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The 1980 European Formula Two season was contested over 12 rounds. It was a quality field that year, and many of the participants – Henton, Warwick, Fabi, de Cesaris, Thackwell, Stohr… – later made it into the Formula One. Toleman driver Brian Henton clinched the championship title with three victories and six podium finishes. Picture […]

The 1984 South African Grand Prix was held at Kyalami on 7 April 1984. It was race 2 of 16 in the 1984 Formula One World Championship. This 75-lap race was won by Niki Lauda, driving a McLaren-TAG, with teammate Alain Prost, who started from the pitlane, second and Derek Warwick third, a lap down, […]

Bobby Rahal (born January 10, 1953) is a former racing driver and current one of the owners of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. As a driver, the American won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. His team also won the Indy 500 in 2004 and 2020 with […]

Drivers Andrea de Cesaris and Alex Zanardi, team owner Eddie Jordan and the 7 Up-Jordan team pose next to the Jordan 191 designed by Gary Anderson, at the 1991 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide that closes the season (picture above). Here in Australia, the two Italians finished in 8th and 9th. Jordan Grand Prix was […]

Young (20) Jacky Ickx (picture-above), sitting on the hood of his Ford Mustang, at the ‘Coupes de Terlaemen Zolder’ in 1965. The Belgian, who initially had more interest in gardening than in car racing, soon showed tremendous speed and car control. Born on 1 January 1945 in Brussels, Ickx was introduced to motorsports when he […]

The 1965 Belgian Formula One Grand Prix was held at the 14 km Spa-Francorchamps circuit and was won by Jim Clark, who led every lap of the race, driving a Lotus 33. It was one of the Scot’s most dominant wins. In the rain, he pulled away and with a third of the race to […]

1970 1000 km of Spa. The Gulf-Porsche 917K driven by Jo Siffert and Brian Redman (picture-above) leads, at full-speed, the sister car of Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen, on top of the most iconic corner: Eau Rouge. The old Spa-Francorchamps layout was just about flat-out for nearly the entire 8.7 mile distance and the circuit […]

In addition to the flamboyant Ronnie Peterson, Sweden could count in the 70s on a great hopeful named Günnar Nilsson. Winner of the 1975 Formula 3 BP Championship in a March, he promptly tested a F1 Williams (picture below) before being recruited by the glorious Team Lotus where he had two promising seasons, marked by […]

One of the biggest surprises for the 1970 Trans-Am season was the announcement that Penske Racing was switching from their championship winning Camaros to the, so far, unsuccessful AMC Javelin for drivers Mark Donohue (picture above in checkered pants) and Peter Revson. The cars were built from scratch in Penske’s shop in Newton Square Pennsylvania. […]

Patrick Depailler wrestling his Tyrrell P34/2 (picture above)  during the 1977 US Grand Prix West held in the streets of Long Beach, California. He qualified his six-wheeler Tyrrell – wearing a French-made GPA helmet – in twelfth position, a disappointment for the quick Frenchman, while his team mate Ronnie Peterson was in tenth, with a very […]