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Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda were team-mates at BRM in 1973. They are seen here-above on the pit wall at Monza, just before the Italian Grand Prix. Obviously, and although the races were long and the cars hard to drive, no power steering, manual gearbox…, fitness and physical preparation were not the first priority for […]

Kimi Raikkonen, the 42 years old Alfa Romeo F1 driver and 2007 Formula One World Champion, veteran of 341 start F1 starts and winner of 21 Grand Prix, has announced his retirement of the F1 at the end of the 2021 season. His race craft, his ho so special character, his charisma and his very […]

Hans-Joachim Stuck qualifies his Shadow DN9-Ford in 20th position for the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, held at Anderstorp. In the race, won by Niki Lauda (Brabham), he finished in eleventh position, albeit 2 laps down.

Ahead of the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, Mick Schumacher unveiled the new helmet design which replicates the one his legendary father used when he so much impressed on his F1 debut with Jordan at Spa in 1991, exactly 30 years ago (picture below). Mick Schumacher says he might well retain the “beautiful” tribute helmet livery […]

Emerson Fittipaldi took the wheel of the Copersucar F5A-Cosworth he drove in Formula One back in 1978, yesterday at Spa-Francorchamps. The two-time Formula One World Champion (1972 and 1974) and Indianapolis 500 winner (1989 and 1993) was happy and emotional to be present in Belgium and I was delighted to have a chat with the […]

The 1958 Belgian Grand Prix was held on 15 June 1958 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was the 19th Belgian Grand Prix and it was held over 24 laps of the 14 kilometre circuit. The race was won by British driver Tony Brooks in a Vanwall. It was Brooks first solo Grand Prix victory after his car won the 1957 […]

Next week-end at Spa-Francorchamps, Daniel Ricciardo will race in his 200th Grand Prix. The Australian, winner of 7 Grand Prix and now a McLaren driver, made his first start in Formula One at Silverstone in 2011. He remembers the circumstances: “I’ve got a phone call from Helmut (Marko) saying I was going to race at Silverstone for […]

Clay Regazzoni opted to leave Ferrari in 1973, in favour of Marlboro-sponsored BRM for what was reported as “an astronomical fee”. Here he joined young driver Niki Lauda, and the two became friends. It proved to be an unsuccessful year for the Swiss. Ferrari had a big personnel shake-up at the start of 1974, after […]

1951 Swiss Formula One Grand Prix at Bremgarten, round 1: the Alfa Romeo 159A driven by Emmanuel (Toulo) de Graffenried, started fifth and also finished fifth of this rain-sodden race. Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) took pole position, fastest lap and victory, ahead of the Ferrari driven by Piero Taruffi and the second Alfa Romeo […]

The 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans was one of the wettest races in the event’s history with about 17 hours of steady rain. The race was won by the #59 McLaren F1 GTR driven by JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas and Masanori Sekiya. It was McLaren’s first Le Mans win, … at its first attempt. […]