Post Type Archives: Events

Monaco, 1988. Ayrton Senna completed – in his McLaren-Honda – arguably the greatest qualifying lap in the history of the sport, but unfortunately, there is no onboard footage available of it. One can find on YouTube his 1989 qualifying lap, that is nearly as impressive. In his dominant McLaren MP4/4 designed by Steve Nichols, and […]

At the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) claimed a stunning pole position, over a second ahead of his front row companion Jacky Ickx and shot into an immediate lead from fast starting Jo Siffert in his BRM and Ickx aboard a Ferrari. (Picture above). The brilliant Scot dominated the race in his new […]

After a good 1977 season, where Alan Jones won the Austrian Grand Prix for Shadow, Don Nichols’ team, entered into a sharp decline. Australian Alan Jones left to join Williams for 1978. In the same period a majority of their staff and their sponsor Franco Ambrosio left to form their own team, Arrows, taking the […]

Honda wanted to return to Formula One as a constructor in 1999 and test the RA099, two chassis were built, developed by Dallara (that’s why it was nicknamed “Dallhonda”, picture-above), in collaboration with engineer Harvey Postlethwaite. Twenty years before his son Max, Jos Verstappen had been hired by the Japanese manufacturer (picture below), but the sudden […]

Since his victory at the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix in a Shadow, we knew Alan Jones was a solid competitor. In 1979, making excellent use of the FW07 designed by Patrick Head and Frank Dernie, he became even better and was crucial in establishing Williams as a top team. After winning four races in the […]

In 1973, at the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park, a Safety Car was deployed in Formula 1 for the first time (picture above), a Porsche 914/6 piloted by sometime F1 privateer Eppie Wietzes, who drove in front of Howden Ganley’s Iso-Marlboro by mistake, allowing several others, including eventual winner Peter Revson, to gain a […]

Howden Ganley (born 24 December 1941) is a former racing car driver from New-Zealand. From 1971 to 1974, he participated in 41 F1 Grand Prix, finished twice fourth and scored 10 championship points. He was also an excellent endurance driver for Matra and Mirage. Picture above: Howden Ganley (left) and Derek Bell, seem confident, minutes […]

Pouring rain had flooded the paddock at Warwick Farm in Australia, during the 1973 Tasman Series, but local hero, Kiwi Graham McRae succeeded to extract his stranded single seater, the Leda T27 of Formula 5000. That car, designed by engineer Len Terry (hence the initials LT) was based on the Surtees F5000 he had designed in […]

The 1961 Indianapolis 500 celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Indy 500 in 1911. A.J. Foyt re-took the lead with three laps to go and won his first (of four) victories on the famous Brickyard. Picture above: Eddie Sachs (in pole position) and Don Branson on the front row of the grid, during the formation […]

The 1962 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Rouen-Les-Essarts on 8 July 1962 and it was won by American Dan Gurney, driving a 8-cylinder Porsche. It was his first Formula One victory (picture above) and Porsches only win as a constructor in a F1 Championship race, so far. Dan Gurney was particularly known […]