Post Type Archives: Events

John Cannon, McLaren Elva Mk. IIB, at speed in the rain at the Laguna Seca Raceway, on his way to victory in the 1968 Monterey Grand Prix (picture-above). Cannon would attribute his victory to his confidence in a set of rain tires that he exhaustively tested the year prior. “Not only was it amazing to […]

Stirling Moss and his magnificent Vanwall VW 5 V during practice for the 1958 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. Open the picture-above to see it in full, it’s worthwhile. The Englishman qualified third behind Mike Hawthorn’s Ferrari on pole and his teammate Tony Brooks’ Vanwall. Moss had to retire on the third lap due […]

Carlos Reutemann made his Formula 1 debut driving a  McLaren M7A for the Écurie Bonnier team at the 1971 Argentine Grand Prix (non-championship), and impressed by immediately climbing onto the podium! (photo above). The 1971 Argentine Grand Prix hosted both Formula 1 and Formula 5000 single-seaters and was held at the Autódromo Oscar Gálvez in […]

The Chaparral 2K was an Indy racer designed and using some principles that Jim Hall had actually tried back in the 1970 with his 2J CanAm design, ground effect. In 1977, Jim Hall retired from racing at this point, was always interested in new avenues and was still around watching and looking at the cars and designs. Interest […]

Belgians Gérald Langlois van Ophem and Pascal Ickx (elder brother of Jacky Ickx), are the winners of the 1965 Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours, exactly 60 years ago, in a BMW 1800 TISA (picture-above). Considered as a gentleman driver, Gérald Langlois van Ophem (1940-2025), a boy of good upbringings, joined the Équipe Nationale Belge in 1962 for […]

Two confident Argentinians, Juan Manuel Fangio (born 24 June 1961) and José Froilán Gonzalez, seem ready for the battle, in their Maserati A6, at the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps (picture above). Fangio started the race from pole position (2 seconds faster than Ascari and González), but was forced to retire on lap 13 […]

The 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix was held at Interlagos. It was the second race of the 1993 Formula One Championship. The Williams-Renault’s of Alain Prost and Damon Hill were the class of the field, with the French driver taking pole position just ahead of his British team-mate, but 1.8 seconds (!) faster than local hero Ayrton Senna in third […]

In 1995, David Coulthard joined Williams alongside Damon Hill. He was optimistic at the start of the season, saying: “I’d like to think I can win a Grand Prix this year.” For the Portuguese Grand Prix, on the Estoril circuit, Williams introduced a revised version of their car, the Williams FW17B. Coulthard took pole position […]

In the 50’s, it was not unusual to find a 4-3-4 starting grid with no less than four cars on the first row, like on this superb photo of Ascari and Hawthorn in their Ferraris, between the Maseratis of Gonzalez and Fangio, at the 1953 RAC British Grand Prix at Silverstone. On the fast British […]

Damon Hill, above at the wheel of his Williams-Renault FW 17, doesn’t hesitate to resolutely take the kerbs during the 1995 Monaco Grand Prix. A fine performance from the Briton who took pole position ahead of Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Renault). The German champion nevertheless dominated the race and won it with a 30-second lead over Hill, […]