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Pictured: Paul Myrianthous cleans the Ferrari F310.
Let’s have a clean race..
Classic Formula 1 cars are given a spring clean at the National Motor Museum ahead of the new season.
Cleaner Paul Myrianthous wears a harness to hold himself in position as they are on a steep-sloped display.
They include a McLaren Mercedes designed for the 2006 season by legendary engineer Adrian Newey for drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya. It has a 2,4000cc engine, 740bnp horsepower and can achieve speeds of over 200mph. The car is decorated in 2009 World Champion Jenson Button’s livery for the 2010 season.
There is also a Ferrari built for the 1996 season which was raced by seven time world champion Michael Schumacher. He came second that season to Damon Hill, who emulated his father Graham in reaching the pinnacle of the glamorous sport.
The National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hants, has racing cars going all the way back to the Golden Age of the sport in the 1950s. This season’s Formula One campaign begins in Australia on March 16 as Lewis Hamilton takes part in his first race for Ferrari.

New Forest ,England UK  13 May 2025 The painting , and the actiual car in the paintimg was handed over to the museum’s permanent collection received by the Museums’ Chief Executive, (R) Dr Jon Murden. New Forest ,England UK  14 May 2025 .Paul Quezada-Neiman/Alamy Live News

Pictured: The rear engine of Sunbeam is switchd on for th first time in almost 100 year this afternoon, at National Motor Museum Beaulieu, Hants.
This afternoon, one of Sunbeam’s newly restored engines will be fired up at The National Motor Museum for the first time in almost 100 years. Sunbeam broke the World Land Speed record in 1927, going past the 200mph barrier to reach an average speed over 2 runs of 203.792 mph with Sir Henry Segrave at the wheel. The attempts took place on Daytona Beach, Florida.

Pictured: The rear engine of Sunbeam is switchd on for th first time in almost 100 year this afternoon, at National Motor Museum Beaulieu, Hants.
This afternoon, one of Sunbeam’s newly restored engines will be fired up at The National Motor Museum for the first time in almost 100 years. Sunbeam broke the World Land Speed record in 1927, going past the 200mph barrier to reach an average speed over 2 runs of 203.792 mph with Sir Henry Segrave at the wheel. The attempts took place on Daytona Beach, Florida.