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Niki Lauda celebrates pole position for the 1974 Monaco Grand Prix with his mechanics. The Austrian, in his first year for Ferrari, gradually becomes the leader of the Scuderia Ferrari which is recovering from a disastrous 1973 season. Under the technical leadership of Mauro Forghieri, who designed the new 1974 Ferrari 312B3, and the excellent […]

In 1960, the young American Lance Leventlow had entered the first Formula One car made in the USA. In its first appearance at the Monaco Grand Prix, this front engined (an Offenhauser 4 cylinder from the IndyCar series) race car, failed to qualify: even Stirling Moss, futur winner of the Grand Prix in a Rob Walker entered […]

Alberto Ascari – winner in his Ferrari 500 of the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

Kenny Acheson (born 27 November 1957) in Cookstown, North-Ireland, is a former racing driver who briefly appeared on the Formula One scene in 1983 and 1985 for the RAM team. He is seen here above at the Österreichring in 1985. Acheson completed only one of his three F1 race starts and ten qualifying attempts, finishing […]

George Russell has tremendously impressed us yesterday at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Driving for the Mercedes W11 for the very first time, not perfectly seated in its cockpit, he showed his speed, his class. He just was flawless, dominated his experienced team mate Bottas and should have won the race, but for a rare mistake by […]

Romain Grosjean horrendous crash sent shivers in our backs and it’s a real miracle that the French-Swiss driver survived! In the past, unfortunately, many drivers in the same situation did not have Grosjean’s luck and some were even beheaded… We remember the dramas at Watkins Glen in 1973 (François Cevert) and in 1974 (Helmut Koinigg) […]

Amongst the drivers registered for the first ever Grand Prix of the Formula 1 World Championship, on the 13th of May 1950 at Silverstone, was Prince Bira (his real name being Birabongse Bhanutej Bhanubandh), member of the Thai royal family: at the wheel of his Maserati 4CLT, he had to retire on lap 49 with fuel injection […]

The Scuderia Ferrari at the Pau Circuit in 1962, with the 156 of Ricardo Rodriguez and Lorenzo Bandini, and engineer Mauro Forghieri .

The 1973 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps was promising to be a superb battle at high speed. The weather was fair, the Circuit National of Francorchamps was packed with spectators and the teams of Ferrari, Matra-Simca, Gulf-Mirage and Alfa Romeo were ready to go. Picture above: Derek Bell steers his Mirage M6 through Eau Rouge, Spa-Francorchamps […]

The double Formula One World Champion (1952-1953) Alberto Ascari and his Ferrari 500F2.