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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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