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Belgian Thierry Tassin finished runner-up in the 1981 British Formula 3 championship before making his debut in his March 842-BMW in F2 in 1984 (picture-above). He later won the 24 Hours of Spa, four times: 1983, 1986, 1994, 1996.

For the 2000 Formula 1 season, Giancarlo Minardi had convinced his new partner Paul Stoddart to trust a young teenager without experience, the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (seen here at Imola). He had attracted the attention of all observers by winning the Formula 3000 race at Spa-Francorchamps a few months earlier, at the tender age of […]

The 1993 South African Grand Prix was held at Kyalami and was the first race of the 1993 Formula One calendar. Alain Prost, after one year on the sidelines, a sabbatical, won the race from pole position in his Williams FW15c-Renault, with Ayrton Senna in a McLaren-Ford second and Mark Blundell third in a Ligier-Renault. […]

For the 1964 season, Englishman Mike Spence joined Lotus in Formula 2, but when Peter Arundell (Clark’s new team mate at Lotus in F1) got injured in a crash during a Formula 2 race at Reims-Gueux, he was promoted in Formula 1 for the second half of the season. His results, very decent for a […]

Strange destiny, the one that unites Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriguez, team mates but also rivals in the legendary Gulf Porsche 917, in John Wyer’s team in 1970 and 1971. Their fantastic duel on the Spa toboggan will remain in the history books (picture below). The two men will both sadly lose their life in […]

Early 1974, Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda were briefly seen testing the car that was supposed to replace the very successful Ferrari 312 PB in the World Endurance Championship. The prototype, designed by engineer Mauro Forghieri, was an evolution of the 312PB and was supposed to continue the battle with Matra in endurance. A few […]

These were the days when a driver could show talent and bravery on a difficult, long and dangerous track, like here on the great Nürburgring of 22 km length, and make a huge difference. On Saturday, conditions were so poor, with visibility down to 10 yards, that the organisers scheduled an additional practice session on […]

Fatal accidents were frequent in the 50s, but Hans Herrmann miraculously survived unharmed, from this horrendous accident at the 1959 Avus Grand Prix in Berlin, when his BRM P25 lost a wheel at high speed… The German veteran had raced for Mercedes in F1 as early as 1954 in the famous Silver Arrows (picture here-under) […]

During the final round of the Super Vee Trophy held at Montlhéry (France) in 1971, Belgian driver Willy Braillard loses control of his Fuchs and ends his slide under the guard rails up high over the banking (picture above). Willy Braillard recalls: “When I saw Grosjean’s accident in front of my telly, I thought of […]

Belgian Thierry Boutsen (Williams-Renault) won a controversial and rain-sodden 1989 Australian Formula One Grand Prix held at Adelaide in which world champion Alain Prost (McLaren) voluntarily retired to protest the decision to start the race. Indeed, rain was pouring before the start. When the cars came onto the track and formed up on the starting grid, […]