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Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell formed a super team in the Scuderia Ferrari in 1990. The Ferrari 641 was designed by Steve Nichols and was an evolution of John Barnards pretty 640. Its chassis was manufactured in kevlar and carbon fibre, and it was powered by a 65° Ferrari V12 engine of 3.5 L. The […]

This week-end, for the 2021 French Grand Prix at Le Castellet, Charles Leclerc will wear a helmet that features the design of his first helmet in his karting days. Picture above: Young (5 years old) Charles Leclerc’s kart is pushed by his much regretted friend Jules Bianchi in 2002. Charles Leclerc: “After 19 years, I’m […]

Sensation at the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix. Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen, starting from pole position in his Williams FW13-Renault, took his third and final Grand Prix win at the Hungaroring, after leading the entire race. Ayrton Senna tried to find a way past Boutsen in the closing stages of the race, but the Belgian held […]

The Cuban Grand Prix, also known as the Havana Grand Prix, was a sports car race held for a brief period in the late 1950s in Havana, Cuba. The race was established in 1957, as President Batista envisioned creating an event to attract tourists, particularly from the United States. The first race was a success; it was […]

Dutch racing driver and nobleman Carel Godin de Beaufort works quietly on his Maserati 250F, ahead of the 1959 French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux. Magical and intense moments captured here-above of a lonely driver and his race car. Dutch driver Godin de Beaufort was one of the last truly amateur drivers in F1, who […]

Bette Hill (1926-2017) occupied a unique position in Formula 1 history, as the only wife and mother of world champion drivers. Her husband Graham Hill won the title in 1962 for BRM and again for Lotus in 1968, son Damon did so for Williams-Renault in 1996. Naturally Bette, who married Graham in 1955, was a […]

The British driver Bill Ivy, a former motorcycle champion, made sensation for his debut in Formula 2 in 1969, when he qualified on the front row at Thruxton and then shine again on the twisty Nürburgring (pictures above and here-under in front the Tecno of François Cevert) and finally take a nice fifth place at Zolder. […]

Ayrton Senna started the 1986 season well, finishing second in the Brazilian Grand Prix behind the Williams-Honda of Nelson Piquet. He then won the Spanish Grand Prix from Mansell by just 0.014 sec, in one of the closest finishes in Formula One history. Poor reliability, particularly in the second half of the season, saw him […]

The 1970 British Grand Prix was held at Brands Hatch on 18 July 1970. The 80-lap race was won from pole position by Austrian driver Jochen Rindt, driving a Lotus 72. Picture above: Superb front row with Rindt (Lotus 72) on pole, then Brabham (Brabham BT33-Ford) and Ickx (Ferrari 312B) in third, in front of the whole field. Rindt […]

At the 1973 South African Grand Prix, Motor Racing Developments Ltd. were represented by their South American pairing of Carlos Reutemann and Wilson Fittipaldi and, with the new Brabham BT42 unfinished, they had to rely on the one year old BT37’s (picture above). Reutemann finished 7th, two laps down on winner Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) and team mate Fittipaldi […]