Post Type Archives: Events

Monza, Italian Grand Prix 1969. As usual on the famous  Autodromo di Monza, it was all about slipstreaming. This race was notable in that less than 0.2 sec separated the top 4 drivers on the finish line. Picture above: Stewart (Matra) and Rindt (Lotus), take the flag almost side-by-side, while Beltoise (Matra) is just two […]

Belgian Willy Braillard in the works Surtees TS15-Ford BDA Hart, with John Surtees showing which way to go… at the 1973 European Formula 2 Championship round at Nivelles-Baulers. The event was run over two 28-lap heats. Braillard did well to start from 18th on the grid to finish in tenth, alas he had an accident […]

Picture above: Lewis Hamilton having dinner with all the drivers that (like him) have 100 Formula One wins…! We guess, the champion is patiently waiting for his guests to arrive and, in a few minutes time, together will celebrate in style his incredible achievement. In the meantime, he has time to reflect on his fantastic journey.

The 1970 edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring was nearly won by the Solar Productions-entered Porsche 908 driven by Steve McQueen (driving with a broken foot, caused by a motorbike accident) and Peter Revson. But the idea of witnessing a film star (McQueen), actually preparing the filming of the ‘Le Mans’ movie, winning at Sebring […]

Jarno Trulli (born 13 July 1974) is an Italian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2011, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Lotus Racing and Team Lotus. Picture above: Jarno Trulli celebrates an impressive fourth place finish at the 2001 US Grand Prix held at Indianapolis, when he raced […]

The 1986 Formula One championship culminated in a battle between Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet and McLaren driver Alain Prost at the final race, the Australian Grand Prix. Mansell, Piquet and Prost, along with Lotus’ Ayrton Senna (picture above taken at Estoril), dominated throughout the season and formed what was dubbed as the “Gang of Four”. When at Adelaide, […]

Yesterday, we heard the sad news that Italian racing driver Nino Vaccarella, passed away at the age of 88. Vaccarella was a schoolteacher in Palermo with a great passion for motorsport. Sicily-born Vaccarella was well known for being a Targa Florio specialist, which he won in 1965 (picture below), 1971 and 1975. According to the […]

The 1951 French Formula One Grand Prix was held at Reims-Gueux on 1 July 1951. It was won by Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio and Italian Luigi Fagioli driving an Alfa Romeo. Picture above: Juan-Manuel Fangio steering his Alfa Romeo 159 to victory in the 1951 French Grand Prix held at the fast circuit (7.816 km) […]

Romain Grosjean earned his third IndyCar podium at Laguna Seca, thanks to an impressive charge and a string of remarkable overtakes that landed him a third-place finish in his Dale Coyne-entered Dallara-Honda. In a very short time, the Frenchman has succeeded to adapt to the specifics of IndyCar racing, so he’s well-placed to judge the […]

A glance, a story, a race. Every day, at the Human Side of Racing, we are inspired by a picture, often intense and beautiful, and then we write a story around it. Here, French racing driver Jacques Laffite in 1979 (with engineer Gérard Ducarouge), a year where he won two Formula One Grand Prix for […]