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After a disappointing season with Lotus in 1979, Williams beckoned and Carlos Reutemann once again found himself in a winning car. He ably worked together with team-leader Alan Jones to give the Australian the 1980 World Drivers Championship and the Williams team the World Constructors Championship to celebrate. Expecting his team and team-mate to return […]

James Hunt scored his second of 2 wins in the ‘high-airbox’ McLaren M23 at the International Trophy held at Silverstone in April 1976 (picture above), both of these in non-championship F1 races, the first being the Race of Champions held at Brands Hatch, the month before. For the 1976 Formula One season, high-airboxes on the […]

Jackie Stewart, a three-time Formula One World Champion (1969-1971-1973) and a 27-time Grand Prix winner, 25 obtained with a Ford Cosworth engine powering his Tyrrell-entered single-seaters, poses leaning on the front end of a pretty Ford Capri RS 3100 (picture-above). The Scot became, as soon as 1968, the first driver in history to generate (substantial) […]

Vittorio Brambilla (1937-2001) was a Formula One driver from Italy who raced for the March, Surtees and Alfa Romeo teams. Fast and fearless, especially in wet conditions, his nickname was “The Monza Gorilla”, due to his aggressive driving style and sense of machismo. He famously won in a March 751 the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix, […]

Chris Amon, who had qualified his March 701-Ford in second position behind Jackie Stewart’s similar car, leads (picture-above) Jack Brabham (Brabham BT33-Ford), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra MS120), Jacky Ickx (Ferrari 312B) and Henri Pescarolo (Matra MS120) in the early stages of the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix. The March 701, which was March’s first F1 car, was […]

As soon as 1961, the drivers started to focus on the safety of the great Spa track and held a meeting in a prairie (picture-above) close to the paddock to discuss this matter, from left to right : Graham Hill (masked behind Jim Clark, standing), Tony Brooks, Jack Brabham, Olivier Gendebien, Innes Ireland, Wolfgang von […]

Jim Clark (1936 – 1968) was an exceptional human being. He was a driving genius, a poet at the wheel of a race car, whose personal integrity and admirable human qualities endeared him to fans and rivals alike. Picture above: Jim Clark, Lotus 33, on his way to victory at the 1965 Dutch Grand Prix […]

In 1984, Johnny Dumfries was the sensation of the Formula 3 season, scoring no less than 14 race victories in the David Price Racing entered Ralt. With the backing of oil giant BP, he completely dominated the British F3 Championship. In 1985, he moved up to the Formula 3000 series and had a disappointing season […]

Derek Bell (born 31 October 1941) is a British racing driver. In sportscar racing, he won the Le Mans 24 Hours five times, the Daytona 24 Hours three times and the World Sportscar Championship twice. He also raced in Formula One between 1968 and 1974 for the Ferrari, McLaren, Surtees and Tecno teams. Derek Bell […]

For the 1978 Formula One season, Ken Tyrrell decided to stop the development of his six-wheeled car (the P34), and come back to a more conventional concept, picture-above, Patrick Depailler at the wheel of the new Tyrrell 008-Ford, at the South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami, where he finishes in second. The Tyrrell 008 […]