Post Type Archives: Events

The 1993 PPG IndyCar season consisted of 16 races. The biggest story going into the season involved Newman-Haas Racing and Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion, who switched from the F1 to the CART IndyCar Series. Picture above: Mario Andretti pits and is about to win the 1993 Valvoline 200 at Phoenix International Raceway […]

The 1992 Mexican Formula One Grand Prix was held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, on 22 March 1992. This 69-lap race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault. Picture above: Nigel Mansell on the podium of the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix, with Italian teammate Riccardo Patrese in […]

The 1975 Sebring 12 Hours were always meant to be a battle between the two works BMW’s 3.0 CSL entered by BMW Motorsport and a series of well driven private Porsches Carrera RSR. When the lead BMW #24 (picture above) of Hans Stuck and Sam Posey was forced to retire after 102 laps with a broken […]

In 1967, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was considered as “the race of the century”, because of the duel opposing Ford and Ferrari, but the fight was also on for the places of honour in the inferior categories. On this document, the Alpine A210 of Mauro Bianchi/Jean Vinatier leads a small groupe at Arnage, […]

The 1982 Swiss Grand Prix was held at Dijon-Prenois (France) on 29 August 1982. This was the first World Championship Swiss Grand Prix since 1954 (despite it not being held in Switzerland), and the last running of the event to date. Switzerland had banned motor racing after the 1955 Le Mans disaster. The race was […]

The 1938 Donington Grand Prix was a race held on 22 October 1938 over 80 laps of the Donington Park circuit. The race was won by Tazio Nuvolari driving an Auto Union (picture above). Hermann Lang (Mercedes-Benz) started from pole position, but Nuvolari soon took the lead and dominated the race. Second was Lang, while local favourite Dick […]

Manfred von Brauchitsch drifts his Mercedes W154, at the 1938 German Grand Prix held on the old Nürburgring. Can you imagine the thrill of being a spectator, watching these mighty machines at full speed on the Ring, in those days? von Brauchitsch (1905-2003) was a German racing car driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the […]

The 1990 Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, on Sunday 27 May. Dutchman Arie Luyendyk, driving a Doug Shierson Racing Lola-Chevy, took the lead with 32 laps to go, and earned his first Indy 500. Picture above: Arie Luyendyk waves to the crowd, after his 1990 victory. Bobby Rahal, the runner-up follows. […]

Happy days of Formula 2!  A fine selection of drivers seems to enjoy itself on the pit wall, at the Donington round of the 1979 European Formula 2 championship. From left to right you can recognise: Beppe Gabbiani and Divina Galica chatting with Brian Henton, then Stefan Johansson, Tiff Needell, Eje Elgh (in Marlboro overall) […]

The revolutionary Tyrrell P34, imagined by Derek Gardner, with its six wheels, had made its promising debut, exactly one year earlier at the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama. It had shown bags of potential in testing, and this potential was realised almost instantly when Depailler promptly qualified third on the grid. Here, at the […]