London to Silverstone Supercar Tour 3rd June - some pics fro
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Hi there,
Last Friday saw the sixth annual running on the London to Silverstone Supercar Tour. This event is to commemorate the famous running of the 'Tourist Trophy' race which takes place on the Sunday following the tour. The lead car on the tour collects the trophy that is awarded to the winning drivers of the race from the Royal Automobile Club in London in the morning and delivers it to Silverstone later in the day.
Previously the tour has seen such great cars as the Aston Martin One 77 and Bugatti Veyron take part, however this years event was down from the usual 50 cars to just 31. I thought the entry list was small as perhaps a sign of the times, or it may have been that the Supercar Tour was just not popular any more, but no the drop in numbers was due to the logistical nightmare of getting 50 cars out of London when Pall Mall is being dug up and reduced from 4 lanes to just two in each direction.
The entry list contained one car that I thought was a massive coup for the organisers in the shape of the Lamborghini Aventador. I had been given the entry list a few days before but asked to keep the appearance of the Aventador hush hush.
So after being given the route, and wanting to do something a bit different this year I headed out into the wilds of Northamptonshire to catch the convoy en route.
Location chosen I headed off about 12.15pm to arrive in a layby just outside Whittlebury to wait for the cars to pass by. About 12.40pm the cars started to arrive.
Not a bad start, a nice R8 and a pretty Lotus. These would be followed by various Ferraris inc a couple of Californias, and a very nice 456.
Something a bit more stately in the form of a Bentley Flying Spur
and a few Astons inc DB9's, a V8 Vantage and a DBS
Highlight for me was to be the Ferrari F50. The Aventador was a no show, not really sure of the reason why although I know the launch of this car has recently bee delayed so this may have been to blame
Watched most of the cars come past my location but was sure there must have been some that had got lost or gone an alternative route (damn Sat Nav). Headed back to Silverstone to watch the cars lap the circuit in procession, and right enough there were some cars that had not come past my photo location. These included an LP640, a Mosler, a Ferrari 458 and a couple of Superleggeras. Still I managed to get these on the track so did not miss them all together.
Hope you like the pics, theres more on my site : -
http://www.dunlopix.com/Supercar%20Tour%202011.htm...
Regards
Tim
Last Friday saw the sixth annual running on the London to Silverstone Supercar Tour. This event is to commemorate the famous running of the 'Tourist Trophy' race which takes place on the Sunday following the tour. The lead car on the tour collects the trophy that is awarded to the winning drivers of the race from the Royal Automobile Club in London in the morning and delivers it to Silverstone later in the day.
Previously the tour has seen such great cars as the Aston Martin One 77 and Bugatti Veyron take part, however this years event was down from the usual 50 cars to just 31. I thought the entry list was small as perhaps a sign of the times, or it may have been that the Supercar Tour was just not popular any more, but no the drop in numbers was due to the logistical nightmare of getting 50 cars out of London when Pall Mall is being dug up and reduced from 4 lanes to just two in each direction.
The entry list contained one car that I thought was a massive coup for the organisers in the shape of the Lamborghini Aventador. I had been given the entry list a few days before but asked to keep the appearance of the Aventador hush hush.
So after being given the route, and wanting to do something a bit different this year I headed out into the wilds of Northamptonshire to catch the convoy en route.
Location chosen I headed off about 12.15pm to arrive in a layby just outside Whittlebury to wait for the cars to pass by. About 12.40pm the cars started to arrive.
Not a bad start, a nice R8 and a pretty Lotus. These would be followed by various Ferraris inc a couple of Californias, and a very nice 456.
Something a bit more stately in the form of a Bentley Flying Spur
and a few Astons inc DB9's, a V8 Vantage and a DBS
Highlight for me was to be the Ferrari F50. The Aventador was a no show, not really sure of the reason why although I know the launch of this car has recently bee delayed so this may have been to blame
Watched most of the cars come past my location but was sure there must have been some that had got lost or gone an alternative route (damn Sat Nav). Headed back to Silverstone to watch the cars lap the circuit in procession, and right enough there were some cars that had not come past my photo location. These included an LP640, a Mosler, a Ferrari 458 and a couple of Superleggeras. Still I managed to get these on the track so did not miss them all together.
Hope you like the pics, theres more on my site : -
http://www.dunlopix.com/Supercar%20Tour%202011.htm...
Regards
Tim
Was the XJ220, A.W's 599 GTO, Diablo part of the crowd aswell?
Photos are part in the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49313003@N06/58012155...
Photos are part in the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49313003@N06/58012155...
Edited by Rochester TVR on Monday 6th June 22:36
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