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Pierre-Henri Raphanel, born 27 May 1961, is a French former racing driver. He participated in 17 Formula One Grand Prix week-ends, at the time of pre-qualifying, for Larrousse, Coloni and Rial. He only qualified for one race, the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix, but in the Principality he succeeded to show his talent. In the pre-qualifying […]

The 1972 Monaco Grand Prix was held on May 14, 1972. The track was substantially modified from 1971, in the interest of safety. Indeed, the pits were moved to the harbour front, between the chicane and Tabac, and a new chicane was placed near this sector. Picture above: Rain was pouring on race day, and […]

The 38th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 31, 1954. American Bill Vukovich won the legendary race for the second consecutive time (picture above). Bill Vukovich had to work much harder in this race due to his car, a Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser, was now two years old. His team […]

The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Formula One Grand Prix to be run in the Principality. It was organised by cigarette manufacturer Anthony Noghès, who had set up the Automobile Club of Monaco with some of his friends. On 14 April 1929, their plan became reality, when 16 invited participants turned out to […]

The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana on Sunday May 29, 2011. Alex Tagliani took the pole position, and the race was won by Dan Wheldon. It was his second Indy 500 win after the 2005 race, and (sadly) the last win of his career. Early 2010, Éric Bachelart’s Conquest Racing […]

Well before the strike movement we remember at Kyalami in 1982, the drivers had seriously considered not to race at the Spanish Grand Prix held at Montjuic in 1975. Still traumatised by the tragic deaths of François Cevert and Helmuth Koinigg at Watkins Glen, they were worried by the dire state of the guard rails […]

The 1974 European Formula Two season was contested over 10 rounds and had Patrick Depailler as the season champion. The French ace, also a Tyrrell Formula One driver, stormed the championship with five victories in his works March, beating the likes of Hans-Joachim Stuck and Jacques Laffite. Picture above: Patrick Depailler, March 742 BMW M12 Rosche, takes victories […]

It’s in the summer of 1966 that one of the prettiest F1 cars in history appeared: the Eagle T1G. At first, it was powered by the Climax 4 cylindres, and made its race debut in the hands of driver-constructor Dan Gurney the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, where one year later, it would triumph, but this time, powered […]

From 1968 to 1973, these two great champions, so different in character, were at the top of their game and so were great rivals on the track. Jackie Stewart (left) won 27 Grand Prix and became a three-time world champion (1969-1971-1973), while Jacky Ickx, who deserved to clinch a world title in F1, won 8 Grand […]

The 1987 Constructors and Drivers’ World Championships were dominated by the Williams-Honda’s and their drivers, Brazilian Nelson Piquet and Brit Nigel Mansell. The Honda RA167-E engine, its 80° V6 aluminium alloy block of 1494 cc with twin IHI turbos, produced over 800 bhp at 12000 rpm, was the class of the field. Mansell took six […]