FIA Lurani Trophy

  • FIA Lurani TrophyFIA Lurani Trophy
  • FIA Lurani TrophyFIA Lurani Trophy
  • FIA Lurani TrophyFIA Lurani Trophy
  • FIA Lurani TrophyFIA Lurani Trophy

It‘s now over 50 years since Count Johnny Lurani‘s imaginative notion of a starter Formula to encourage Italian drivers back into Grand Prix cars saw the light of day at Monza in 1958. In Germany , there were great names involved, Graf Wolfgang von Trips (S anguellini and TCA), Gerhard Mitter ( Mitter and Lotus 18), and Kurt Ahrens (Cooper and Stanguellini) as well as a vast technical variety of cars, configurations and engines; names like Hartmann, Bode, Melkus, and the amazing FM Tigerjet, sadly now long forgotten, Formula Junior was the first Historic Formula to be revived, in 1975, and the FIA Lurani Trophy was the first FIA Championship to be permitted to be run by its own group, in 1995.The Golden Jubilee celebrations followed in 2008 with races in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, East and West Coast USA, and South Africa, with 270 drivers taking part in the 8 races, and provided a standard of large grids with the closest and most exciting but safe racing unlike any other Historic Formula. Out at the front, watch for the renewed Tonetti, Eberhardt contest, but there will be new young blood after overall victory this year, with Conte Manfredo Rossi de Montelera and Christoph Burckhardt in their Lotus 22‘s and the Lotus 27’s of Will Schryver and Nick Fennel joining the battle for top honours, and Germany’s own Jens Rauschen ( Lotus 22) also in the chase. But an upset could come from the Swiss businessman Philipp Buhofer (Lola 5A) and London Accountant John Dowson in his exceptionally well prepared Brabham BT2 in startling blue, both of whom improved throughout 2010 and from leading Class D contender Hans Jörgen Krag from Denmark in his unusual Lola Mk 3. The early drum braked cars may no longer be the sole preserve of 2010 FIA Lurani Trophy Champion John Delane from the USA in his Lotus 18, as the Class C will once again be a battleground of Carlo Maria Del Conte in his Wainer, but the ex-Mike Spence Emeryson, of 1961, driven by Peter Knoefel from Frankfurt, will also be a strong contender along with Ivo Göckmann’s Jolus, a rare example of this Australian built chassis.
In Class B, the under powered Alexis of Duncan Rabagliati will have to take a back seat to Sir John Chisholm in his Gemini Mk II, albeit with BMC engine, the Lola Mk2s of Robin Longdon, and Dietrich Merkel from Braunschweig and the amazing Heinz Stege from the Black Forest, in his Elva 100, which he has raced continuously for over 35 years – and it goes faster than ever! Germany’s Elva ranks have now been doubled with popular Stefan Weinbach from the Mösel finally forsaking Formula Ford for another 100 model. Last but not least are the Italian powered front engined cars, led by Michael Ashley-Brown in a Volpini, with the Stanguellini‘s of Guidio di Egidio, Jan Biekens and Gemany’s Olof Strauch, and Daniele Salodini’s Taraschi in pursuit The Formula Junior Class structure is as follows…

A
1958-1960 Front Engined with FIAT or Lancia engine
B
1958-1960 Front Engined with BMC Ford Panhard or DKW engine
C
1958-1960 Rear Engined with Drum Brakes
D
1961-1963 Rear Engined with Drum Brakes
E
1961-1963 Rear Engined with Disc Brakes

The FIA have also agreed additional new classes to preserve the original 1000cc cars for the early years of Formula Junior. There are Formula Junior races across the UK, Europe, Australasia and USA almost every weekend.

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