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For the 1991 F1 season, Honda developed a brand new V12 engine, the RA121E, with which Ayrton Senna (McLaren) ultimately won his third world championship, after a season long battle with the fast (but not yet perfectly reliable) Williams-Renault’s of Mansell and Patrese. The Braun Tyrrell Honda team and its drivers, Honda protégé Japanese Satoru […]

Long before Racing Point’s ‘pink Mercedes’, the first Arrows A1 of 1978 was just a 1977 Shadow DN8, adapted by its designer Tony Southgate, who had founded Arrows with Alan Rees and his wife Deborah (ARR), Jackie Oliver (O), engineer Dave Wass (W) and himself (S), which initials formed the name ARROWS. The car was […]

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937-2015) was a good endurance and Formula One driver, who raced for the Matra, Tyrrell and BRM teams. The Frenchman competed in 88 Formula One Grand Prix, achieving a single victory, at the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix driving a BRM, and a total of eight podium finishes. He is seen here (picture above) at […]

In 1979, Martini Racing replaced JPS as title sponsor at Lotus, so the car appeared in British racing green instead of in black and gold. Reigning world champion Mario Andretti was joined by Carlos Reutemann (picture above) to form a strong line-up. The Lotus 79 was to be replaced by the Lotus 80 (picture below), intended to […]

Impressive. Dutch ace Gijs van Lennep seen jumping over the crests at the 1974 Nurburgring 1000 km. The works Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo he shared with Swiss driver Herbert Müller finished 6th overall, behind the much faster sports-prototypes. The driver from Holland was very competent in the eight Formula One races he entered, however his […]

The very pretty North American Racing Team (NART) Ferrari 512M of Sam Posey and Tony Adamowicz (picture above), in the afternoon light, on its way to a fine 3rd place in the 1971 Le Mans 24 Hours. Victory went to the Porsche 917K of Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep (read preceding articles). Sam Posey […]

Ralph Boschung (24 years old), is a Swiss racing driver who is competing in the FIA Formula 2 championship for Campos Racing. In 2021, in his fifth season in the F2, Boschung finally showed real progress by finishing fourth, fifth and sixth in the three Monaco races. He scored 22 championship points. This marked his […]

In 1967, the Targa Florio was still part of the very important World Championship for Makes, although it was the last of the giant road races remaining, after the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana were banned, because judged too dangerous. That’s the reason why the genial Jim Hall entered the Chaparral 2F for Phil […]

The Ligier JS11-Cosworth, designed by engineer Gérard Ducarouge, won three of the first five Grand Prix of the 1979 F1 season in the hands of Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler (picture above), which they qualified respectively fifth and third for round 7, the 1979 Monaco Grand Prix. Nevertheless, on the twisty circuit of Monaco, the […]

Mark Donohue (1937-1975), nicknamed “Captain Nice” was an American race driver known for his ability to set up his own car as well as driving it very fast, very often to victory. His association with Roger Penske is legendary. In 1969, Penske and Donohue raced in their first Indianapolis 500, with Donohue finishing 7th, winning […]