES 1966 AUSTIN MINI 850

Fact 1: Lotus never made a works racer out of the Seven. Wrong. Although Team Lotus generally left Sevens to the clubmen, it did dabble in a few stealth ‘factory’ cars, namely the early ’60s car known