Post Type Archives: Events

The 1934 German Grand Prix was held at the Nürburgring on 15th of July and was won by Hans Stuck in his Auto Union Type A. Picture above: #6 Rudolf Caracciola  (Mercedes-Benz W25), retired. #20 Goffredo Zehender (Maserati 8CM), finished 6th. #1 Hans Stuck (Auto Union Type A), won the race. #9 Luigi Fagioli (Mercedes […]

Jochen Neerpasch is a former race car driver who won, amongst others, the 24 hours of Daytona in 1968, in a Porsche 907 with Vic Elford and Jo Siffert. In the ’70s he became a successful team-manager in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft and the European Touring Car Championship. He first managed the works Ford team, […]

There has not been a regularly-entered American F1 driver since last century, because the experiences of Scott Speed or Alex Rossi were short-lived… We wish good luck to Logan Sargeant now that the sport’s popularity in the US has reached unseen summits with three races organised in Miami, Austin and Las Vegas. Forty years ago, […]

In 1972, Ferrari had dominated the world championship of makes, but did not come to Le Mans, because it doubted its cars could last 24 Hours. Matra seized the occasion, and won the race, finishing first and second. Confident, the French marque decided to go for a second win in 1973, and take the fight […]

The 1974 Swedish Grand Prix was held at Anderstorp on 9 June 1974 and was dominated by the two Tyrrells 007-Cosworth  of South African Jody Scheckter and French driver Patrick Depailler (picture above), who had started from the front row with Depailler in pole position. The two blue cars led early on while Niki Lauda (Ferrari) and James Hunt […]

Niki Lauda, tired of the constant tensions inside the team and satisfied to have clinched the 1977 Drivers’ World Championship with two races remaining, decided to skip these and tell Ferrari he was leaving. Enzo Ferrari, surprised, first tried to convince him to stay, but when he failed, vexed, called him a traitor for moving […]

At the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Porsche 917‘s were quickest in practice despite being unstable at high speed. Porsche factory driver Brian Redman recalled that “it was incredibly unstable, using all the road at speed.” Picture above: Vic Elford talking to engineer Helmut Bott, while team mate Richard Attwood takes the wheel of the #12 Porsche […]

The movie “Le Mans 66” reminded us what a fantastic adventure it was for the Ford GT40 at Le Mans. But before the 4 successive victories between 1966 and 1969, one should remember that the GT40 was twice defeated. In 1964, the one driven by Dick Attwood and Jo Schlesser (picture above), did not last […]

Swiss F1 driver Jo Siffert and team owner Rob Walker on the grid of the 1969 Monaco Grand Prix. The two seem in pensive mood, minutes before the start of the race. The 80-lap race was won by Graham Hill, driving a works Lotus-Ford. It was Hill’s 14th and final Grand Prix victory, and his fifth Monaco […]

The Targa Florio was in 1970 the oldest motor race in the world, even older that the Isle of Man TT and the Indianapolis 500. First run in 1906, it was run on narrow public mountain roads, that went up and down, and twisted and turned around the Sicilian country side. Porsche dominated the 1970 […]