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All chasing Bruno

At the 1980 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, Bruno Giacomelli was all week-end on top of his game at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo 179: after capturing a fantastic pole at an average speed of more than 180 km/h, the little Italian was leading the race from the start with authority, until lap […]

Missed opportunities

Mike Thackwell (born 30 March 1961) is a former racing driver from New Zealand who excelled in Formula 2 and in endurance racing, and who, at the age of 19, made his debut in Formula One. Having tested for both Ensign and Tyrrell, Mike Thackwell was signed in 1980 by Ken Tyrrell as a test driver […]

Hamilton stays afloat

The British Grand Prix was held on 6 July 2008 at the Silverstone circuit. It was the ninth race of the 2008  Formula One World Championship. Before the race, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa led the drivers’ championship with 48 points, BMW driver Robert Kubica trailed by two points, and Massa’s teammate Kimi Raïkkonen was third […]

Modest backgrounds

Bruno Giacomelli and René Arnoux, two future Formula 1 drivers, while being fierce rivals on track, are obviously having a good time during their 1977 European Formula 2 campaign. Both drivers come from a modest background and move up the ladder, thanks to their obvious talent. Notice Riccardo Zunino’s March 772 in the background (picture-above). […]

What a banking!

Dan Gurney finished 2nd in his Ferrari, in his second ever Grand Prix, at the 1959 German Grand Prix held at the AVUS. This photo-above shows, without any photographic trick, how steep the banking really was, as it was constructed at a 44 degrees angle. The 1959 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race […]

Rotary triumph

In 1981, Tom Walkinshaw and Pierre Dieudonné (picture-above) wrote an important page in the history of motorsport. At the end of the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, their Mazda RX-7 entered by TWR was two laps ahead of the first BMW. It was the first victory in the Belgian classic for a Japanese manufacturer. The first […]

Principal-driver

After driving in F1 for Lotus and BRM, Jackie Oliver contributed in the creation of the Shadow team and drove the DN1 as soon as 1973 in Montjuich (picture-above), before leaving the Grand Prix to concentrate on the well-funded Can-Am series and amass enough dollars. He was seen on more time in F1 four years […]

Marathon effort

From the start the Alpine-Renaults took charge at the 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans. The works Porsches mounted a brief challenge but engine issues delayed them in the pits. When Pescarolo retired his 936 with engine problems, his co-driver Jacky Ickx, already a three-time winner, was transferred to the sister car of Barth and […]

Fun in Formula 2

Podium! Maurizio Flammini (third), Claude Bourgoignie (second) and Jacques Laffite (the winner) celebrate their great battle on the podium of the Hockenheim round of the 1975 European Formula 2 Championship. The 1975 European Formula Two season was contested over 14 rounds. Automobiles Martini (a French constructor) driver Jacques Laffite clinched with seven victories, the championship […]

John Love, the nearly man

The 1967 South African Grand Prix was held for the first time at Kyalami near Johannesburg on 2 January and was race 1 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One World Championship. Brabham drivers Denny Hulme and Jack Brabham led from the start, but the Australian soon spun, handing second place to Surtees (Honda). Furher […]