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In 1956, the 24 Hours of Le Mans was held during the month of July, the one and only time in its history. For the overall victory, it was a three-way battle between Jaguar, Ferrari and Aston Martin. The two British marques enjoying the favours of the bookmakers. Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson gave in […]

The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was held on 27 August 1989, which didn’t prevent bad weather, as often in the Ardennes, and was the eleventh race of the Formula One season. Ayrton Senna took his eighth pole position of the season, by nearly six-tenth of a second from McLaren teammate Alain Prost, with almost a […]

Pedro Rodriguez (BRM P153), leads Chris Amon (March 701), at full speed during the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix, held at the old 14 km long Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The two aces will finish first and second, after an intense battle. Notice the railway tracks at the right: we are here-above, just past the very fast Masta […]

Clay Regazzoni, as he poses for the picture-above early 1976, note the beautiful Ferrari-livered FIAT truck behind him, seems confident his new Ferrari 312T2 will enable him to fight, once more, for the championship. A change in the rules meant that the Scuderia had to come with a practically new car for the 1976 season. […]

Luigi Villoresi (1909-1997) at the wheel of his Ferrari 375 finished in third at the 1951 French Formula One Grand Prix held at Circuit de Reims-Gueux. Note the short-sleeves polo, the absence of seat-belts and rollbar. Not many people paid attention to safety those days, and the drivers considered themselves as the descendants of the […]

After his horrific accident earlier in the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Felipe Massa returned to the Formula One paddock at the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. To the delight and relief of the Brazilian fans, he was the one who waved the checkered flag to winner Mark Webber (Red Bull) and to […]

Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a 4.025 km (2.501 mi) motorsport race track in Anderstorp, Sweden, and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was held for six years between 1973 and 1978. Always a special atmosphere at Anderstorp (picture-above) as Emerson Fittipaldi in […]

Guy Ligier in person, conducts the first test of the Ligier JS5-Matra on the Dijon-Prenois circuit, end of 1975. Nice and rare picture, here-above, and behind the blue and white F1 race car, one can recognise engineer Gérard Ducarouge and circuit director François Chambelland. One should not forget that Guy Ligier was a competent racing […]

After his promising performance (7th) in the Jordan in qualifying for the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Michael Schumacher, still quite unknown for most of the Formula One community, was called up by Benetton for a secret test, with the intention to evaluate the young German. Engineer Giorgio Ascanelli, who had joined Benetton from […]

The Brabham BT52-BMW was a Formula One car designed by longtime Brabham designer Gordon Murray for the 1983 season. He simplified the design of this striking single-seater, by putting all major components at the back: it gave the car better traction, it looked like an arrow and fast it was. The car ran on Michelin […]