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Ecurie Ecosse Tour, 2025

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Head of Pro-Drive, famed for their World Rally Championship successes with the factory Subarus and later Ferraris in the 1990s, David Richards with his wife Karen and their Aston Martin DB6 Volante.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

It’s May, so for me it is time for the Ecurie Ecosse Tour, held on May 18-22. It originally started in the 1990s when this gathering of friends with nice cars were brought together under the umbrella of Ecurie Ecosse. To everyone’s surprise this small private team won the 1956 Le Mans 24 Hour spectacle with one of their D type Jaguars driven by Scots Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson. Not only that, but this success allowed them to enter two cars for the 1957 and they promptly went out and finished first and second in D type Jaguars and a legend was born.

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Ecurie Ecosse Tour 2024

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One of the four Porsche Carrera 2.7 RSs chases a Ferrari Dino amidst the splendor of the Scottish Highlands.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

The Ecurie Ecosse Tour has been running now for nearly forty years as a four-day event which is not competitive, but simply an invited gathering of friends with a mutual interest in cars and racing.

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Gauld on the Ecurie Ecosse Tour

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After a thorough rainshower, Alison Beecham was thrilled to see the rainbow’s end.

Story and photos by Graham Gauld

I don’t know about you, but this Covid 19 business has been not only a bit of a bore but also restricting our movements. However, I recently spent two months in the UK – the first visit in two years – and was able to take part in the Ecurie Ecosse Tour which originally started over thirty years ago.

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Minardi Day, Ecurie Ecosse Tour

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Story by Graham Gauld
Photos by Graham Gauld unless otherwise noted

April 28-May 11, 2019

May is always my busiest month, as it is usually when the Grand Prix Drivers Club hold their annual general meeting, the Monaco Grand Prix takes place, and the Ecurie Ecosse Tour, in which I am deeply involved, taking place one on top of the other and this year was a real toughie.

It included flying to Venice, then taking the train from there to Bologna, on to Imola for the GPDA affair. This event was linked in with the Historic Minardi Day at this Imola circuit (April 28) organized by Grand Prix Drivers Club honorary member Giancarlo Minardi. This year was special as it coincided with the 25th anniversary of the death of Ayrton Senna. [Read more…] about Minardi Day, Ecurie Ecosse Tour

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