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George Russell has yet to score a championship point in his young Formula One career, but the Englishman, winner of the 2018 Formula 2 championship at his first attempt, where others need two or three seasons, has so far done more than enough in F1 to impress us. As a rookie last year, he has […]

A Bentley Speed 8 (picture above) shared by Dane Tom Kristensen, Italian Rinaldo Capello and Englishman Guy Smith wins the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans, after it started from pole position. Kristensen had set the fastest overall time in the second qualifying session. The team, assisted by the Joest Racing, won the race, two […]

When Alain Prost joined the McLaren team and thus replaced John Watson for the 1984 season, rumours circulated that Niki Lauda was less than impressed with the appointment of such a competitive team-mate. Niki Lauda: “I hated the guy. When I saw him I got upset, because I knew he was so fast, he was […]

At the age of 23, Mario Andretti scored 3 different Midget victories at two different tracks: Flemington, New Jersey and the twin race at Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in the same car on Labour Day in 1963. The Andretti legend was born. Andretti raced midget cars from 1961 to 1963 and won dozens of them. He raced in […]

Following his exploits at Lotus end of 1978, French racing car driver Jean-Pierre Jarier was hired by Ken Tyrrell for the 1979 season. A year that started very well indeed for the fast Frenchman in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 009 (picture above). At the wheel of this pretty single-seater, which was in fact a copy of the Lotus […]

A chapter is closing for Williams Racing, and a new one, hopefully successful, is opening, so at the Human Side of Racing we say thank you to the Williams family, Frank and Claire obviously, Patrick Head of course, and everyone who has been part of this incredible story. 739 races, 114 victories, 128 pole positions, […]

The 1936 Italian Grand Prix was held at Monza on 13 September 1936. The 72 lap race was won by Bernd Rosemeyer, driving an Auto Union. The German dominated, took pole position, fastest lap and the win. Picture above: The Auto Union C of Hans Stuck #2, Achille Varzi #6, Bernd Rosemeyer #4 and Ernst […]

Like this year’s edition, the 1968 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours was held in September because of the May events and the victory went to the glorious Ford GT40 (chassis no 1075, the one that will triumph again 9 months later in the hands of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver) of endurance aces […]

Belgian Jacky Ickx and Swiss Clay Regazzoni were the two lead drivers at the Scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1 in 1972 (picture above). Ferrari fielded a revised 312B2, designed by Mauro Forghieri,  with a more conventional rear suspension, but could not keep up with the progress of the competition, like Colin Chapman’s more advanced Lotus […]

Jos Verstappen says he would sometimes give his son Max Verstappen a poor kart, with the intentions of helping Max develop his skills in a vehicle that isn’t always perfect. “We did that a few times to get that feeling”, Jos said to the Talking Bull. “It is important that you know what should be done […]