Sam Tickell was at the Spa Six Hours a little while ago and caught this great action from the 1950s and 1960s F1 and openwheeler sessions.
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Amid the celebration of endurance legends, the Spa Six Hours Historic also transported fans deep into Formula One’s origins with the 1950s Grand Prix Car Race — a breathtaking demonstration of engineering artistry and bravery. The field featured masterpieces from marques such as Maserati, Ferrari, Cooper, and Lotus, their cigar-shaped bodies and exposed wheels evoking an age when Spa-Francorchamps was a fearsome, high-speed test of nerve.
Drivers guided machinery like the Maserati 250F and Lotus 16 through Eau Rouge with astonishing precision, balancing vintage grip limits against Spa’s contemporary surface. The event celebrated authenticity — unfiltered mechanical sounds, visible steering inputs, and no aerodynamic aids, capturing the essence of mid‑century Grand Prix craft.
Spectators lining the Kemmel Straight witnessed handcrafted restorations being pushed as they once were by Fangio, Moss, and Hawthorn. Each lap carried both reverence and risk, reminding onlookers how far Formula One’s evolution has come. More than a parade, it was a vivid, living archive — history brought roaring back to life across the Ardennes forest. In a weekend dominated by endurance narratives, the 1950s F1 race provided pure, elegant theatre from motorsport’s formative era.
