Post Type Archives: Events

Polish driver Robert Kubica made his Grand Prix debut for BMW Sauber at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, replacing Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, who was still recovering from an accident at the German Grand Prix, two weeks earlier. He finished 7th and scored two points, but was later disqualified as his car was found to be […]

Mika Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1994 and 2002. His best ranking was 10th in the World Championship in 1999, when he stood in for the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari for six races, scoring two podium. At Hockenheim (1999 German Grand Prix), […]

In 1965, Graham Hill led the first 24 laps of the Monaco Grand Prix, then had to drive the harbour chicane escape road to avoid a slower car. He got out, pushed his BRM back on track (picture above) and resumed. By lap 65, he’d fought his way back into the lead and went on […]

The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring was the twelfth round of the 2010 Formula One season. Red Bull driver Mark Webber, in a class of his own on this circuit, claimed his fourth victory of the season, and reclaimed the championship lead, after Lewis Hamilton’s retirement from the race. A battle in the […]

Johnny Claes, a jazz trumpeter and racing driver from Belgium but born in London, started 23 Formula One Grand Prix, without great success, but finished 7th at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix (picture-above) in his own Écurie Nationale Belge Talbot-Lagot T26C. A two-time winner of the gruelling Liège-Rome-Liège road rallye, he also finished third overall […]

Admiration in Patrick Tambay’s eyes (picture above), for Alain Prost, on the podium of the 1983 British Grand Prix; Piquet (second) looks on. The 1983 British Grand Prix was held at Silverstone on 16 July 1983. The front row of the grid was filled by the Ferraris of René Arnoux and Patrick Tambay; Arnoux, with […]

Maranello, early 1971. Nino Vaccarella, Arturo Merzario, Mario Andretti (in the car), Ignazio Giunti and Clay Regazzoni, strike an elegant pose, next to the new Ferrari 312 PB, destined for the 1971 World Sportscar Championship. One driver is absent on this pic-above, and not the least, lead Scuderia driver: Jacky Ickx. The Ferrari 312 PB […]

The moment David Donohue (picture above) became back-to-back TA1 champion, set a new TA1 record AND the record for fastest Porsche to ever race to the top of the Pikes Peak!  David Donohue (born 5 January 1967), the son of racing legend Mark Donohue, is an American race car driver, formerly active in the Grand-Am’s […]

Hélio Castroneves born 10 May 1975, is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He is one of four drivers to have won the Indianapolis 500 a record four times: in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. He was runner-up in the IndyCar Series drivers’ championship in 2002, 2008, 2013, and 2014. Castroneves has also competed in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where he won the overall championship in 2020 with Team Penske. He […]

The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on 14 and 15 June 1975. This edition was considered by many as the “Le Mans Economy Run”, because of stringent refuelling regulations put in place. Ferrari and Alfa Romeo thus withdrew from the event and Matra had retired from endurance racing at the end of 1974. This […]