Double Identity

Followers of contemporary Formula One are well aware that motor racing can often seem more like a wheel oiled business than a sport, and the evidence of sponsorship deals and advertising tie-ins are an ever present companion to spectators either at the racetrack or when watching at home. But the sport wasn’t always this mercantile, and in the early days competitive racing was still a pastime within the reach of well to do individuals. There was a time when all one needed to race was a powerful car, a talented mechanic, some spare cash….and the right tyres.

The owners of vintage performance cars can today still enjoy the thrills of this more gentlemanly age of racing through vintage championship events, and on most weekends throughout the summer months the proud owners of some of the last century’s finest machines can be found thundering around the circuit at race meetings, competing in spectables offering a level of excitement often sadly absent in modern racing.