Anthony -

Nice - but this F One contender is such a rare specimen I reckon you ought to have gotten all of her into the frame. In fact, if my memory serves me well there are only two of these left in existence.

The heritage of the Serenissima F One goes back to 1948, when a Venetian Count (Earl Volpi di Misurata) put together Scuderia Serenissima.

The vehicle in this photo was raced in 1968 (I'm pretty sure); however, technically, only the 3.0-litre V-8 was a Serenissima creation; the chassis was, in fact, a McLaren M1C.

The fuselage has two small wings, one on each side of the nose just ahead of the front tires; your photo shows part of the left front wing, but what really makes this machine stand out is the flat rear wing that begins just behind the roll-bar and extends rearwards over the engine and transaxle, before flipping upward higher than the roll-bar, something like 50-degrees or so.

These were the early years of aerodynamics in F One, and to my way of thinking the golden years of the sport. Great Shot!

-leon

You know your cars Leon. I'll post a fuller shot tomorrow - it is beautiful isn't it. It took me a while to find out what it was, having forgotten to make notes at the time of the Festival of Speed.