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The Hunt-Lauda rivalry and friendship has been very much documented in the press as well as in Ron Howard’s excellent movie “Rush”. James Hunt and Niki Lauda are seen here in 1976. No real friendship without mutual admiration: Hunt very much admired Lauda’s determination and seriousness, while Lauda positively envied Hunt’s laid-back attitude and ‘joy of […]

Dario Franchitti (born May 19, 1973) is a Scottish former racing driver. He is a four-time IndyCar Series champion, a three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona. First IndyCar victory came in August 1998 at Road America, when the Scot drove a Team Green entered […]

The 1976 Austrian Grand Prix held at Zeltweg, was won by John Watson, driving a Penske PC4, after a thrilling race. Second was Jacques Laffite (Ligier) and third was Gunnar Nilsson (Lotus). As well as being Watson’s first Formula One victory, it was also going to be the only F1 victory for the Penske team, coming […]

At the finish of the legendary Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring in 1957, one could read on the faces of the heroes of the day, admiration for Peter Collins and amazement in the eyes of Mike Hawthorn, for the winner Juan Manuel Fangio, exhausted by the effort and extreme concentration needed in his incredible […]

The 2005 United States Formula One Grand Prix was held on June 19, 2005 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (the race track including the infield portion). Out of the 20 cars that entered the race, only six cars from the teams using Bridgestone tyres (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi) competed, a unique thing in the history of Formula One. Following […]

Early 1984, Ayrton Senna was impressive as a rookie during the preliminary tests at Rio. Alan Henry, reporter for Motorsport Magazine at the time, wrote: “This driver with his yellow helmet, Ayrton Senna, winner of the last British F3 championship, had attracted the attention of all, with a few very aggressive laps…and showed early on […]

Uncertainty reigned on the starting grid of the 1000 km of Spa in 1970, when the teams were hesitating on the choice of tires for the race (picture above) – one can see the crew of the Écurie Francorchamps entered yellow Ferrari 512S driven by Derek Bell and Hugues de Fierlant, franticly change the wheels […]

Ayrton Senna spent six seasons racing for McLaren, during which time he won each three of his Formula 1 World Championships and most of his 41 Grand Prix victories. Ron Dennis, McLaren team-principal at the time, remembers: “His skills, craft, subtlety and courage were of such magnitude that he dwarfed his generation of drivers.” In […]

While he was trying to reach Formula 1, Thierry Boutsen raced in endurance racing in the beginning of the 80’s, to gain experience at the highest level and to make some money. In 1983, he won the Monza 1000 km with Bob Wollek aboard this Joest Team entered Porsche 956, beating the works cars, amongst […]

Sebastian Vettel got a reprimand from the stewards at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, for not taking off his rainbow t-shirt, in solidarity of the Hungarian gay community who suffers from a discriminatory law, and this during the national anthem and the pre-race ceremony. Sebastian reacted: “I’m happy… they can disqualify me. They can do whatever they […]