Post Type Archives: Events

Rupert Keegan (picture-above) with engineer Nigel Stroud, in the Hesketh 308E/3 he was driving at the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix held on the Circuit van Zandvoort. Rupert was the only Hesketh driver able to (just) qualify for the race, in 26th spot, leaving both Ian Ashley and Héctor Rebaque as mere spectators. Keegan’s weekend was […]

Clay Regazzoni speeds through a Sicilian village, in his impressive Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 that he shares with Carlo Facetti during practice for the 1973 Targa Florio. The pairing, one of the favourites of the event, will have an accident during this practice session and will not be able to start the race. This 1973 edition […]

A racing enthusiast from an early age, Gilles Villeneuve started his career in snowmobile, racing across his native province of Quebec. He soon progressed to open-wheel racing, winning the regional Formula Ford championship in 1973, before graduating to Formula Atlantic where he won two Canadian Championships in 1976 and 1977. Villeneuve is seen here-above in […]

Jean-Pierre Jarier at the wheel of a Ligier JS7-Matra at the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix on the Mount Fuji circuit (photo above). The French team had decided to enter, for the first time in its history, a second single-seater alongside that of Jacques Laffite, but Jarier who qualified in 17th position, did not go very […]

In 1976, at the Canadian Grand Prix held at Mosport, Allan de la Plante took one of my favourite motorsport photos. L-R Ronnie Peterson (March 761), James Hunt (McLaren M23), Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell P34) and Mario Andretti (Lotus 77) race up the hill, right after the start. Notice how different and so easily recognisable the […]

When Bertrand Gachot was jailed in August 1991, because of a ‘dispute’ with a cab driver in London, Willy Weber, manager of Michael Schumacher, tried to get hold of Eddie Jordan, with the intention to convince the Irish team owner, to give his protégé a chance to drive in his car in the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix […]

Jim Clark and Colin Chapman met in 1958 at the Brands Hatch circuit near Kent, England, dicing together in a pair of identical Lotus Elite coupes at the head of the pack. There was an instant understanding between the two men, a sort of telepathy that would go and change the face of auto racing. Together […]

Team owners Rob Walker and Colin Chapman seem to have a nice conversation with journalist Gérard “Jabby” Crombac behind the new Lotus 72-Ford (pretty, isn’t it) driven by John Miles, who you can spot just behind the Swiss journalist, who was a friend of Chapman, ahead of the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps (picture-above […]

The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was won by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell in their Gulf-Mirage GR-8, finishing just a lap ahead of the Ligier JS2 of Jean-Louis Lafosse and Guy Chasseuil. Traditionally at Le Mans, the teams used garages in the city, so everybody had the chance to observe the two gorgeous Gulf-Mirages, for […]

Melbourne, Australian Grand Prix 1996. The 58-lap race was won by Damon Hill in his Williams FW18-Renault. Hill’s teammate Jacques Villeneuve, making his Formula One debut, sensationally took pole position and led most of the race (picture above), before an oil leak enabled Hill to catch and pass him in the closing laps. Eddie Irvine […]