File:1954 Maserati 250F (46400090765).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (5,184 × 3,456 pixels, file size: 3.27 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description

The Maserati 250F racing car was built from 1954-58, only 26 were built for 2.5 litre Formula One. The 250F first raced in the 1954 Argentine Grand Prix where Juan Manuel Fangio won the first of his two victories before he left for the new Mercedes-Benz team. In 1956 Stirling Moss won the Monaco and Italian Grands Prix, both in a works car. The 1956 T2 works cars got a 315hp V12 engine In 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio drove to four more championship victories, including his legendary final win at German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring Emerging Kiwi race driver, Chris Amon bought this car in New Zealand in 1961 from Tony Shelly, previously owned by Australian driver Jack Brabham. The last race for this 250F was in 1962 at the Renwick 50, Amon finished second. Soon after, leaving New Zealand to become a Formula One driver, Len Southward eventually buying the car. Engine; 220hp 2500cc 6 cylinder.

Photographed at the Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu, NZ
Date
Source 1954 Maserati 250F
Author Sicnag
Camera location40° 53′ 03.89″ S, 175° 00′ 51.44″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Sicnag at https://flickr.com/photos/42220226@N07/46400090765 (archive). It was reviewed on 3 September 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

3 September 2019

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:46, 3 September 2019Thumbnail for version as of 17:46, 3 September 20195,184 × 3,456 (3.27 MB)Rudolphous (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata