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The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Monaco on 10 May 1970. The race was won by Jochen Rindt, when on the final corner of the last lap, he succeeded to get passed Jack Brabham, who, under pressure, locked the wheels under braking and his Brabham-Ford skidded across the track towards […]

In 1977, Jochen Neerpasch, the first managing director of BMW Motorsport GmbH, came up with a ground-braking idea: to train young drivers professionally and send them on to the race track as a junior team. BMW had entered three promising newcomers – Swiss Marc Surer, German Manfred Winkelhock and American Eddie Cheever (picture above), for […]

In 1983, French racing driver Philippe Alliot moved up to Formula 2, but hit the headlines that year when he finished third in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Mario and Michael Andretti in a Kremer Porsche 956 (picture above, Mario at wheel). Philippe Alliot remembers fondly: “It was a unique moment in my career. As a young […]

When Damon Hill became 1996 Formula 1 World Champion after a thrilling final in Suzuka, Michael Schumacher, his greatest rival reacted with elegance, Eddie Irvine, slightly less so: Michael Schumacher: “I really feel that he deserves it. He has waited a long time for this title. For sure it was a tough few years, but congratulations to […]

The first Jordan F1 car appeared in January 1991 and the Irish manager called it “911” for 91 and for Formula 1. The problem was that Porsche held the rights for the 911 denomination! The German constructor, of course reacted, and the car became Jordan 191, not without a compensation for the cunning Eddie, who […]

The 1976 Formula One Championship was to be decided at the Mount Fuji circuit, with Niki Lauda just three points ahead of James Hunt, after a season full of incidents including Lauda’s near fatal crash at the Nürburgring, and subsequent missed races. Interesting: Both Bridgestone and Kazuyoshi Hoshino (Tyrrell 007) made their Formula One debuts […]

A.J. Foyt rolls out of the Old Gasoline Alley, to practice for the 1963 Indianapolis 500 (picture above). The American qualifies in eighth and finishes the race in third. His time will come, and he will win the famous race, a record four times. The 47th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, […]

Belgian Thierry Boutsen and Austrian Gerhard Berger were team mates at the Barclay Arrows BMW team in 1985. At this early stage of their careers, these two promising drivers had yet to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix. The Arrows A8, entered by Jackie Oliver’s team during the 1985 season, was designed by Dave Wass, […]

The 1970 French Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Charade, Clermont-Ferrand on 5 July 1970. It was race 6 of 13 in the 1970 Formula 1 World Championship. This was the last F1 race to be held on public roads with no Armco lined around the circuit. When F1 returned to the Charade […]

After a promising first season in Formula 1 with Minardi and a miraculous fifth place at the 2002 season opener Australian Grand Prix, two teams, Toyota and Jaguar, were interested in Australian Mark Webber. He then decided to move to the Jaguar squad for the 2003 and 2004 championships. Picture above: Mark Webber seems distracted […]