Saturday 18 February 2012

ROFGO Gulf Collection By Duncan Hamilton

Gulf racing cars assembled for a German client by Duncan Hamilton. All of the famous Gulf cars are represented including the Ford GT40 of a type that won Le Mans twice and the Porsche 917K that achieved legendary status by the Le Mans movie starring Steve McQueen. Also appears two Mirages and one of the McLaren Can-Am cars as well as Aston Martin LMP1 and McLaren F1 GTR Le Mans racers. Featured cars were:
* 1967 Mirage Chassis No.10002 -- the first Gulf-liveried car to run at Le Mans
* 1968 Ford GT40 Chassis No.1084 -- 4th, SPA 1000 km, Hawkins/Hobbs
* 1969 Brabham BT26 Chassis No.BT26/4 -- 1st German GP, Ickx
* 1970 McLaren M14 Chassis No.M14/A2 -- 2nd South African GP, Hulme
* 1971 Porsche 917 Chassis No.026 -- 2nd, Le Mans 24 Hours, Attwood/Muller
* 1970 Porsche 908/3 Chassis No.12 -- Nürburgring 1000 km, Siffert, DNF
* 1972 McLaren M20 Chassis No.M20/3 -- 1st, Watkins Glen, Hulme
* 1974 Mirage Chassis No.704 -- 4th, Le Mans 24 Hours, Bell/Hailwood
* 1994 Kremer K8 Chassis No.K8/07/SP -- 6th, Le Mans 24 Hours, Bell/Lassig/Donovan
* 1996 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail Chassis No.022 -- 3rd, Hockenheim 4 Hours, Bscher/Nielson
* 2006 Courage C65 LMP2 Chassis No.07 -- 7th, Le Mans 24 Hours, Gosselin/Ojeh/Ragues
* 2008 Aston Martin DBR9 Chassis No.007 -- 4th in GT1, Le Mans 24 Hours, Frentzen/Piccili/Wendlinger
* 2009 Aston Martin LMP1 Chassis No.DBR1-2/2 -- 1st, Asian Le Mans series, Okayama, Mucke/Primat
* 2010 Lamborghini Gallardo GT2 Championship, Giroix/Goethe

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