Post Type Archives: Events

The 1976 Silverstone 6 Hours was the third round of the World Championship for Makes. Clear favorites were Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass in the beautiful Martini-Porsche 935, already winners of the first two rounds of the championship, at Mugello and Vallelunga. Their Porsche 935, powered by the famous 2.8 litre flat-6 turbo, was the latest important […]

The Race of Champions 1974. Rain was pouring at Brands Hatch for a 40-lap race where both Formula One and Formula 5000 cars were allowed. Belgian Jacky Ickx (Lotus 72), always a master in such conditions, chased race leader Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312B3) for many laps before passing him on the outside of Paddock Bend, […]

Long Beach, US Grand Prix West 1982. In Saturday’s qualifying, the cars running on Michelin tires had clearly the edge on the ones in Goodyear. Niki Lauda (picture above), in his third race with McLaren since returning from a self-imposed two-year retirement, had noticed during Friday practice that the harder compound was actually faster than […]

The pretty Ferrari 156, recognisable by it’s shark shaped nose, dominated the 1961 Formula One season. Twice, 4 single-seaters were entered by the Scuderia: at Spa for the Belgian Grand Prix, where the one driven by Olivier Gendebien, here leading on the first lap (picture here-under), was painted yellow, in reference to Jacques Swaters’ Écurie […]

The prestigious Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch. It had a great tradition and history that had started back in 1965. Picture above: Keke Rosberg (Williams FW08) takes the lead from Arnoux (Ferrari 126C3) at the start of the 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch. Only 13 cars […]

The 1967 Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps on 18 June 1967. The 28-lap race was won by Eagle driver American Dan Gurney, after he started from second position. It was the first ever Formula One win for an USA-built car (besides at the Indianapolis 500). Early on, Gurney (Picture above) had to come into the pits for […]

After a pointless season at Minardi, Andrea de Cesaris switched to Brabham-BMW for the 1987 season. With the team owned by Bernie Ecclestone, he was able to achieve better results, even though he usually failed to match teammate Riccardo Patrese’s pace and race craft. Actually, he scored one significant result in this 1987 season, when he […]

Sad to hear the passing of Danny Ongais, at the age of 79. Nicknamed “the Flyin’ Hawaiian” or “Danny On-gas”, he was a flamboyant and fearless race driver, and a gentle and discreet person in private. Picture above: Ongais, giving it all, as usual, in his Shadow DN-9 at the 1978 US Grand Prix West, […]

Scott McLaughlin (28 years old) delivered on the promise he showed Team Penske when it signed him straight from Australian touring cars to race in the IndyCar Series, earning his first career victory, Sunday in the Firestone Grand Prix of St.Petersburg (Fl.) New Zealand native McLaughlin made his IndyCar Series debut at this event in […]

Jean Pierre Wimille (1908-1949), a hero of the French resistance in World War II, he would have been a rival to Ascari and Fangio in the ’50s had he not been killed in practice for the 1949 Argentina Grand Prix. Picture-above: en route for 1937 Pau Grand Prix victory in a Bugatti T59S.