Maserati 250F and Aston Martin DB4
Formula One hit London on Tuesday as ITV F1’s Martin Brundle launched Cars International Kensington. Opening the event, historic racing driver Barrie Baxter drove a 1959 Tec-Mec Maserati 250F down the distinguished Kensington mews street, comparable to the confines of Monte Carlo.
Brundle and motorsport broadcaster Tony Jardine were joined by guests including ex-F1 boss Eddie Jordan. The event marked the unveiling of a collection of Michael Schumacher’s F1 cars, which featured alongside a range of classic racing, sports and supercars.
The stock includes the Jordan 191, documented by Eddie Jordan to be the first F1 car that Schumacher ever drove, and the Benetton B191 in which Schumacher scored his first ever World Championship points. Also present were the fully restored and operational Benetton B194 and Ferrari F2002 that were also driven by Schumacher.
Company founders Paul Osborn and Jonathan Kaiser will be selling road and race cars from the new Kensington location, including
- 1951 MkVI Bentley
- 2004 Rolls Royce Phantom
- Ferrari Enzo
- Ferrari F40
- Porsche Carrera GT
- 1959 Tec Mec Maserati
- McLaren GTR
- Ex-works 1953 Le Mans / Mille Miglia Austin-Healey.
A new sister company, Cars International Service, based near Swindon, does racecar preparation and restoration work. It's run by business partner Tim Preston, a former Williams F1 engineer who worked with drivers Damon Hill, Jenson Button and Juan Pablo Montoya, in a specialised workshop that includes two more ex-F1 mechanics who will restore and prepare cars ranging from 1960s GTs to late-model F1 cars.
Osborn, who regularly drives cars from this stock at events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and with more than 20 years experience of buying and selling cars, said: “Cars International is a successful company which buys unobtainable cars from around the world. No other car company deals in such rare and important historic road cars and competition cars, ranging from the fifties to the present day. Our aim is to offer a new level of service and performance for customers with a passion for racing, F1, sports and supercars.”
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