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Born in Bavaria (Germany),  Jochen Mass participated in 114 Formula One races for the Surtees, McLaren, ATS, Arrows and March teams. In 1976, he was team-mate to James Hunt at McLaren, but had to play second fiddle to the faster and charismatic Brit, who went on to win that year’s championship at the very last race, […]

He was the very first Japanese driver to appear at the start of a Formula One race: it was at a non-championship race, the 1974 International Trophy at Silverstone in a March 741 (main picture). Noritake Takahara participated in two Japanese Grand Prix at the Mount Fuji race track in 1976 (9th in a Surtees) and […]

Anders Olofsson (1952-2008) was a talented Swedish racing driver. He won back-to-back Swedish Formula 3 titles in 1977 and 1978 and finished runner-up in the European F3 Championship in the same seasons. These excellent results being achieved in his own white Ralt, on a minimal budget against well-funded works teams. The quiet Swede had one outing […]

The drivers listen with great attention, to the instructions of race director and local hero Louis Chiron, A few minutes before the start of the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix. We recognise from left to right: Mike Hawthorn, Jean Behra, Wolfgang von Trips, Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham and Peter Collins. Victory went to Maurice […]

When his Formula 1 career stalled, Bruno Giacomelli tried his luck in the USA. He made 11 starts in the CART championship in 1984 and 1985, 10 of which were with Patrick Racing. The Italian also attempted, but failed to qualify, his March amongst the 33 fastest cars, for the 1984 Indianapolis 500. His best finish […]

The 2010 Korean Grand Prix was a Formula 1 race held at the Yeongam circuit, in South Korea. It was the 17th race of the season (in a total of 19), and the five title contenders remaining at this late stage can be seen on this picture: Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button for McLaren, Fernando Alonso […]

The Benetton B188 is a Formula One racing car designed by South-African Rory Byrne and raced in the 1988 Formula One season and in the first half of the 1989 season. In 1988, Benetton was effectively the Ford works team as they had exclusive use of the 3.5L Ford DFR V8 engine, where others running […]

15 June 1993. The 1976 Formula One World Champion James Hunt died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Wimbledon. He was 45 Years old. James Hunt took 10 wins in his F1 career, the first one in a Hesketh at the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, the 9 other victories were all […]

This story is a tasty one: at the first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929, the Bugatti 35B of future winner William Grover-Williams had arrived at the last minute. When he discovered his race car was painted in blue color, the British driver decided to wake up at 5am on race day to cover his car […]

In the closing stages of the 1996 CART Grand Prix of Monterey, Alex Zanardi, in his Chip Ganassi entered Reynard-Honda, was closing in on the race leader Bryan Herta. In the last lap, he pulled a daring move around Bryan Herta’s Reynard-Mercedes in the famous downhill Corkscrew to win the race. It was a fantastic and very […]