Casner took off to Europe in September (59) and approached bankrupt Maserati who had their new Birdcage T61, a world beater but no finances to race a factory team. Camoradi was their answer for 1960. Casner also formed an alliance with Porsche's Huschke Von Hanstein and bought two cars from the late Jean Behra's estate – a lightweight Carrera and the special Behra-Porsche F2, which served as a test bed and prototype for Porsche's 1960 F2 cars and 1962 F1 1,500cc Formula.