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Gil de Ferran (picture-above) won the 2003 Indianapolis 500 driving a Team Penske entered Dallara-Toyota. It was the first (and only) victory on the famous Brickyard for the amicable Brazilian. The 87th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25, 2003. Two-time defending champion Hélio Castoneves won the pole position […]

Excellent performance by Jochen Mass (picture above) at the 1975 French Grand Prix, held at the Paul-Ricard circuit. The German had qualified his McLaren M23 in 7th position on the grid, well ahead of his team mate Emerson Fittipaldi, who was only tenth. Championship leader Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T) was on pole. At the start, […]

Herman Muller, hard at work in his Auto Union Type D, at the 1939 French Grand Prix held at Reims-Gueux. He’s about to win the race. The war was looming…

Belgian Didier Theys (picture above), twice a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, remembers exclusively for The Human Side of Racing, his first participation at the legendary race in 1995, in a Sports-Prototype, the fabulous Ferrari 333 SP. Didier Theys: “The Ferrari 333 SP is a sports prototype race car that was built by […]

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Marc Duez, BMW Motorsport BMW M3, finished in eighth position at the 1988 24 Hours of Spa. The joyous trio of friends – in particular Schlesser and Duez, because Jabouille was by nature more reserved – had great fun before, during and after the race, but could not prevent the […]

The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix was held at the Suzuka circuit. It was the scene of a huge controversy and a surprise podium. Indeed, the race saw a first-corner collision between World Championship rivals, Brazilian Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda) and French driver Alain Prost, the second consecutive year that the World Championship had been decided between the two, […]

Walter Wolf Racing was a Formula One constructor active from 1977 to 1979 which, incredible achievement, won the first race the team entered. It was owned and run by Canadian Walter Wolf. Picture above: Jody Scheckter in his Wolf WR1-Cosworth, storms to third place at the 1977 US Grand Prix West, held in the streets of […]

British driver Tony Brooks, driving a works Ferrari 246 F1, won the 1959 French Formula One Grand Prix at Reims. Brooks dominated the race, and despite a sticking throttle, crossed the finishing line 27 seconds ahead of his team mate Phil Hill. Stirling Moss was disqualified from eighth position after receiving a push-start (picture above), in […]

Lotus Years: After dominating the British Formula 3 series in a West Surrey Racing-entered Ralt, Mika Hakkinen moved into Formula 1 in 1991 with Team Lotus (photo above taken at Monaco), where he remained until the end of 1992. Mika scored his first championship points by achieving an excellent fifth place at the 1991 San […]

In 1936, the Vanderbilt Cup, a prestigious race held in the beginning of the twentieth century in Long Island, in the State of New York, was organised for the first time since 1916. The Scuderia Ferrari shipped its Alfa Romeo 12C’s by boat, no other choice back then. (picture above). The race of  75 laps […]