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John Surtees (Ferrari 512S) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra MS650) are engaged in a spectacular tussle during the 1970 Monza 1000km (picture-above). Both drivers later declared having enjoyed battling each other ‘fair and square’. Notice the wing placed on the front-end of the Matra. Mexican driver Pedro Rodriguez won the race in his John Wyer’s Gulf […]

Ken Tyrrell (centre of the picture-above) his drivers Patrick Depailler and Ronnie Peterson and his chief engineer Derek Gardner, all seem pretty confident ahead of the 1977 Formula One season. The six-wheeler Tyrrell P34 had won the 1976 Swedish Grand Prix with Jody Scheckter but the South African, who did not believe in the concept, […]

Eric van de Poele drove an excellent race, when at the wheel of his Lamborghini 291 at Imola in 1991 (picture-above) he climbed through the field, was fifth in the last lap and was about to score points so important for the team, before fuel pressure problems dropped him back to 9th… The Belgian remembers: […]

Michael Schumacher, a Benetton driver, inspects Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/8 at the 1993 South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami (picture-above). Schumacher was right to do so: the McLaren will prove, with five wins, to be very competitive in the hands of Senna during this 1993 season. This South African Grand Prix was the first […]

John Surtees, in the Honda RA273 V12, picture-above, scored his 20th podium, on his first Formula One race for Honda, at the 1967 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami won by Cooper driver Pedro Rodriguez. In December 1966, John Surtees left Ferrari and signed for Honda. After a promising third place in the first race […]

Philippe Alliot has just spun his Larrousse-Lola LC88-Cosworth, and seems perplexed, during qualifying for the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix (picture-above). The Frenchman qualified 17th, drove a strong race, climbed to seventh, before running out of fuel on lap 67. He was classified tenth. The Lola LC88 is a Formula One car that the Larrousse team […]

At the 1971 Can-Am Challenge Cup held at Watkins Glen International race track, Jacky Stewart claimed pole position in his Carl Haas-entered Lola. At the time, anyone who out-qualified the works McLarens of Hulme and Revson, did an amazing job, but to do it in the tricky Lola T260 was outstanding. Well done, Jackie Stewart! […]

Martin Brundle had just retired from the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix (picture-above), he remembers: “This is a great picture taken by Charles Gauthier. My Benetton had just broken down in a race which looked certain to be my first F1 victory. Ayrton (Senna) had just stopped in the same place. He said to me “bad […]

A Ferrari trio at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps consisted of Ludovico Scarfiotti, Mike Parkes and Chris Amon (picture-above). Only Amon saw the finishing line, that he crossed in third, behind winner Dan Gurney (Eagle-Weslake) and Jackie Stewart (BRM), while Scarfiotti retired. Sadly, Mike Parkes had an horrendous crash on the first […]

Bobby Rahal, after shining in Formula Atlantic, where he was runner-up to Gilles Villeneuve in 1977 – though finishing ahead of Bill Brack and Keke Rosberg – came to the attention of Walter Wolf and was offered an F3 drive for 1978, with the possibility of some Grand Prix at the end of the year. […]