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Bernie Ecclestone turned 91. The extent to which he’s better known as F1’s impresario extraordinaire than as a Formula One driver is almost incalculable, for his F1 driving exploits consist in one DNQ, at Monaco in 1958. So here he is, picture above, at ‘speed’ in his Connaught-Alfa Type B. Picture below: The “Big boss” […]

The 1972 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the seventh season of the Can-Am Series. It consisted of Groupe 7 racing cars, with their huge engines, running two-hour sprint events. Basically it was a battle between Penske Racing running two Porsche 917/10 for George Follmer and Mark Donohue, and the McLaren Motor Racing Team, running McLaren M20-Chevrolet’s […]

The 1980 Belgian Grand Prix was held at Zolder on the 4th of May 1980. It was the 5th round of the season. No less than 7 French drivers appeared on the starting grid: Pironi and Laffite drove for Ligier, Jabouille and Arnoux for Renault, Jarier was at Tyrrell, Depailler drove for Alfa Romeo and […]

An impressive field arrived at the Formula 2 race called ‘Eifelrennen’ held at the great Nürburgring on May 2, 1971. It was therefor not easy for young (22) Niki Lauda to prove his worth, although he drove a competitive works March 712M Cosworth FVA (picture above). Derek Bell had taken pole position in a Frank […]

Unusual. At the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix run at the Mount Fuji race track (picture above), during practice Jody Scheckter tried to run both wet and slick tires at the front of his six-wheeler Tyrrell P34. He qualified fifth, but was forced to retire in the race. Earlier in the season at Zolder in Belgium, Jody […]

If this name is not familiar to most people, the true race fans will certainly have heard of Terry Fullerton. British karting champion no less than 8 times, four times European champion and world champion in 1973, the Brit remains to this day one of karting’s international icons. Former revered race driver, team boss and […]

Ferrari were completely eclipsed in 1962, partly as a result of internal upheavals, partly because the British teams had made great progress. BRM finally came good with Graham Hill (picture above) winning the championship after a season long battle with the revolutionary monocoque Lotus 25 driven by Jim Clark. Hill triumphed four times, against three victories only […]

Ensign was founded in 1973 by Morris (Mo) Nunn, who for ten seasons carried the team virtually on his own shoulders. Very often he took on the duties of team manager, designer and race engineer at the same time. In 1977, Clay Regazzoni raced the Ensign N177, scoring just five points, with best finishes of […]

Australian Mark Webber, an 8-time Formula One Grand Prix winner is impressed by Fernando Alonso’s performances aboard his Alpine F1 in the 2021 season. Mark Webber: “Has he got the last two tenths that Max and Lewis will have in qualifying? I don’t think so. Has he got the knowledge, the nous of how to strip down […]

It is said that a picture often tells more than a long speech… This picture has the good taste of nostalgia, at a period where the drivers in Formula 1 used to get their lap times and the gap with their opponents on a piece of paper, as large as a supermarket ticket… Such was […]