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The Alpine Renault A442 is a race car that was conceived in 1975 by French constructor Renault to compete in endurance racing. It has a tubular chassis and is powered by a 1996cc turbocharged V6 engine developing about 500bhp. Picture above: The pretty Alpine A442 of Jean-Pierre Jarier and Gérard Larrousse, at the 6 Hours […]

The 1987 French Grand Prix was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11B-Honda. It was Mansell’s second win of the year and his second victory in the French Grand Prix. Mansell (photo ci-dessus) finished seven seconds ahead of team mate Nelson Piquet. Reigning champion Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/3 finished third, some 55 (!) […]

Porsche had a dominant year 1970 in endurance racing and arrived as a strong favorite to get its first outright victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Their main opposition was Ferrari, now armed with the 512S model. A battle royal was unfolding as nine Porsche 917 and eleven Ferrari 512S from works-supported teams and […]

Patrick Tambay was offered to join the Scuderia Ferrari, after the death of close friend Gilles Villeneuve at Zolder in May 1982. During his 18 months in red, the French driver won two races, the 1982 German Grand Prix and the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix. He finished fourth in the 1983 Drivers’ Championship and […]

Splendid picture of Roger Penske in person applying a well-controled opposite lock, at the wheel of his NART Ferrari 250 GTO, avoiding contact with the John Coombs-entered Jaguar Type E Lightweight driven, by Jack Sears at the 1963 Tourist Trophy at Goodwood. Victory went to another GTO, the one entered by Maranello Concessionaires driven by […]

For the 1956 season, Ferrari acquired the folded Lancia team’s D50 cars and put together a strong team constituted of Juan Manuel Fangio (picture above at the Nürburgring), who had left Mercedes-Benz with which he had won the 1954 and 1955 titles, Eugenio Castellotti, Luigi Musso and Peter Collins. Peter Collins and Stirling Moss, the […]

The Silver Arrows of the glorious times of the Titans, at the end of the 1930’s, were monsters that had to be tamed with dexterity, thus the aggressive settings adopted by Tazio Nuvolari on his Auto Union, necessary to win the 1938 Donington Grand Prix (picture above). Local hero Richard Seaman finished third for Mercedes, […]

In September 1988, Frank Williams called upon Jean-Louis Schlesser (born 12 September 1948) to deputise for an unwell Nigel Mansell at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The French driver was working as a test driver for Williams since 1983, and was very successful in sports car racing. He had gained his first taste of Formula […]

In 1971, Derek Bell competed at Le Mans for the first time with Porsche, driving a mighty 917LH (long tail) with Jo Siffert (both drivers can be recognised in the picture above, in their white race overalls). During the weekend tests, it was calculated that Bell, aboard his John Wyer Automotive-entered Gulf Porsche 917LH (picture below), reached 396 […]

Let’s recall French motor racing shooting star Jean Behra (1921-1959) who took part in 52 F1 world championship events in the 1950s with the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams, and who sadly died on August 1, 1959 in Berlin. He’s pictured above at the 1957 non-championship Morocco Grand Prix, flanked by Rob Walker on […]