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Bad luck for David Coulthard who, incredibly, crashed his  Williams-Renault while entering the pitlane at the Adelaide circuit in 1995 (picture above). The race was won by team mate Damon Hill in front of Olivier Panis (Ligier-Mugen Honda) and the surprising Gianni Morbidelli (Footwork-Hart). The young Scottish driver was even more sorry at his return […]

Belgian François Goldstein was a karting sensation. Indeed, between 1969 and 1975, he became karting World Champion no less than 5 times! However, his parents didn’t want him to try his luck in car racing, so we will never know if the man who beat the likes of Peterson, Patrese, Cheever, de Angelis or Rosberg would have […]

After a glorious 1979 campaign, in which Jody Scheckter was crowned Formula One Drivers’ Champion and Gilles Villeneuve took second, in their Mauro Forghieri-designed Ferrari 312T4, hopes were high at Maranello. The team was confident that it could successfully defend its position at the top, and maybe offer a world title to the fast Canadian […]

Graham Hill, the 1962 and 1968 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Champion, set up his own team in 1973, operating under the name Embassy Hill, in reference to the Imperial Tobacco Embassy cigarette brand. He continued to race, however after failing to qualify for the 1975 Monaco Grand Prix, a race Hill had won five times, […]

Sebastian Vettel, already a three-time world champion, started the first two races of the 2013 Formula One season on pole position, and at the Malaysian Grand Prix, making the best possible use of the Red Bull RB9 designed by Adrian Newey and his team, he lapped over 2.5 seconds faster than teammate Webber in qualifying […]

Four young drivers were signed by the Williams F1 Team in 1997 in order to be evaluated as possible stars of the future. Only one of them, Juan Pablo Montoya, later succeeded to obtain that status, with Indy 500 and Grand Prix victories. Picture above from left to right: Brazilian Max Wilson, Colombian Juan Pablo […]

The Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Touring (beautiful and very fast) of Clemente Biondetti and Raymond Sommer had a big lead, before breaking down, at the 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 1950, Jacques Swaters (picture above)), Paul Frère and André Pilette established Écurie Belgique, a banner in which they prepared cars for themselves and other Belgian racers, both in Grand Prix and sports car racing. Swaters (1926-2010) himself, raced a yellow Talbot-Lago in several events, including two World Championship events, the 1951 German and Italian […]

Jackie Stewart (Matra-Ford) and Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) share the front row of the 1968 French Formula One Grand Prix, held on the Rouen-les-Essarts circuit, with poleman Jochen Rindt (Brabham-Ford #2) on the foreground (picture above). The 60-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, 23 years old only, after he started from third position. […]

The 47th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, on May 30, 1963. The race was won from pole position by Parnelli Jones In a J.C Agajanian-entered Watson-Offenhauser. It will be his only victory on the famous Brickyard. Rookie of the Year, was young Scot Jim Clark, who finished second in a Lotus. […]