Solved NIC#968 - 1959 Osca F2 at Coupe de Vitesse

[nicanary]

What is this car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[D-type]

Formula 2 OSCA?

[nicanary]

Formula 2 OSCA?

Yes it is. That's all I asked, so the point is yours (I guess you knew where you'd seen it before!).

It's a factory design, but nobody seems to know why - the photo was taken at practice for the 1959 Coupe de Vitesse at Rheims, which was a very fast circuit, so surely a fully-enclosed body would have been better? The driver on that occasion was "Wal Ever", the pseudonym of Walter Breveglieri)

[D-type]

I don't think I've seen it pictured before.

[nicanary]

I don't think I've seen it pictured before.

There was discussion about it on another well-known forum which is a haven for nostalgic enthusiasts. No links allowed here, but think Doug Nye and Co..

[D-type]

I know exactly where you mean.  I remember the car being discussed, but don't recall any photos.