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The 1978 US Grand Prix West was staged on the Long Beach Street Circuit, on 2 April 1978. Qualifying had seen Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari) edge out his young Canadian teammate Gilles Villeneuve at the head of the field, with ex-Ferrari driver Niki Lauda (Brabham-Alfa) in third. Picture above: Mario Andretti, Lotus 78-Cosworth, qualified in fourth […]

A.J. Foyt at full speed in front of a packed house during the 1965 Indianapolis 500 (picture above). AJ had won the pole with a new track record in the highly modified Lotus 34-Ford, but fell out with gear failure. The car remains one of the best looking of the early rear-engine cars, with body […]

Piercarlo Ghinzani (born 16 January 1952) is a former racing driver from Italy. A competent racer, he never got the chance to drive a truly competitive car in F1. He currently manages his own racing team, Team Ghinzani, which was created in 1992 and is involved in several Formula 3 championships. Piercarlo Ghinzani raced for […]

Christine Beckers (known as ‘Christine’), born on 4 December 1943 in Uccle, Belgium, is a Belgian racing car driver who starred in touring cars and in sport-prototypes, but also in rallye, hill-climb and even in Nascar in 1977. She participated eleven times in the 24 Hours of Spa and entered four times the 24 Hours […]

The 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on 10 and 11 June 1972. This year’s marked the start of a new era with revised Sport-Prototype regulations putting a 3-litre limit on engine size. Having already won the Manufacturers’ Championship, Ferrari chose not to contest the race, so Matra were strong favourites for the outright win. […]

In the 1970’s it was not very unusual that a team entered three or even four cars for a Grand Prix, as here at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, where the BRM team fielded no less than 4 cars! Three recent P160 V12 were entered for Peter Gethin, Howden Ganley and Jo Siffert, […]

Gilles Villeneuve’s performance during practice for the 1979 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen will remain in the history books: during Fridays practice, in pouring rain, the French-Canadian driver from Québec posted the best time… 9 full seconds better than any other driver! Alan Jones claimed pole position in his Williams in dry conditions on […]

In 1961, Porsche launched the Type 787. Ferdinand “Butzi” Porsche, the founder’s grandson, was involved (with chief designer Wilhelm Hild), in the design of what would become Porsche’s first Formula One car. The 787 was powered by the air-cooled four cylinder boxer that had been developed by Ernst Furhrmann and that had powered the 550 […]

For the 1979 Formula One season, Ken Tyrrell asked engineer Maurice Philippe to design a wing car that should be inspired by the revolutionary ground-effect Lotus 79, that had dominated the 1978 World Championship. The Tyrrell 009 was born, and indeed it bared an obvious ressemblance with the famous Lotus. Picture above: Drivers Jean-Pierre Jarier […]

Kimi Raikkönen raced with a James Hunt-tribute helmet, at the 2012 Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix. It looked great in the black and gold Lotus-Renault (picture above), and he qualified in eighth, but slower than his team mate Grosjean in fifth. Interesting: Raikkönen, like James Hunt, never won the Monaco Grand Prix. Sensation of this […]