ONE of the most valuable and exciting grids in historic racing, with more than �50million worth of vintage sports cars and GT prototypes, will go head to head in the Silverstone Classic�s new pre-1963 sportscar race over the weekend of July 24-26.
A rare cluster of short wheel-base Ferraris, a model which can be valued at as much as �2.5m , will take their place on the grid, the highest number since the last recorded American event in 1962, according to the Sports Car Club of America.
They include a one-off model, Chassis 2819, aka the �Breadvan�. The unique 250 GT Ferrari-based prototype owes its nickname to the peculiar truncated rear, which makes the racecar look like a breadvan, or worse. Fiat supremo Giovanni Agnelli once borrowed the Ferrari and had his butler paint it a funereal black as a joke because he thought it looked like a hearse.
The Breadvan, now back to its racing-red glory, will be joined by other extraordinary sports cars; Aston Martin�s Le Mans Project DP212, the oldest of its surviving prototypes, will take on other rarities: four DB4 GTs, including a lightweight chassis ex-Equipe Endevour, which won its first race at Goodwood with Sir Stirling Moss in 1960 and two of the 17 DB4 GT Zagatos ever built.
And Formula One at Silverstone is not over. Fans who want to relive the spirit of grand-prix racing can look forward to original F1 cars from the golden era of the Sixties and Seventies and historic Grand Prix cars from the Fifties and early Sixties, all competing at the Classic weekend.
Murray Walker will once again be at Silverstone ; former F1 drivers such as Moss and Jackie Oliver will also be back behind the wheel.
The weekend offers so much more on the track � and off it, with a major pop concert on Friday, July 24 featuring Blue and The Pussycat Dolls, while on Saturday night it is the legendary Santana . The gigs are included in the track admission. Details on www.silverstoneclassic.com
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