FIA Lurani Trophy

Between 1958 and 1963, Formula Junior was a kind of precursor to Formula 1 and replaced in this function Formula 3 powered by motorcycle 500s. Born in the mind of the Italian Count Lurani, Formula Junior featured liter or 1.1 liter stock engines and gearboxes in scaled-down Grand Prix car frames. During its six years of existence, Formula Junior saw an evolution from ladder frames and engines at the front, through spaceframes with an engine at the rear, like the Cooper cars, to the shell structure of the Lotus 27. Hundreds of Formula Junior cars raced together in the USA, Western or Eastern Europe or Australia …