John Surtees, was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. On his way to become a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, he won his first title in 1956, and followed with three consecutive doubles between 1958-1960, winning six World Championships in both the 500 and 350cc classes. Surtees then made the move to the pinnacle of Motorsport, the Formula 1 World Championship, and in 1964 made motor racing history by becoming the F1 World Champion. To this day Surtees remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. He founded the Surtees Racing Organisation team that competed as a constructor in Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula 5000 from 1970 to 1978. He was also the ambassador of the Racing Steps Foundation.
JonkheerGijsbert van Lennep is a Dutch racing driver who competed in eight Formula One races. However his main achievements were in sports car racing. He is a member of the untitled Dutch nobility.
The Surtees Racing Organisation was a race team that spent nine seasons as a constructor in Formula One, Formula 2, and Formula 5000.
Jochen Richard Mass is a German former racing driver.
Divina Mary Galica MBE is a British sportswoman. She competed in four Winter Olympics as a skier, captaining the British Women's Olympic Ski Team in 1968 and 1972. She also pursued a career in motorsport, entering three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.
Connew Racing Team, commonly known as Connew, was a short lived British Formula One constructor. Founded in 1971 by Peter Connew, the team constructed a single car, the PC1. The first monococque had to be aborted due to a change in regulations and the second tub was known as PC2. However, record books show the car driven by Migault and others as PC1. The intent was to compete in the Formula One World Championship in 1972, but a lack of financial and technical resources meant that the car only managed to start in one championship race, the 1972 Austrian Grand Prix, with French driver François Migault at the wheel. Following the Austrian race, the car competed in a handful of non-championship races before being converted to meet Formula 5000 specifications for the 1973 season. The chassis was damaged beyond repair during the season finale at Brands Hatch and the team closed.
Leo Juhani "Leksa" Kinnunen was a Finnish racing driver, and the first Formula One driver from Finland.
The McLaren M18 is an open-wheel Formula 5000 racing car designed and made by McLaren in 1971.
The Lotus 69 was an open-wheel formula racing car developed by Lotus in 1969 for use in Formula 2, Formula 3, and Formula Ford.
The Surtees TS8 is an open-wheel Formula 5000 race car, designed, developed and built by Surtees in 1971, and is closely based on their 1970 Surtees TS7 Formula One car. It featured a slightly longer wheelbase, and a 302 cu in (4,950 cm3) Chevrolet small-block engine, producing 465 hp (347 kW), which was a stress member of the chassis, and drove the rear wheels through a Hewland D.G. 300 five-speed manual transmission. It won 6 races in total; 4 races with Mike Hailwood, and 2 races for Alan Rollinson. Hailwood eventually finished second-place as runner-up in the championship, with 58 points. It also competed in a bunch of non-championship Formula One Grand Prix races; with its best result being a 4th-place finish Oulton Park in 1971, being driven by Alan Rollinson.
The Surtees TS11 is an open-wheel Formula 5000 race car, designed, developed and built by Surtees in 1972. It is closely based on the Surtees TS9 Formula One car. It is powered by a 302 cu in (5 L) Chevrolet engine. Dutchman Gijs van Lennep won the 1972 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship driving the TS11, finishing the season with 65 points, and winning two races. It also contested in eight non-championship Formula One Grand Prix races, with its best results being two ninth-place finishes.
The Brabham BT2 is a open-wheel racing car made by Brabham in 1962.
The Lola T100 is a Formula 2 single-seater entered by German BMW team for the 1967 German Grand Prix, the seventh round of the 1967 Formula One World Championship. Designed by British manufacturer Lola Cars, led by engineer Eric Broadley, the T100 was raced by Britons David Hobbs and Brian Redman. A version adapted to the technical regulations of Formula 1 was also driven by German Hubert Hahne.
The Surtees TS10 is an open-wheel Formula 2 race car, designed, developed and built by Surtees, for the European Formula Two Championship, in 1972. Briton Mike Hailwood won the championship outright that season, with 55 points, after scoring 8 podium finishes, with 5 of those podiums being race wins. It was powered by a 1.85 L (113 cu in) Ford-Cosworth BDA four-cylinder engine, tuned by Brian Hart, to produce 265 hp (198 kW).
The Eagle Mk.5 was a race car designed and built by Eagle for use in Formula 5000 racing and made their racing debut in 1968, and competed until 1972. The Eagle Mk.5 was powered by the commonly used 5.0-liter Chevrolet V8 engine.
The Brabham BT30 was a open-wheel Formula 2 racing car used in the 1969, 1970, and 1971 European Formula Two Championship.
The McLaren M22 is a open-wheel race car, designed and developed by McLaren, to compete in Formula 5000 racing in 1972. Like it predecessors, The McLaren M22 was manufactured in large numbers. Built close to the weight limit, it was very light and was powered by a 500+ hp Chevrolet V8 engine. The cars were not actually manufactured by McLaren itself, but by the British racing car manufacturer Trojan, as with previous models. This would turn out to be the last Trojan-built McLaren F5000 car.
The Surtees TS5 was a Formula 5000 racing car, designed, developed, and built by Surtees between 1969 and 1970.
The March 733 was a Formula 3 car built by March Engineering in 1973. Tony Brise won the 1973 Championship driving this car. It is powered by the 1.6 L (98 cu in) Ford Twin Cam straight-four engine.
The Brabham BT15 is a mid-engined open-wheel Formula 3 racing car, designed, developed, and built by Brabham between 1965 and 1966. 26 cars were built. It was powered by a naturally aspirated, 997 cc (60.8 cu in), Ford straight-four engine ; which was popular with Formula Ford racing at the time.
