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The famous duel opposing Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna had reached new heights during the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka: the French driver had warned his team mate and rival that he would close the door in case of suicidal attacks, but the Brazilian passed over on lap 47 and braked excessively late at […]

Jean-Pierre Jabouille takes a ride back to the pits on top of the Fred Opert Racing Chevron B35 Hart of José Dolhem at the end of the Jochen Rindt Memorial European F2 Trophy held at Thruxton, on 19th April 1976. The race was won by Italian Mauricio Flammini in a March-BMW, but at the end […]

Mario Andretti is both confident and pensive ahead of the Swedish Formula One Grand Prix held at Anderstorp on 17 June 1978, picture above, with James Hunt in the back ground. The American has a 10-point lead over team-mate Ronnie Peterson and knows his ground-effect Lotus 79 is the dominating car of the championship. He […]

Belgian Alain Peltier, a touring car specialist, and Swiss ace Herbert Müller drove a fantastic race at the 1975 1000 km of Spa. In their Faltz Racing BMW 3.0 CSL (picture-above), they finished third overall and first in their class, only preceded by the two Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 sport prototypes of Pescarolo-Bell (winners) and Ickx […]

A superb photo of Pierre Levegh alongside his Talbot-Lago T26GS, which he shared with Charles Pozzi, before the start of the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. The final 8th place was awarded to the Automobiles Talbot-Darraq team car.

The 1971 Austrian Formula 1 Grand Prix was held at the Österreichring on 15 August 1971. The 54-lap race was won by Swiss BRM driver Jo Siffert (picture below), after he started from pole position. It was the second (and last) F1 victory for ‘Seppi’. Emerson Fittipaldi finished second for Team Lotus and Brabham Tim […]

At the 1974 South African Grand Prix, Bernie Ecclestone played poker with John J. Goossens, the representative of Texaco in Formula One, and his loss at the cards game meant a free sponsorship deal for the American petroleum company on the pretty Brabham BT44. A fair player, Mister E. applied the Texaco stickers himself on […]

For Michele Alboreto, the 1982 season was a successful campaign. The Italian took the first podium of his F1 career at Imola and, at the final round in Las Vegas, Alboreto took his first Grand Prix win. This 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was the sixteenth and last race of the 1982 Formula 1 season. It […]

Niki Lauda (1949-2019), a man of few words, but always interesting in his analyses, shared his thought a couple of years ago, on the evolution of Formula 1 and the increasing share of technology in the performance, compared to when he was driving. Niki Lauda: “I don’t want to sound like a retrospective person stuck […]

Rubens Barrichello continued to perform well during the 1995 Formula One season and scored a second-place finish in Montréal, but the Jordan cars were less reliable than in 1994, partly because Eddie Jordan took over the works Peugeot engine contract, he finally did not have to pay for his engines, from the McLaren team. Picture […]