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Désiré at Indy

Désiré Wilson in an Eagle 81-Cosworth at the Indy 500 in 1982 thanks to Teddy Yip and his Theodore Racing (picture-above). The car proved very unreliable, but after a few laps in the Rookie test, she was granted the possibility to attempt to qualify for the race, but didn’t succeed to do so. Desiré Wilson […]

One-off appearance

In a one-off appearance, Jochen Rindt pushes the fragile yet striking Ford P68, entered par Alan Mann Racing, during practice for the 1968 BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch (picture-above). Despite limited pre-race testing – where even Bruce McLaren noted its instability – the sleek but aerodynamically flawed prototype showed flashes of speed, with Rindt and […]

Two Eagles on the grid!

Two Eagles T1G can be spotted on the grid of the 1966 US Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen. #15 raced by Dan Gurney, powered by the V12 Weslake, and #16 driven by Bob Bondurant with the Climax engine behind the Lotus’-BRM of Pedro Rodriguez and Mike Spence. Bruce McLaren can be seen on the […]

Successful breed

The Porsche 956 was a Group C sports-prototype racing car designed by Norbert Singer and built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was later upgraded to 956B in 1984. Picture above: The 3rd placed John Fitzpatrick Racing entered Porsche 956 of Rupert Keegan and Guy Edwards in the 1984 Silverstone 1000 km. The chassis was an […]

No Candy for Bruno

Bruno Giacomelli joined the Toleman Motorsport team for the 1983 Formula One season. Picture above: Bruno Giacomelli, Candy Toleman-Hart TG183 at the 1983 French Grand Prix held at the Paul-Ricard circuit, where the Italian was classified 13th. The TG183B used that season was designed by Rory Byrne, had a carbon monocoque, was powered by the […]

The ultimate racer

Gilles Villeneuve has climbed out of his stricken Ferrari 126CK and looks for damage on his car, at the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevertheless, he has qualified his bulky 126CK in third, just behind the Williams drivers Reutemann (on pole) and Jones. Villeneuve, one of the fastest racers in […]

Mayhem at Toro Rosso

The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers, Swiss Sebastien Buemi and French driver Sebastien Bourdais, unveil the new STR-4 for the 2009 Formula One season. Buemi finishes four times in the points, with two seventh and two eighth places, while team-mate Bourdais finishes twice eighth. Toro Rosso is tenth and last in the Constructors’ Championship. Following the […]

Clark, on his own

Jim Clark and his Lotus 49-Ford at the hairpin of turn 6, during the 1967 Mexico Grand Prix. The Scot dominates this race in such fashion, that nobody can be seen in the distance (picture-above). It was race 11 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One world championship and it was won by over a […]

Psychology and racing

Siegfried Stohr climbs out of his Arrows A3-Cosworth, picture-above, after practice for the 1981 US Grand Prix West held at Long Beach, California. The Italian finished in 28th position because he couldn’t post a time in Q2 due to mechanical problems and did not qualify for the race. It must have been a bitter disappointment […]