Ferrari 312P Pedro Rodriguez 1969

Ugo Capeto, Ferrari 312P Pedro Rodriguez 1969. Colored pencil on paper, 4"x7.5". ©2012.
Pedro Rodriguez behind the wheel of the Ferrari 312P at the 1969 "1,000 kilometers of Monza" endurance race. This is an original colored pencil drawing from a photograph in the book "Sports Car Racing, In Camera, 1960-69" by Paul Parker. The artwork is on Stonehenge archival paper.

The number 2 Ferrari 312P (driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Peter Schetty) did not finish the race as it was put out of commission (accident) after 66 laps. The other 312P that was entered did not finish either (piloted by Mario Andretti and Chris Amon). Disappointment for Ferrari as both cars had done very well in qualifying (pole and 3rd on the starting grid).

Pedro Rodríguez (1940-1971) was a Mexican sports car racing driver. He is probably best remembered for his victory at Le Mans in 1968 with Belgian driver Lucien Bianchi in a John Wyer Gulf Ford GT40. He was the older brother of Formula One Ferrari driver Ricardo Rodríguez (1942-1962).

The Ferrari 312P was a two-seater fitted with a 3.0 liter engine (420 hp at 9800 rpm). It was initially a barchetta (open top) but it soon became a berlinetta (closed top) for the 1969 "24 Hours" at Le Mans. Ferrari abandoned the Ferrari 312P at the end of the 1969 season to focus on the new 5 liter V12 Ferrari 512.

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Maserati 250F Juan Manuel Fangio 1958

Ugo Capeto, Maserati 250F Juan Manuel Fangio 1958. Colored pencil on paper, 7"x10". ©2012.
Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati 250F at the Reims French Grand Prix in 1958, a race he finished 4th behind Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss. This is an original colored pencil drawing from a photograph in the book "Formula 1, In Camera, 1950-59" by Paul Parker. The artwork is on Stonehenge archival paper.

The Maserati 250F was a single seater with a 2.5 liter straight-six engine (240-270 bhp at 7,200-8,000 rpm). Later models were fitted with a V12.

Juan Manuel Fangio won the Formula One World championship title five times, in 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1957. The 1958 French Grand Prix was actually his last race.

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Cooper T51 Stirling Moss 1959

Ugo Capeto, Cooper T51 Stirling Moss 1959. Colored pencil on paper, 7"x9". ©2012.
British driver Stirling Moss driving a Cooper T51 at the 1959 Monza Italian Grand Prix, a Formula One motor race that he ultimately won for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. This is an original colored pencil drawing from a photograph in the book "Formula 1, In Camera, 1950-59" by Paul Parker. The artwork is on Stonehenge archival paper.

The Cooper T51 was powered by a 2.5-liter 4-cylinder inline engine (240 bhp at 6,750 rpm) made by Coventry Climax. It was rear-engined, an engine position the Cooper Car Company introduced in Formula One in 1955. Stirling Moss' win in Argentina in 1958 with a Vanwall Cooper T45 was the first win for a rear-engined car in Formula One history.

The Rob Walker Racing Team was founded by Rob Walker, heir to the Johnnie Walker whisky family.

Surprisingly, Stirling Moss, despite all his successes, never won a Formula One World Championship.

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Ferrari 335S Mike Hawthorn 1957

Ugo Capeto, Ferrari 335S Mike Hawthorn 1957. Colored pencil on paper, 6"x9". ©2012.
Mike Hawthorn driving a Ferrari 335S at Le Mans in 1957. This is an original colored pencil drawing from a photograph in the book "Sports Car Racing, In Camera, 1950-59" by Paul Parker. The artwork is on Stonehenge archival paper.

At the 1957 "24 Hours of Le Mans", the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, Mike Hawthorn (1929-1959) was teamed up with Luigi Musso, an Italian racing driver, for the Scuderia Ferrari (Ferrari factory team). The Ferrari 335 Sport they were driving suffered a blown engine after 56 laps forcing the retirement of the Anglo-Italian duo from the race.

The Ferrari 335 Sport is the successor to the Ferrari 315, with a more powerful V-12 engine (4.023 liters, 390.0 bhp @ 7800 rpm). It is a spider/spyder (open two seater sports car) with a body designed and built by Carrozzeria Scaglietti.

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