Wolfgang "Taffy" von Trips - born On This Day in 1928 - seen here in the curious Porsche 718/2-05. 🧐 During a transitional period for both F1 and F2, some manufacturers used F2's 1960 season to prepare for F1's engine downsize the following year. 📉   Porsche gunned for the F2 title with a fleet of 718/2s and one experimental 718/2-05 developed throughout the year; a chameleonic test mule updated at every competitive appearance, von Trips took it to second place on the Nürburgring's Südschleife in almost a formation finish with team-mate Jo Bonnier. 🏆 718/2-05 would eventually become the prototype for Porsche's first F1 car: the 787. 🆕 . . #BornOnThisDay #WolfgangVonTrips #TaffyVonTrips #F1 #F2 #FormulaTwo #Porsche #PorscheMotorsport #Porsche718 #1960s #Nurburgring #FormulaOne #Formula1 #ClassicMotorsport #GrandPrix #F1History #PhotographyHistory #MotorsportHistory #MotorsportPhotography #Technology #Development #GettyImages #GettySport #LATImages