FIA Lurani Trophy 2014

In the years 1958 to 1963 she was Formula Junior 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 .
Famous Formula 1 drivers such as Jim Clark, John Surtees, Jochen Rindt, Mike Spence, Wolfgang von Trips, Gerhard Mitter, Lorenzo Bandini and Giancarlo Baghetti started in these formulas.
Formula Junior was the first formula revived in vintage car racing. In 1993, the Formula Junior Historic Racing Association (FJHRA) was founded, which has been organizing races for the Lurani Trophy since 1995. They are regularly held at famous circuits in Europe, but also in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This July, these formulas will also be presented to the audience in Brno.