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Last win ever

End of 1993, Ayrton Senna had decided to leave McLaren and join the Williams-Renault team, a package – engine and aerodynamics – he thought being superior, having seen Mansell dominate the 1992 season. At the last race of the season, the 1993 Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide, he drove his last Formula One race for McLaren, started […]

All-round champion

Victorious of the 1969 Indianapolis 500, Mario Andretti was also dominant in the USAC championship, where the drivers competed on ovals and road courses but also on some dirt tracks! (picture above) In 1970, Mario also competed in Formula One Grand Prix, driving a March 701, as in August of the same year where he was […]

Swansong for Brabham

The Japanese Grand Prix was held at the Suzuka race track on 20 October 1991. We witnessed that day an excellent performance by Martin Brundle (picture above), who finished 5th in the BT60Y, giving Brabham its last points in Formula One. Gerhard Berger (McLaren-Honda) started from pole position, and led his team mate Senna and […]

Alonso does it always twice

Fernando Alonso, born 29 July 1981, turned 40. Very motivated, he declared: “40 is just a number, I feel as fit and sharp as I was at 20.” And we can believe him, Fernando is a warrior and we’ll surely enjoy his presence at the highest levels of motorsport for a while. On this day, […]

Outsmarting Senna

The McLaren MP4/4-Honda, designed by American engineer Steve Nichols and by Gordon Murray (as a technical director), were so dominant in 1988. Ayrton Senna, on another planet speed wise at the Monaco Grand Prix, took pole by some 1.4 sec (!) from team-mate Prost, who knew very well his way around this track, with Berger […]

Alain’s big brother

“I was present early 1980, on Alain Prost’s first test for McLaren”, tells John Watson – “and one could tell, by the way he changed gears, use his clutch – that he felt good in the car. He was made for this job.” Picture above: Alain Prost and John Watson, still good friends in 1981, when […]

“He’s under the dash”

AJ Foyt and Eddie Sachs (who had captured pole position) battled for 1st and 2nd in the latter stages of the 1961 Indianapolis 500 (picture above). Foyt took the lead with three laps to go and won his first (of four) victories on the Speedway by a margin of 8.28 seconds on his valiant opponent. […]

Number 2

Because the new short wheel-base Tyrrell 006 did not satisfy Jackie Stewart in the autumn of 1972, it was François Cevert who first raced it in the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport. Nevertheless, the Scot took its wheel during practice (picture above), with number two on its side pods and the name of his team […]