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Canadian Gilles Villeneuve of the Scuderia Ferrari finished second behind team mate South African Jody Scheckter, in the 1979 World Championship of F1 Drivers, while Ferrari won the Constructors’ crown. A fantastic double success. Charles Leclerc, leading at this point of the season (with two victories) the 2022 standings, commemorates the 40 years anniversary since […]

Forti Corse, founded by Guido Forti, graduated to Formula One as a constructor and entrant in 1995, but its first car – the Forti FG01, designed by Giacomo Caliri and Giorgio Stirano, proved to be uncompetitive, and the team failed to score a point. Picture above: Roberto Moreno ‘flies’ over a curb in his Forti […]

Gilles Villeneuve, the bravest of the brave. Never forgotten. Alan Henry, motorsport journalist remembers: “Behind the wheel of a racing car he was fearfully quick, never stopped trying, and could extricate himself from the most precarious situations with deft brilliance.” Picture above: The Canadian, trying hard, at the wheel of the Ferrari 126CK, in Argentina, […]

For those of you who speak French, let me present you this superb book written by José Valli about Patrick Tambay. No less than 550 pages to tell the story of this excellent driver, a gentleman of a person as well. He is not the best known of the French racing drivers, nor the one with the […]

1934 French Grand Prix at Monthlery. Louis Chiron (Alfa Romeo Type B P3), Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes W25), Achille Varzi (Alfa Romeo type B P3), René Dreyfus (Bugatti T59), Hans Stuck (Auto Union A), Tazio Nuvolari (Bugatti T59).

Belgian André Pilette at the wheel of the Écurie Belgique Talbot Lago T26C 4.5 on the Zandvoort circuit, during the non-World Championship 1951 Dutch Grand Prix (picture above). It was the second Dutch Grand Prix set to Formula One rules. The race was won for the second year in a row by French driver Louis Rosier in […]

Stephen South is a former racing driver from England. He won the 1977 Vandervell British Formula 3 championship and was considered as a good prospect for a Formula 1 career. In 1979, he finished 6th (picture right) in the European Formula 2 championship and got one chance to prove his worth in F1. Indeed, his […]

In 1991, Andrea de Cesaris was signed by Eddie Jordan for his team’s first season in Formula One. Jordan had already run de Cesaris in Formula 3. A string of points finishes in Canada, France and Germany showed great promise for the team and its Gary Anderson’s designed 191 (picture below). At the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix at […]

The 1990 season was placed under the sign of revenge for Alain Prost, crowned in 1989 with McLaren in the circumstances we know. having moved to Ferrari, the “Professor” made good use of the superb 641 designed by John Barnard and dominated his team mate Nigel Mansell. After a first victory in Brazil, the French […]

The passing of Ayrton Senna on the 1st of May 1994 in Imola has left such a strong impression on everyone. He was loved and admired by millions of fans all around the globe. Every year, on this date, tributes are plenty, like here, this pilot of the Italian Air Force, has his own aerial […]