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Stirling Moss, driving a Cooper T43, wins the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix (picture-above), becoming the first driver to win a Formula One race driving a rear-engined car. A revolution in motor racing was on its way. The 1958 Argentine Grand Prix was held on 19 January 1958 at the Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires. […]

Jo Siffert joined the new March team founded by Max Mosley, Robin Herd, Alan Rees and Graham Coacker for the 1970 Formula One season. The Swiss ace is seen here-above in the cockpit of his STP-livered March 701-Ford. In endurance racing where he excelled, he was still one of the lead drivers for Porsche. The […]

Enzo Ferrari and the Wolf Formula One team, including team manager Peter Warr (second from left), chief engineer Harvey Postlethwaite (next to Warr) and their driver Jody Scheckter, pose for a photo end of 1977 in front of Ferrari’s house, next to the Fiorano test track. Team owner Walter Wolf remembers: “Do you know that my […]

Mario Andretti and Parnelli Jones find another venue to battle upon, like here at Mosport in 1967. The two American drivers, already fierce rivals in the USAC series, cross paths all-around the US and Canada in various machinery. Mario Andretti will further rise and win, amongst many others, the 1969 Indy 500 winner and 1978 […]

At the 1981 Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix, Carlos Reutemann did not obey Williams’ instructions, shown to him on a very explicit sign held by sporting director Charlie Crichton-Stuart (picture above), that ordered him to let his team mate Alan Jones, the reigning World Champion, win the race. After the race, the Argentinian driver proudly […]

The Dauer 962 LM of Hans-Joachim Stuck, Thierry Boutsen and Danny Sullivan (picture-above) on its way to a fine third place at the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans. This very competitive trio dominated the race and should have won, but a puncture prevented it to do so, and victory went to the sister car. […]

Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) won the rain-curtailed 1984 Monaco Prix from pole position. Ayrton Senna (Toleman-Hart) was second in his first podium in Formula One. The red flag to stop the race was shown at the end of the 32nd lap, after clerk of the course Jacky Ickx decided that conditions were too poor to continue. […]

… but good day for Porsche. Bad day indeed for this Gulf Porsche 917K entered by JW Automotive Engineering and driven by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood which crashed out after five hours, in the 1970 Le Mans 24 Hours (picture-above)… notice how exposed the driver was in the 917. JW Automotive fielded three Gulf-livered […]

Stirling Moss on his way to victory (picture-above) in his Aston Martin DBR1/300 that he shared with Jack Fairman, during the 1000 km Nürburgring 1959. The British champion drove superbly and after a seven-and-a-half hour race, edged out the two works Ferrari 250 TR59 of Phil Hill-Olivier Gendebien and Tony Brooks-Jean Behra to take a […]

Pedro Rodriguez, Yardley-BRM P153, brakes on the very limit at the La Source hairpin, during the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix that he’s going to win, held on the mighty 14.100 km circuit at Spa-Francorchamps. Race winner Pedro Rodriguez had set a 160 miles an hour lap in the sports car race, the 1000 km of […]