Post Type Archives: Events

At the 1987 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone, Nigel Mansell scored one of his most stirring victories, the highlight of which was his famous pursuit and pass of Williams team-mate Nelson Piquet at Stowe (picture above), having made up 29 sec in 28 laps after a tyre stop. He broke the lap record 8 times! […]

Emerson Fittipaldi came to support his compatriot Nelson Piquet, who’s ready to pounce at the wheel of his Brabham BT53-BMW, ​​on the starting grid of the 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix (pictured above). The 1984 Brazilian Grand Prix was held at the Jacarepaguá circuit, and was the first round of the Formula 1 World Championship. Elio […]

At the preceding 1978 Italian Grand Prix, Mario Andretti had secured the driver’s championship. It was a sad crowning though, as his team mate and great friend Ronnie Peterson had died, following the terrible accident he was the main victim of, at the start in Monza… At Watkins Glen, US Grand Prix East 1978, Andretti […]

Niki Lauda seems to wait patiently in his Ferrari 312B3-74 while his mechanics prepare his car, during practice for the 1974 US Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen. Lauda qualifies in fifth position, but retires on lap 38, with a broken suspension. With its shorter wheel base, the 312B3-74 is a completely revised single-seater. Mauro […]

From left to right: Gerhard Berger (Ferrari), Nigel Mansell (winner in his Williams-Renault) and Martin Brundle (McLaren-Peugeot) share a good laugh, most probably one of Berger’s jokes, on the podium of the 1994 Australian Grand Prix (picture-above). The race is remembered, besides being the closing of one of the most tragic seasons in recent history, […]

Gregory Noblet, the son of Pierre Noblet, who excelled at Le Mans, and who is a racing scholar, has a very plausible version of the “incredible Le Mans rumor” published yesterday: “Allow me to be very circumspect about this version!… I heard it from the mouth of “Coco” Chinetti himself, a few years ago now, […]

Ayrton Senna, the pole man in his McLaren MP4/5B-Honda, is ahead of team mate Gerhard Berger, Alain Prost’s Ferrari 641 and Thierry Boutsen’s Williams FW13-Renault at the La Source hairpin, just after the start of the 1990 Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps (picture-above). Brazilian driver claimed his fifth race victory of the season, taking a […]

Okay… There has long been an often-disputed rumour that American driver Ed Hugus mysteriously helped Jochen Rindt and Masten Gregory achieve their incredible flat-out victory at the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the Ferrari 250LM entered by Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team (recently put up for sale by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway […]

Jo Siffert (1936-1971) was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner. He graduated to Formula One as a privateer in 1962, with a four-cylinder Lotus-Climax. He later moved to Swiss team Scuderia Filipinetti, and in 1964 joined the British Rob Walker Racing team. Picture above: Jo Siffert, affectionately known as “Seppi” to […]

Gérard Larrousse doesn’t seem convinced (picture-above) the double “snorkel” airboxes fitted on top of the Martini Porsche 917K he shares with Vic Elford, are the right solution for better top speed, ahead of the 1971 Monza 1000 km. In the race, both Martini International Racing Team Porsche 917K’s driven by Elford/Larrousse and Marko/van Lennep will […]