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Five champions line up minutes before the start of the 1969 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. From left to right: Piers Courage, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jochen Rindt, Vic Elford and Jackie Oliver. The race developed as a contest between Stewart and Rindt  (who started on pole), and overtook each other by slipstreaming passed each other many […]

The 1959 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on December 12, 1959, at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. It was the second United States Grand Prix, and the only occasion the race was held at the home of the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance sports car race. Innes Ireland, picture above, powers his Lotus […]

In 1995, Jacques Villeneuve, son of the great and regretted Gilles Villeneuve, won the Indy 500 at his second attempt. Driving for Team Green, Villeneuve qualified his Reynard on the second row of the grid. American Scott Brayton was on pole. On lap 190, at one of the restarts, leader Scott Goodyear passed the pace […]

After taking a win on its first outing in Holland, Jochen Rindt was going to take four successive victories at the wheel of the revolutionary, wedge shaped Lotus 72, including the French Grand Prix held at Charade, on the foothills of the Puy de Dôme, close to Clermont-Ferrand (picture-above). This triumph was shared by his […]

The 1969 Canadian-American Challenge Cup was the fourth season of the Can-Am series. It consisted of FIA Group 7 racing cars running two-hour sprint events. Eleven races were on the calendar, starting in Canada with Mosport and Mont-Tremblant in June, and finishing in Texas in November. Picture above: Hazy day at Riverside in October 1969, […]

After James Hunt had won the 1974 BRDC International Trophy, a non-championship race at Silverstone, against the majority of the regular F1 field, most observers started to take him and his unorthodox Hesketh team, more seriously. Hopes were high for their 1975 season. Picture-above: James Hunt, Hesketh 308B, qualifies third for the 1975 French Grand […]

Fabulous picture-above of three mega drivers from the 70s racing each other hard but fair: Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell 008) leads Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari 312T3) and James Hunt (Mclaren M26) in Argentina in January 1978. The 1978 Argentine Grand Prix was held at Buenos Aires and was the first race of the 1978 Formula One season. […]

Former Ferrari engineer Luigi Mazzola recalled Michael Schumacher’s reaction to Valentino Rossi’s performance in Ferrari’s F1 car and said that the German could not believe how fast the motorcycle champion was in a F1 car (picture here-above at Valencia in the Ferrari F2004). Rossi tested the Ferrari car several times between 2005 and 2009 and […]

Dan Gurney passes in front of his pits aboard his Eagle (picture-above) and is updated on his position by his mechanic Jo Ramirez during the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps. At this point of the race, he’s leading with an advantage of 31 seconds over the second placed car. Jo Ramirez is a […]

Argentinian Ricardo Zunino pushes his Tyrrell 010 Ford- Cosworth during his home race, the 1981 Argentine Grand Prix in Buenos Aires. He qualifies in 24th position, more than two  seconds slower than his Tyrrell team mate, American Eddie Cheever, and finishes in thirteenth, two laps behind winner Nelson Piquet in his Brabham-Ford, and public favourite […]