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1912<br />

Brooklands Class C Record – 2 nd August<br />

Map Key 14<br />

Cecil Bianchi in the driving seat photographed with Hubert Woods to his right.<br />

Brooklands introduced new capacity rated classes in 1912, Crossley were in a<br />

position to contest class C and so the Crossley team travelled down to Brooklands in<br />

early August to establish the new Class “C” Brooklands records with the 15 hp.<br />

Class C cars were limited to a maximum capacity of 2458cc and a maximum weight<br />

of 1600 lbs with driver.<br />

Bianchi as usual drove the 15 hp and his record speeds were as follows:<br />

Half Mile<br />

One Mile<br />

Kilometre<br />

Ten Lap Average<br />

73.8 mph<br />

73.29 mph<br />

73.51 mph<br />

72.46 mph<br />

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