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The 1948 Italian Grand Prix was held at Valentino Park in Turin, Italy on 5 September 1948. The 75-lap race of the 4.8 km circuit, for a total of 360 kilometres, was won by French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille in an Alfa Romeo 158.

The 1947 Belgian Grand Prix was held at the 14 km Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The race was also known as the European Grand Prix. Picture above: Italian Achille Varzi leads Frenchman Jean-Pierre Wimille in the early stages of the race, both driving an Alfa Romeo 158. The French driver will win the three hours race and […]

Born Nelson Sautomaior, on August 17, 1952, he used his mother’s surname Piquet to hide his early racing adventures from his disapproving parents. His father, a prominent Brazilian government minister, had been a regional tennis champion and when Nelson showed early promise in that sport he was encouraged to pursue it. At 12 he was […]

After launching the Lancia Beta Montecarlo Groupe 5 at the end of the 80’s, Cesare Fiorio jumped into an ambitious Groupe 6 programme for Lancia in the World Makes Championship of 1982. The pretty Lancia LC1 was a really nice and fast race car, enabling Riccardo Patrese to fight for the endurance world championship till […]

Formula 1 drivers Gerhard Berger and Marc Surer, helped by touring cars ace, the excellent Roberto Ravaglia, won the 1985 24 Hours of Spa in their works BMW 635 CSI.

The Ferrari 333 SP is a sports prototype race car that was built by Italian race car manufacturer Dallara and later Michelotto to compete in the World Sports Car Championship for Ferrari. Horag-Lista driver and Daytona 24 Hours winner Didier Theys remembers: “This picture was taken at Mosport in 1995. There were three Ferrari 333SP’s entered and I […]

The 1970 1000 km of Brands Hatch was an endurance race held on the challenging, bumpy an undulating Brands Hatch circuit next to London. Picture above: The Porsche 917K of Rodriguez and Kinnunen (1st) leads the one of Siffert and Redman (ret) and the Porsche 917K of Attwood and Herrmann (3rd) in the pouring rain. On race […]

“There is only one way to win the Targa Florio”, said Helmut Marko, “Faster, even faster, …and tell yourself: I have to drive faster, brake later, push harder, again and again, the same thing in every corner.” Main picture: Helmut Marko’s Alfa Romeo, passes Sandro Munari’s Ferrari in the hills of Sicilia, or the true […]

Start of the “Guards Trophy” at Brands Hatch in 1964, on the front row: the Zerex Special of future winner Bruce McLaren (who ‘smokes’ the tires), the works Lotus 30 of Jim Clark and the Ferrari 330P of Graham Hill, entered by Maranello Concessionaires. These pretty sports cars will soon cross the Atlantic, as seen […]

Picture above: Belgians Jacques Swaters and Freddy Rousselle shared this Equipe Nationale Belge-entered Jaguar D-Type, at the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans. They produced a steady race and finished in fourth position. The race was won by another D-Type, entered by Écurie Écosse, driven by Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson.