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The Honda RA301, seen here at Monza in 1968 with David Hobbs at its wheel, was an F1 racing car produced by Honda Racing for the 1968 Formula One season. Like its predecessor (RA300), the car was co-developed by Lola Cars. The single-seater, designed by Yoshio Nakamura (Honda) and Derrick White (Lola Cars) had an aluminium monocoque and […]

Hurley Haywood, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Walter Röhrl drove their Brumos Porsche 911 to victory in the 1993 12 Hours of Sebring.

American Jim Hall, owner of Chaparral Cars, imagined and built the 2F to compete in the 1967 Endurance World Championship. The 2F was extremely fast and led or ran near the front on every race in which it competed. It was powered by a new aluminium V8 Chevrolet engine and a 3-speed Chaparral automatic gearbox. […]

Last great memories with Murray Walker: the opening race of the “Grand Prix Masters” series at Kyalami in December 2004, that he commented live for the BBC with Derek Bell (at his right on the main picture). On Saturday night, we dined together like the veterans we were, Jacques Laffite, Derek, Murray and myself, remembering […]

Pierre Levegh (Paris, 22 Dec 1905 – Le Mans, 11 June 1955) was a French sportsman (he was a world-class ice-hockey and tennis player) and a very good racing driver. The Frenchman was a Le Mans 24 Hours specialist, and became famous when in 1952 he single-handedly drove his Talbot for 23 hours (!), and was […]

Philippe Adams, born 19 November 1969, is a former Belgian racing driver. He finished second overall in the British Formula 3 Series in 1992 and progressed into the British Formula Two Series for 1993, winning the championship. Adams got his break-through into Formula One in 1994 when his backers agreed with Team Lotus to find […]

Mike Hawthorn joined the Scuderia Ferrari in 1952. He made his Formula One debut at the Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps and finished right away in fourth place. By the end of the season, he had already secured his first podium, with a third place at the British Grand Prix and Enzo Ferrari was by […]

After having tried his first full-face helmet aboard his Ferrari 312 during the last Grand Prix of the 1968 season at Mexico, Jacky Ickx was not satisfied, his visor generating a lot of condensation. For the first race of the 1969 season in South Africa, the Belgian, who was now driving for Brabham, chose to […]

The 1976 Daytona 500, is remembered for the late-race duel and accident between David Pearson #21 and Richard Petty #43 (picture above). Many fans consider this finish to be the greatest in the history of NASCAR. Indeed, late in the race, Richard Petty (in his famous #43 STP- sponsored Dodge) and David Pearson (in the red and white […]

Ukyo Katayama is a Japanese former racing driver born in Tokyo, who competed in Formula 1 from 1992 to 1997 for the Larrousse, Tyrrell and Minardi teams. Picture above: Ukyo Katayama, Tyrrell-Yamaha 023-1995. He participated in 97 Formula One Grand Prix and scored a total of five championship points, all of them for the Tyrrell team […]