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Denny Hulme, the soon-to-be 1967 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Champion, picture here-above, hard at work and on his way to victory, in his Brabham BT20-Repco at the 1967 Monaco Grand Prix. The New-Zealander is very consistant at the front during this 1967 F1 season. He scores two important victories at Monaco and at the Nürburgring, […]

Luigi Chinetti Jr, the son of the Ferrari importer for the USA, had the preposterous idea to bring the red cars of the Prancing Horse to the salt lake of Bonneville in Utah, with the intention to establish speed records in 1974. At the wheel of a 512M (picture above), he beat the 10 km […]

Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942-2023) was a French racing driver. He raced in 55 Formula One Grand Prix, collecting two wins during the first years of Renault’s turbocharged programme that he helped initiate, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Frenchman also raced the 24 Hours of Le Mans 13 times, driving for Alpine, Matra, Sauber […]

Michael Schumacher came from a modest upbringing, so he and his father Rolf had to be inventive in order to be able to compete in karting in the beginning of the 1980’s. In an interview, a few years ago, Michael remembered: “We always used the cheapest equipment available. I fished discarded tires out of the bin, put […]

Two weeks after the “battle of Sweden” at Anderstorp, the F1 circus arrived in the dunes of Zandvoort for the 1974 Dutch Grand Prix; in the midst of a dispute between the C.S.I., the Formula One Constructors Association and the R.A.C. of the Netherlands. The argument was about the ever increasing number of entries that […]

Formula 1 observers noticed Martin Brundle’s efforts in the uncompetitive Brabham-Yamaha in 1991, and when he succeeded to score two points, the last ones in the history of Brabham, he was asked to join the very promising Michael Schumacher at Benetton for the 1992 F1 season. Picture above: Martin Brundle and Michael Schumacher, the two […]

Jackie Stewart (picture above) on his way to winning his first F1 race during the Rand Grand Prix weekend at Kyalami in December 1964, in a … Lotus 33-Climax – standing in for an injured Jim Clark. The car broke a driveshaft at the start of the first heat, but repaired, he won the second. […]

When the 40-year old Graham Hill (picture above) won the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix, it was his fifth triumph at Monte-Carlo. It was also his 14th Formula 1 Grand Prix victory, and would be the last, although he would score his sixth non-championship F1 win at Silverstone in 1971. The 80-lap race was thus won […]

The final race of the 1997 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship was intensively disputed between Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, but as everybody knows, the Kaiser committed a terrible fault by throwing his car against his opponent’s, and find himself off road (picture above). Schumi was later heavily sanctioned by the FIA for his unsporting […]

During his Formula One career, from 1981 to 1993, Alain Prost, was always paired with excellent and exceptional team mates, like John Watson, René Arnoux, Eddy Cheever, Niki Lauda, Stefan Johansson, Keke Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Jean Alesi and Damon Hill. Impressive list of champions, isn’t it? Interesting fact: Prost would have never lost to […]