1963 Wainer Formula Junior

Richard Smeeton in the Wainer during the Formula Junior race at the 2016 Dijon Motors Cup meeting.

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Wainer, Milan, Italy.  Wainer is the Italian racing car manufacturer founded by Gionfranco Mantovani.   Their first cars were produced for Formula Junior in 1958.  There were a number of rear engined designs they produced for Formula Junior from then until 1963.   Drivers included Corrado Manfredini, Colin Davis and Ernesto Brambilla. The cars scored some wins as they tended to be relatively up to date designs and have the better Cosworth tuned 1,100cc Ford engines. The cars all had space frame chassis.  The body and nose of the 1963 car look very 1961 F1 Ferrari 156 inspired.   The gearbox was from a Fiat 600.  After the Formula Junior era, Wainer went on to produce F3 cars.

1960 Cooper T56 Formula Junior

Alan Harrison, Cooper T56 Formula Junior, Course de Cote d'Etretat-Bénouville 2016.

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Cooper, Surbiton, England.  The was the second Cooper Formula Junior car, replacing the T52,  and raced in 1960 and 1961. It looked very much like the contemporary Cooper F1 car.  There were both works cars and those sold to privateers.  Steve McQueen raced one in the USA.  In Europe Tony Maggs won eight races and tied Jo Siffert in the  European Formula Junior Championship driving one.  Many other famous drivers drove them including Denny Hulme, Richard Attwood, John Love, John Rhodes, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Walt Hangsen. They normally had 1.1 litre Ford Cosworth or BMC engines.

Envoy-Cosworth Mk1 Formula Junior

Envoy-Cosworth Mk1 Formula junior, Coupe des Printemps, Autodrome Linas-Montlhery 2015.

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Envoy, Chelmsford, England.  The Envoy Mk1 was designed/constructed  by Ken Cooper in cooperation with Ian Raby and raced by Ian Raby and others.  It had a 1 litre Cosworth modified Ford Anglia 105E engine.  About nine of these cars were built in 1959 and 1960.  Ian Raby finished eighth at Goodwood in 1960 in a race won by Jim Clark.  He also drove one in FJ race at Monaco.  Brian Spicer came fourth in an Envoy at a Silverstone FJ race in 1960. At least two Envoys were sold and raced in the USA.

1959 Stanguellini Formula Junior

Stanguellini Formula Junior à Montlhery 2015.

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Stanguellini, Modena, Italy.
Fiat 4 Cylinder 1,089cc.
Top Speed / Vitesse Maximale 177 kph.

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