Post Type Archives: Events

Fernando Minoia, #36 Bugatti T35C, Targa Florio 1929.

Tony Bettenhausen at Indy in 1949. The Tinley Park Express failed to qualify and was the first reserve.

Danny Ongais, giving it all, as usual, submitting his Interscope Porsche 935K3 to his will. Ongais, Hurley Haywood and Ted Field won the 1979 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona by… 49 laps!

Harald Grohs in the Alpina-Faltz-BMW 3.5 CSI at the Nürburgring in 1976. He shared the car with Alain Peltier and Hughes de Fierlandt, but they didn’t finish the race, because of an accident.

Patrick Lemarié, former F1 test driver for British American Racing (BAR) but also Le Mans 24 Hours driver and Indycar competitor (with PK Racing in 2003), joins our prestigious list of ‘Star Contributors‘. Asked to comment the picture above, Patrick recalls: “This picture was taken during one of the numerous tests with BAR at Silverstone. As […]

After winning the ‘Volant V’ in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School at Zolder, Thierry Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford Championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races. For 1979, he moved to Formula 3, winning three races in 1980 and finishing second to Michele Alboreto in the European title […]

Rupert Keegan won the 1976 British Formula 3 Championship, which propelled him into Formula One. He participated in 37 Grand Prix, debuting in May 1977 at the Spanish Grand Prix. Fast on his day, he was unlucky to always drive for teams that were struggling at the time, such as Hesketh, Surtees, RAM and March. […]

The Ferrari 156, soon named “Sharknose” because of it’s distinctive front end, was a racing car made by Ferrari in 1961 to comply with the then-new Formula One regulations that reduced engine size from 2.5- to 1.5-litres. Phil Hill, seen here behind the car driven by Belgian Willy Mairesse at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix, won the […]

The first full face helmets appeared in 1968 with Dan Gurney wearing a Bell helmet first during practice at Zandvoort (driving a Brabham), then in the race at the Nürburgring (at the wheel of his Eagle). At the time, the helmet manufacturers were experimenting different solutions as you can see here, the Buco helmet with […]

A 4-time Formula 1 World champion in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, winner of 51 Grand Prix in 199 starts between 1980 and 1993, nicknamed “The Professor”, he is rightfully considered as one of the all times greats of the sport. Happy birthday, Alain Prost.