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Amusing decoration for the Formula 2 Elf2 J cars sponsored by the gruyère Switzerland cheeses in 1976 and driven by French drivers Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who will win that years’ European Championship, and Michel Leclère (picture above). Interestingly, Marie-Claude Beaumont participated in one race at the wheel of the ELF2 J (picture below), at the last […]

Paul Belmondo (born 23 April 1963) here at Rouen during his F3 campaign in 1984. He will score three podiums that year at Albi, Dijon and Pau and stay another 2 years in F3 (one victory at Albi in 1985). Paul Belmondo is a French actor and racing driver who raced in Formula One for […]

For the 1982 German Grand Prix, the circuit of Hockenheim had been modified with the first chicane being made slower and another chicane (Didier Pironi, picture above) added to slow the cars through the very fast Östkurve. Didier Pironi (Ferrari 126 C2) claimed pole position, but was seriously injured later in the ultimate practice, while testing […]

For the opening round of the 1976 season, the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, James Hunt (McLaren M23) took his first Formula One pole position with reigning World Champion Niki Lauda alongside in his Ferrari 312T. The stage was set for a memorable season. The Ferrari 312T of 1975 (main picture) was used at the start of […]

Most people think AJ Foyt had no experience whatsoever on road circuits before winning the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours with Dan Gurney in their Ford MkIV. Well here is the proof of the contrary: in 1963, the Texan driver  (picture below) won the Nassau Trophy during the ‘Bahamas Speed Week’, driving a Mecom Scarab, […]

In 1976, at the age of 24, Nelson Piquet won the 1976 Brazilian Formula Vee Series. With advice from two-time world champion and fellow Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, Piquet crossed the Atlantic Ocean to race in Europe. Success came quickly, and Piquet in a Ralt-Toyota, took a record number of wins (13) in Formula three in 1978, […]

Jack Brabham won his second consecutive F1 drivers’ title in 1960, with his Cooper team defending its constructors’ title. It was the last year of the 2.5 litre Formula which saw Lotus, Porsche and BRM following Coopers’ lead and campaigning rear-engined cars. The Australian won five Grand Prix in a row: Netherlands, Belgium, France, Great-Britain […]

Cliff Allison (8 Feb 1932 – 7 April 2005) was a British racing driver from England, who raced in Formula One during the seasons 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and Laystall teams. Picture above: Cliff Allison, at the wheel of a Ferrari D246, Argentina 1960, where he finished in second place. […]

We all remember the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix, when Ayrton Senna applied the law of retaliation and collided with rival Alain Prost at the first corner of the race, to take revenge for their coming collision at the chicane a year earlier (picture above). After the accident, the two men returned to the pits by […]

The Benetton thrived in the altitude of the Mexico circuit: after Gerhard Berger’s triumph in 1986 (picture above), his successor Thierry Boutsen nearly repeated the exploit in 1987 (picture here under). Indeed, the Belgian was leading the race comfortably, in front of the Williams-Honda of Nigel Mansell, when the Ford V6 turbo started to misfire […]