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Last weekend, I attended the last meeting of the season of the Historic Racing by Peter Auto 2024 at Estoril, Portugal. It was a pleasure to discover the mythical track that saw Niki Lauda dramatic, for half-a-point, crowning in 1984 and the legendary first Grand Prix victory, in the pouring rain, of Ayrton Senna in […]

The 1973 US Grand Prix was held at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Road Course on October, 7 1973. It was race 15 of 15 in both World Championship of Drivers and International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Picture-above: Ronnie Peterson (Lotus 72) celebrates his fourth victory of the season on the podium, with James […]

Graham Hill is breaking hard in his superb BRM P261 at the La Source hairpin during the 1965 Belgian Grand Prix held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit (picture above). The BRM P261, is a Formula One car designed by Tony Rudd for the British Racing Motors team in Bourne, England. The P261 had a relatively long […]

Formula One rising star Tony Brise, in the cockpit of his Hill GH1-Ford (picture-above), is certainly describing the handling of his car to team owner, racing legend and two-time World Champion Graham Hill, ahead of the 1975 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone. Notice, no radio available then to communicate with your driver. Tony Brise […]

Michael Schumacher inspects his in the tunnel stricken Benetton B193-Ford during practice for the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix (picture-above). Nevertheless, the brilliant German qualified on the front row, just 0.6s shy of Alain Prost’s Williams FW15-Renault, with Ayrton Senna third in his McLaren MP4/8-Ford. The Benetton B193 was designed by Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne, […]

The 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix was held in Estoril on 21 April 1985. It was the second round of the 1985 FIA Formula One Championship and was won by Ayrton Senna from pole position, taking both his first pole position and win in the process. Picture-above: Senna exuberant in his Lotus 97T-Renault, after crossing the […]

François Cevert gives a ride to Howden Ganley, who seems to enjoy it, on top of his Tyrrell 006-Ford at the end of the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix held at Circuit Zandvoort (picture-above). Cevert has just crossed the line in second behind team mate Stewart, while Ganley was forced to retire with mechanical issues on his […]

Dan Gurney, sitting in his Brabham BT7-Climax following the 1964 British Grand Prix, where he won 100 bottles of champagne for setting the fastest lap of the race! (picture-above). The American had qualified in third position, then drove a strong race, before being hampered by mechanical woes and finished in thirteenth position, 5 laps behind […]

Liam Lawson’s wait on the sidelines is over. He can finally call himself a full-time Formula One driver. Red Bull has confirmed that the New Zealander will replace Daniel Ricciardo at Racing Bulls for the rest of the 2024 season and will continue to race for them in 2025. Lawson’s journey to F1 was anything […]

The Honda RA271, with American Ronnie Bucknum at its wheel, made its highly anticipated competition debut at the 1964 German Formula One Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring. Regrettably, Bucknum crashed the RA271 three laps only before the finish line (picture-above). However, the car was running in ninth position when it retired, and it gave […]