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For the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona, Dan Gurney accepted Luigi Chinetti’s offer to drive one of his North American Racing Team (NART) Ferrari 512S. The tall American (1.93m) was paired with Chuck Parsons and a bubble had to be fitted to the 512’s roof (picture-above), for Gurney to fit in the tiny cockpit. The […]

Patrick Head and Frank Williams pose in front of their Williams FW06-Ford ahead of the 1978 Formula One season. Australian Alan Jones is the sole driver of Williams Grand Prix Engineering that year. The team was formed in 1977 after Frank Williams’ earlier unsuccessful F1 operation, Frank Williams Racing Cars and was based (still is) […]

The Ford GT40 Roadster of Bob Bondurant and John Whitmore speeds through a Sicilian village during the 1965 Targa Florio (picture-above). The pretty roadster did not finish the race though, being eliminated in an accident. The Scuderia Ferrari deployed three of its new prototype-class 3.3L 275P2. Porsche responded with the 904 Bergspyder, an open, lightweight, […]

Graham Hill (Lotus 49T) leads the pack over the bridge, during the 1968 Australian Grand Prix held at Sandown Park (picture-above). It was the 33rd Australian Grand Prix and was also round seven of the 1968 Tasman Series. In his last drive in an Australian Grand Prix, Jack Brabham started the race from pole position, […]

Tony Brooks in his Ferrari Dino 246, picture-above, on his way to victory in the 1959 German Formula One Grand Prix, held at the Avus, close to West-Berlin. It was the 21st German Grand Prix and was only the second time the race was not held at the Nürburgring. The race was held over two […]

George Follmer, UOP Shadow Racing Team, Shadow DN1-Ford, during the 1973 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring (picture-above). The American retired on lap 5, when he lost control of his car and touched the barriers. The race was won by Jackie Stewart in his Tyrrell 006-Ford. George Folmer, born January 27, 1934 in Phoenix, Arizona […]

Brazilian Carlos Pace had qualified in sixth for the 1975 Swedish Grand Prix held at Anderstorp, but retired on lap 42 on Sunday, when he spun his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT44B (picture-above), and was unable to restart. The race was won by Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T. He took a six-second victory over Pace’s […]

One of the attractions of the 1975 Le Mans 24 Hours weigh-in was undoubtedly the Marlboro-coloured Sigma MC 75 number 18. This car was entered by Sigma Automotive Company (which would become SARD shortly afterwards) with a Toyota engine at Le Mans for the first time. Different from the previous model, the red and white […]

After a pause in 1949, Alfa Romeo made a comeback in racing with a new team consisting of Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Picture-above: Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo 158), at full speed during the 1950 French Grand Prix, where the Italian retires with a broken fuel pump. Victory went to his team […]

24 Hours of Le Mans 1968. Pit stop for the victorious Ford GT40 driven by Lucien Bianchi and Pedro Rodriguez (picture-above). We recognise team manager David York who guides the car, but also John Wyer and the well-known Ferrari mechanic Ermanno Cuaghi, recommended by Jo Ramirez, and brought to JW by Pedro Rodriguez, who knew […]