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The last tests before the start of the new womens’ only series have been completed at the Lausitzring, last week-end. On top of the time sheets, we logically find the girls who regularly compete in single-seaters : Garcia, Chadwick and Visser. Our two Belgian drivers made good progress : Naomi Schiff ending the tests in […]

Simon Pagenaud, IndyCar driver for Team Penske recalls the 2019 Long Beach race: “I went a tad conservative in race set-up, after a good feeling in qualifying where I was 5th, and it cost us in overall pace. The chassis of the DXCTechnology car 22, is now very good on street circuits, we learned a […]

Hockenheim 1995. Damon Hill (Williams-Renault) started the race from the pole position. Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Renault) alongside him on the front row. After making a good start, Hill spun on lap 2 across the gravel trap and into the barriers. The cause, a broken driveshaft. Schumacher then won the race easily from Coulthard (Williams) and Berger […]

The 1952 season consisted of a relative small (8) number of races, following the decision to run Formula 2 cars instead of Formula 1. Alberto Ascari (Ferrari 500) won all six races he competed in, and was easily crowned World Champion.

Watkins Glen, US Grand Prix 1970. After the tragic death of points leader Jochen Rindt, only Jacky Ickx had a chance to beat him in the championship. The Belgian champion needed to win the last three Grand Prix of the season in order to be crowned World Champion. He duly won the first one on […]

Monaco Grand Prix 1982. René Arnoux took pole in his Renault and led until he spun off on lap 15. Alain Prost took over the lead, and stretched his lead when rain started to fall. Three laps from the end, the Frenchman lost his Renault at the Chicane du Port, and crashed into the barriers. […]

Simon Pagenaud, IndyCar Team Penske driver comments on his race in Barber, Alabama: “Strategy didn’t play our way today, finishing in ninth is not our goal, of course, but we showed performance and I surely had fun passing cars out there! The pass on my team-mate Will Power was exciting, and all went well because […]

We welcome Naomi Schiff as our latest ‘Star Contributor’ at the HSOR. Naomi is a young (25) race driver from Antwerp (Belgium) who was raised in South Africa. Her achievements are already quite remarkable: 2014 : Renault Clio Cup China : champion with 7 victories, 8 poles and 7 fastest laps. 2015-16 : Official KTM […]

Welcome to our first ‘Star Contributor’. At the HSOR we particularly love Simon Pagenaud. Not only is he a very fast and professional race driver, he is a very nice and good person. After a successful career in Sportscar racing that saw him winning the 2010 American Le Mans Series, he moved up to the […]

We are proud to have Didier Theys on board at the Human Side of Racing. Not only is he a great driver (from Nivelles, Belgium), he is a super guy and great friend. Didier is best known for his successes (twice) at the Daytona 24 Hours (1998 and 2002), and the 1998 Sebring 12 Hours. […]