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The Matra saga in Formula 1 curiously debuted by a green single-seater in the spirit of  “British Racing Green” for Jackie Stewart and entered by the Matra International team, headed by Ken Tyrrell, who had already led Matra to the European Formula 2 title one year earlier, with the young Jacky Ickx. The Cosworth-powered Matra […]

Fred Lorenzen Jr. (born December 30, 1934), nicknamed “the Golden Boy” or “Fast Freddie” and even “Fearless Freddie”, is a former American NASCAR driver from Illinois. Active from 1958 to 1972, he won 26 races, including the 1965 Daytona 500. Picture above: Fred Lorenzen, in charming company, in the Holman Moody Ford, prepared with a […]

The 1985 F1 season was the fourth season for Keke Rosberg in the Williams-Honda team (picture below, with team owner Frank Williams). The Finn had a new team mate in Nigel Mansell and the all-carbon Williams FW10 chassis was a big improvement over the FW09B of 1984. Honda introduced an upgraded version of its engine, with […]

The Ralt RH6-Honda – Nigel Mansell in the car, here-above, at Zandvoort in 1980 – is an open-wheel racing car built by Australian constructor Ralt, based in England, and owned by legendary designer Ron Tauranac, for the 1980 European Formula 2 championship. In 1980, Honda asked John Judd’s Engine Developments to develop an engine for […]

The 1965 French Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Charade on 27 June 1965. It was race 4 of 10 in both drivers’ and manufacturers’ championship. Jim Clark (Lotus) won this French Grand Prix ahead of Jackie Stewart (BRM) and John Surtees (Ferrari). A Scottish 1-2. Picture above: Jo Bonnier who had to […]

Beppe Gabbiani (born 2 January 1957) is an Italian former racing driver. He participated in 17 Formula One Grand Prix for the Surtees and Osella teams, but did not score any championship points. The mercurial Italian moved up to F2 in 1978 with the Trivellato Racing Team and finished fifth at Vallelunga in a Chevron […]

I warmly recommend you this superb book “Road to the red zone” written by Lionel Lucas for the Red Runner publishing house. It takes us through Honda’s very rich and fascinating sporting journey, a manufacturer that has written some of the most important pages in racing history. This book is superbly illustrated and commented in […]

In 1979, Bobby Rahal returned to the USA after having tried his luck in Europe in F3 at the wheel of the first Dallara entered by Walter Wolf, then in F2 in the less than competitive Chevron B48 and even in F1 at Watkins Glen (retired) and in Montréal (twelfth), at the wheel of a […]

Gijs van Lennep, born 16 March 1942, in Aerdenhout, North Holland, is a Dutch racing driver who competed in eight Formula 1 Grand Prix, scoring two championship points. However, his main achievements were in sports car racing. Picture above: Gijs van Lennep participated in three F1 races in 1975, in an Ensign entered by the […]

The 1986 Daytona 24 Hours was an endurance sports car race held on February 1-2, 1986 at the Daytona International Speedway road course. The race served as the opening round of the 1986 IMSA GT Championship. This event always attracted active Formula One drivers, whose racing and testing season had not yet begun. A good […]