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The 1982 Formula One season featured sixteen rounds. It was a year full of drama, controversy, accidents and exciting finishes, and finally, the Drivers’ Championship went to Keke Rosberg and the Constructors’ Championship to the Scuderia Ferrari. Picture above: Didier Pironi (Ferrari) winner of the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix, with Nelson Piquet (second in his […]

The Gold Cup was a non-world championship race on the short track of Oulton Park, next to Manchester, in the 60s and always attracted a high quality field, witness this image featuring Jack Brabham, Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver in 1968. The first two will have to retire in the race (oil leak for the […]

James Hunt finished sixth at the season-opening 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix and retired with an engine failure in South Africa. In Spain, Hunt led the first six laps before colliding with a barrier, with the same cause of retirement in Monaco. But he showed speed and the Hesketh 308B, designed by Harvey Postlethwaite was competitive. […]

But not the one you think. Ian Scheckter, born 22 August 1947 in East London, South Africa, is a former racing driver. He’s the elder brother of 1979 F1 World Champion Jody Scheckter. Ian participated in 20 Formula One Grand Prix between 1974 and 1977, but failed to score a championship point. Picture above: In […]

Armed with what was arguably the greatest Formula One design of all time, the Lotus 72D (picture below), Emerson Fittipaldi proved dominant in 1972 as he won five of eleven races and claimed the F1 Drivers’ Championship. At 25 he was then the youngest champion in F1 history. It appeared he might do it again in 1973. But […]

The 1992 Canadian Grand Prix was held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 14 June 1992. The 69-lap race was won by Gerhard Berger (picture above), driving a steady race in his McLaren-Honda, after he started from fourth position. Qualifying produced a surprise as Ayrton Senna took pole position in his McLaren while championship leader […]

The introduction of the 126CK in 1981 hailed the start of the Ferrari turbo era. At the time, the Scuderia dragged it’s feet about moving from the normally aspired 12-cylinder engine to a turbocharged one. The new 120° V6 engine much shorter and narrower, required that a whole new car was to be designed and […]

Le Mans 1970: The Hans Herrmann/Dick Attwood Porsche 917K en route to victory in a deluge (main picture). For Herrmann, a veteran of 13 Le Mans, it was particularly sweet having lost by the narrowest margin (120 metres) to Ickx’s Ford GT40 the previous year. No safety cars, no radio communications, no traction control, no […]

The 1996 Spanish Formula One Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, near Barcelona. This race, Michael Schumacher’s first Ferrari victory, is generally regarded as one of his finest. In torrential rain, he produced a stunning drive. At the end of the 65-laps race, Schumacher in his Ferrari, by far not the […]

The 1960 French Grand Prix was held at the Reims-Gueux circuit, on 3  July 1960. The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien drove an excellent race, surprised many by finishing second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce […]