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Jim Rathmann (1928-2011), was an American race car driver. He qualified this Lindsey Hopkins owned Epperly-Offy in 20th (picture above) at a 4-lap average of 143.140mph, for the 1958 Indianapolis 500 where he finished 5th. Two years later, at the 1960 Indianapolis 500, glory was around the corner. Rathmann ran in the front the entire […]

Jaime Alguersuari (born 23 March 1990) is a former Spanish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2009 and 2011. In 46 Grand Prix starts he scored 31 championship points for Scuderia Toro Rosso. Having won the 2008 British Formula 3 championship with Red Bull backing, Alguersuari made his F1 debut at the 2009 Hungarian GP, […]

Every year on the 6th of October, we remember French driver François Cevert, who fatally crashed on this day in 1973, during practice for the US Formula 1 Grand Prix at Watkins Glen. On this very poignant picture here-above, you can see him strolling by and looking at the McLaren M23 of Peter Revson, with […]

Jim Crawford (1948-2002) was a British racing driver from Scotland. After spending a couple of years racing in Formula Atlantic, he was spotted by Colin Chapman who offered him a test drive at Lotus. When Jacky Ickx left the team mid-season 1975, Crawford was entered by the Lotus team in the British Grand Prix (dnf) and […]

The 1959 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on the longer and faster 8.348km Reims circuit. The race was won from pole position by British driver Tony Brooks, driving a Ferrari 246 F1. Picture above: Tony Brooks, Ferrari 246F1, winner at Reims, 1959. Superb shot by Bernard Cahier, taken at turn 1 called “Calvaire”, where Brooks’ teammate, […]

In parallel to his Formula One career with Team Tyrrell, François Cevert participated in endurance racing for Matra. By far, the fastest of the Matra drivers, he, for instance, held for a long time the lap record on the Le Mans circuit. Picture above: François Cevert on board of his Matra 670B that he shared […]

David Coulthard won a Grand Prix for the first time on 24 September 1995. Indeed, at the Portuguese Grand Prix held at Estoril in 1995, he brilliantly drove his Williams FW17B-Renault from pole to victory, with fastest lap on the way to the flag. Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Renault) was second and team-mate Damon Hill third (picture […]

The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, held on the fast urban race track of Montjuich on the hills of Barcelona, had been stopped before the end: the Hill of Rolf Stommelen had crashed heavily and unfortunately had killed 5 spectators… The race was black-flagged at half distance, and only half the championship points were awarded to […]

The Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix was held on 25th May 1975. It was the 33rd Belgian Grand Prix and the second to be held at the Circuit Zolder. The race was won by Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T, his second victory of the year after winning Monaco two weeks earlier. Local star, JPS Team […]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing former Formula One driver Perry McCarthy.   In 1992 Perry drove for the ill-fated Andrea Moda team.  He never managed to qualify for a race and the team collapsed, with the owner being arrested for fraud in the paddock of the Belgian Grand Prix. He went on to […]