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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. […]

Talk of the town is “Le Mans 66”, a great movie, with Matt Damon and Christian Bale, that depicts the great rivalry opposing Ford and Ferrari at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Here-above is an interesting picture showing two drivers of Italian origin driving for the Ford armada against the Scuderia Ferrari: Young American Mario […]

Bill Vukovich (1918-1955), an American racing driver of Serbian descent, led 150 laps of the 1952 Indy 500, but with 9 laps to go, he broke a steering linkage while leading and brushed the wall (picture above). He nursed his car to a stop against the outside wall, preventing other cars from getting involved in […]

Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors’ Championship in 2010 , with a 1-2 finish in Brazil, the one but last race of the season, while RBR’s Sebastian Vettel took the Drivers’ Championship, after winning the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. Indeed, on November 14, 2010, Sebastian Vettel, born 3 July 1987,  […]

The 1981 French Formula One Grand Prix was held at Dijon. The 80-lap race was won by Alain Prost in a Renault. On home soil, Prost scored the first of an eventual 51 Grand Prix victories, in a race that was stopped after 58 laps due to heavy rain, and then restarted, with aggregate times […]

Jo Siffert (Lotus 24-BRM) leads Lorenzo Bandini (BRM P57) at the 1963 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone. See the difference in driving style (open full picture) between the two racers: Siffert, steering his very neutral Lotus into the apex with a tiny bit of understeer, while Bandini on the other hand, controlling his oversteering […]

‘Grand Prix’ is an American film directed in 1966 by John Frankenheimer. It is considered as one of the best motorsport movies of all times, with Steve McQueen’s ‘Le Mans’ movie filmed in 1970. The film includes real-life footage and cameo appearances by drivers including Formula One World Champions Phil Hill, Graham Hill, Juan-Manuel Fangio, […]

Charles Pozzi at the wheel of his Talbot Lago T26C at the 1950 French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux. The French driver qualified in 16th and helped by Louis Rosier, was classified 6th, albeit 8 laps (!) behind the winner Juan Manuel Fangio in his Alfa Romeo. Charles Pozzi , whose real name was Carlo […]

In 1978, Thierry Boutsen has one outing in this FF2000 Reynard at Zandvoort. A new sponsor ‘Jan Bik’ appears on the side of his single-seater. After a little research, it turns to be the name of a ‘sex club’ in Amsterdam. Questioned about this, Thierry answered me: “It’s so funny, believe it or not, at […]

1983. After the ground effect cars were banned at the end of the previous season, engineer Gordon Murray started from scratch and he designed the Brabham BT52. Murray took a gamble and moved approximately 70% of the cars weight to the rear in an effort to obtain more traction. Picture above: Nelson Piquet, power-slides his Brabham […]