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After a brief career as a driver and a mechanic, Frank Williams founded Frank Williams Racing Cars in 1966. He ran drivers – including Piers Courage – for several years in Formula Two and Formula 3. Williams then purchased a Brabham Formula 1 chassis and a Cosworth engine, which Courage drove during the 1969 Formula 1 season, showing great promise by finishing […]

Le Mans 1973. Matra withdrew from Formula 1 to concentrate on contesting the World Championship of Makes against Ferrari. It ‘s new long tail MS670B was made lighter, more aerodynamic and the V12 engine was tuned to put out 450 bhp. For the Le Mans 24 Hours, Matra added two cars to their regular Championship […]

The 1981 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Dijon-Prenois on 5 July 1981. Prior to the race, Jean-Pierre Jabouille decided to retire from racing, having not fully recovered from the leg injuries he had sustained in Canada the previous year.  His place at Ligier was taken for the rest of the […]

The 2017 Indianapolis 500 – the 101st running of the great race – was held on 28 May 2017. Alexander Rossi entered the event as the defending champion, while Fernando Alonso was the first active Formula One driver to contest the race since Teo Fabi in 1984. Great showing for Fernando Alonso (picture above) during […]

Max Verstappen showed once again his brilliance, in the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix. His pole-position, taken from Fernando Alonso in the last portion of the circuit, at the very edge, is already legendary stuff. He then dominated the race on Sunday in tricky conditions, and took another convincing victory. Some already compare Max Verstappen to […]

Belgian Didier Theys, a two-time 24 Hours of Daytona and Sebring 12 Hours winner, now a resident in Phoenix Arizona, recalls the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he drove for Brun Motorsport. Didier Theys: “In 1985, I drove for Walter Brun, in the number 18 Porsche 956 that I shared with Walter himself […]

In this year of the 100th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the fiftieth anniversary of the last official participation of the Scuderia Ferrari at Le Mans, we note that the 1974 edition, saw a few remarquable performances of Ferraris at La Sarthe, like this 312P with its V12 engine, heiress of […]

Mike Beuttler (13 April 1940 – 29 December 1988), was a British Formula One driver who raced privately entered March cars. He was born in Cairo (Egypt), the son of a Colonel in the British Army. He was a talented Formula 3 driver in the late 60s, progressed in Formula 2 and then entered Formula One […]

The 1969 United States Grand Prix was held at Watkins Glen on October 5. It was race 10 of 11 in the 1969 Formula One World Championship. Jochen Rindt (Lotus 49) took the first win of his F1 career from pole position. Picture above: Rindt on pole (left), is joined on the front row by Stewart (Matra) […]

The March 701 is a Formula One racing car, designed by Robin Herd, one of the founders of the marque, and Peter Wright. The 701 was March’s first Formula 1 design and was designed and built in three months by March Engineering. Picture above: Chris Amon at full speed in his works March 701, which […]