Nice image of Austrian Helmut Marko in the Tony Southgate designed BRM P160 seen here in Monaco 1972. His team-mate Jean-Pierre Beltoise qualified on the second row of the grid and famously won the race in front of ‘rain master’ Jacky Ickx, but for the Austrian it was a race to forget, he qualified 17th […]
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Matra at Le Mans, 1972.
Le Mans 1972, seen from the inside of the victorious Matra team. Winners: Henri Pescarolo – Graham Hill, Matra 670.
Indianapolis 1972, the first win
Roger Penske sits next to his driver Mark Donohue and the Penske- McLaren M16 at Indianapolis, in 1972. In May 2018, Will Power delivered to Roger Penske his 17th Indy 500 win as a team owner, I was there (!), but when did it all start for ‘The Captain’ ? Team Penske’s maiden triumph at the […]
Beltoise, a legendary name
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, a name that proudly resonates in the long history of French motorsport. Sideburns, a legendary grin, the Matra blue color: the single evocation of the name is enough to revive the memories of this flamboyant driver who shone within racing fields during the “Golden Sixties” and part of the 70’s. Like John Surtees […]
An American hero… from Italy
Mario Andretti is an Italian-born American former racing driver, one of the real American heroes, successful beyond belief in so many racing categories. Formula 1 World Champion 1978. USAC Champion : 1965, 1966, 1969. CART champion : 1984 IROC champion : 1979 Indianapolis 500 winner : 1969 12 Hours of Sebring winner : 1967, 1970, […]
Rolf Stommelen
Remembering rapid and versatile Rolf Stommelen, who lost his life during the IMSA Riverside 6 Hours on this day in 1983.
Hans Joachim Stuck
Stuck was always mega fast in his orange F2 March, especially ‘at home’ on the Nurburgring or in Hockenheim.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the 1972 Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in a BRM! And what a win. The French driver, took the lead at the start, navigated perfectly in terrible rainy conditions and beat none other than Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari. It was the only F1 win Beltoise who was an excellent endurance […]
Vincent Gaye & Willy Braillard
Belgians Vincent Gaye and Willy Braillard (picture above) finished 5th overall in the 1972 Francorchamps 24 Hours, in a BMW 2800 CS. The race was won by Mass/Stuck, Ford Capri 2600RS .
Howden Ganley
Howden Ganley is a former racing driver from New Zealand. From 1971 to 1974 he participated in 41 Formula 1 Grand Prix, his best results being two 4th places. Ganley and François Cevert drove a Matra-Simca MS 670 to seond place in the 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans.