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At the 1972 Austrian Grand Prix, a local businessman named “Don Claudio” (you can’t make this up) rented a billboard to communicate about his activities to the numerous spectators at the Östreichring: one could already mention the new name of the short version of the once mighty Zeltweg! Excellent rookie at the wheel of his […]

On this dark 1st of May 1994, the great champion Ayrton Senna had his fatal accident, leaving a huge void behind him. We will always remember this tragic San Marino Grand Prix, where we were and with whom we were watching. And the sadness…

Beautiful picture of Roland Ratzenberger, in the Simtek S941, at Imola on the 30th of April 1994, doing what he loved: driving racing cars. That’s the way we want to remember him.

Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn congratulate Juan-Manuel Fangio (centre) on what is considered to be his greatest drive, his heroic victory, aboard the Maserati 250F, at the 1957 German Grand Prix, when with a deficit of 48 sec, he against all odds, caught and defeated the Ferrari’s of his two British rivals, on the mighty […]

Rudolf ‘Rudi’ Caracciola in his Mercedes-Benz W125, at the 1937 Monaco Grand Prix where he started from pole position and finished second behind team-mate Manfred von Brauchitsch.

June 1951. Arrival of the works Alfa Romeo’s 159 in the Spa-Francorchamps paddock. #2 for Juan Manuel Fangio, #4 for futur race winner Nino Farina and the #6 for Consalvo Sanesi.

Our community is growing fast. We have now reached the impressive number of 8000 followers.  Please discover the website, register (once and for all) so you can comment there as well, discover the 1000+ articles written. We have chosen a magic 8 number to illustrate this post. Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Hendrick Motorsport Chevrolet.

Two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso believes Max Verstappen is ‘special’ and could very well already be the best driver on the grid. The Dutchman from Belgium, who made it in F1 at the age of just 17, currently has already 8 Grand Prix victories to his name. His blistering pace and his fantastic overtaking capacity is […]

Teddy Pilette (at the wheel) and Gordon Spice won the 1978 Spa 24 Hours in their Belga Castrol Ford Capri 3.0S. As a 17-years old, I took a train on my own to attended the race, and was delighted to spend these 24 Hours, for the very first time, in the pits with the drivers […]

Every day, we post a new story about a driver, a racing personality or about a team. We also comment the news and express our opinions. Today, we celebrate the 1000th story posted. As you can see on the picture, the website enables you to make searches easily thanks to it’s unique filters system. You […]