Lovely atmospheric shot of Louis Chiron's OSCA F2 car in the wide open spaces of the Silverstone Paddock in 1953 . Louis Chiron was a leading racer in the 1930s and a former factory team driver for Mercedes, Alfa Romeo and Bugatti. By the time this photo was taken he was quite a mature gentleman to be racing in this kind of event (he would have been in his 50s I think).
The OSCA was built by the Maserati brothers after they sold their self-named car company to the Orsi family.
This is in the Silverstone Paddock at the 1953 Daily Express Trophy and the caravans in the background woul have belonged to marshalls while the Maserati you can see is DeGraffenried's car. We have a photo of him at the wheel taken moments after this shot.
10x7 inch (250x175mm).
