This weekend, the Peter Auto season will kick off with the Esperitu de Montjuic on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. It represents the first time the popular Classic Endurance Racing field will run on the Spanish track since the Catulanya 1000 km, which was part of the 2009 Le Mans Series. To get you in the mood, we have taken a detailed look at three distinct cars that will star during upcoming event and the rest of the season.
The earliest of this trio is the Lola T70 Mk3B Coupe delivered new to Scuderia Filipinetti. It was raced only once in its original guise as Jo Bonnier crashed the car during its 1969 Brands Hatch 1000 km debut. It did appear briefly in the Interserie championship during the early 1970s. In more recent years, SL76/145 was restored to full running order for its Belgian owner, who will race the car in Barcelona this weekend.
Before Ron Dennis acquired a controlling stake in McLaren, he worked at Brabham with engineer Neil Trundle. Together they formed Rondel Racing and ahead of the 1973 season created the Motul M1 Formula 2 car. It was quite successful especially considering March had an exclusive deal to run the superior BMW engine. The featured car was a spare, pressed into action by the works team late in 1973. It was also raced as the 'Safir' by its subsequent owner. It was later re-acquired by Neil Trundle and restored to its original configuration. Since 2017, chassis RSJ009 has been raced in the Peter Auto Formula 2 series.
Making its historic racing debut late last year, this Porsche 935/77 customer car was raced with considerable success when new. Its career spanned five seasons and it ended its contemporary racing life in 935 K3 configuration. The ex-Josef Bambring 935 has now been restored to its original configuration for its Swiss owner by Equipe Europe.

Enjoy the links:

1969 Lola T70 Mk3B Coupe Chevrolet - Chassis SL76/145 - Ultimatecarpage.com

1973 Motul M1 Cosworth - Images, Specifications and Information

1977 Porsche 935/77 - Chassis 930 770 0907 - Ultimatecarpage.com