Jerez Historic Festival 2021

JEREZ

JEREZ HISTORIC FESTIVAL

23–24 October 2021

A good field of 31 went out to qualify under the Spanish sunshine for the first of two races. Rudi Friedrichs in his familiar Cooper T53 was fastest, just ahead of Mark Shaw driving his Lotus 21. Just 0.086 separated the pair. Michael Gans, driving a Cooper T79, was just 0.382 of a second further back.

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1: #16 Max Smith-Hilliard, Lotus 16 2: #51 Fritz Burkard, Bugatti T51 3: Tony Lees 4: #42 James Willis, Cooper T45, #51 Rod Jolley, Cooper T43/51, #53 Ben Maeers, Cooper T53 5: #49 Andrew Beaumont, Lotus 18 6: #49 Andrew Beaumont, Lotus 18, #3 Barry Cannell, Brabham

An exciting battle ensued between Friedrichs and Shaw throughout the race, but it was Andrew Beaumont who won by the tiny margin of 0.089 seconds – incredibly close after 12 laps – leaving Friedrichs in second place.

Swiss driver Philipp Buhofer in his 1964 Graham Hill team BRM P261 was home fourth behind final podium finisher Barry Cannell in his Brabham.

The front-engined cars put up a good show for fifth and sixth, with Max Smith-Hilliard edging out Richard Wilson by 2 seconds. They were driving a Lotus 16 and Ferrari 246 respectively. 7

Race 2

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Friedrichs led at the start of the second until Gans got into his stride and took the lead. Friedrichs did well to hang on and was less than a second behind at the end.

Cannell again took third, this time with a bigger gap back to Buhofer. Smith-Hilliard and Wilson resumed their frontengined battle and came in sixth and seventh respectively, just after Beaumont in fifth place.

7: #31 Guillermo Fierro, Maserati 250F, #64 Justin Maeers, Cooper T51, #87 Tony Lees, Cooper T53 8: #42 James Willis, Cooper T45, #53 Ben Maeers, Cooper T53 9: #7 Nick Topliss, Cooper T53, #31 Guillermo Fierro, Maserati 250F, #12 John Emery, Brabham BT4

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