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The 1998 Austrian Grand Prix was held at the A1-Ring. It was the 10th round of the Formula 1 World Championship. A wet-dry qualifying session resulted in a mixed-up grid order, with Giancarlo Fisichella (picture here-under) taking the first pole position of his career in his Benetton-Playlife with Jean Alesi alongside him in a Sauber. At […]

The Brabham BT46B “fan-car”, designed by the brilliant engineer Gordon Murray, has taken one Grand Prix start only, and was withdrawn after Niki Lauda’s victory at Anderstorp in 1978. Nevertheless, a few months later, it appeared for a second time, in the spring of 1979, driven by Nelson Piquet in a non-championship demonstration at the […]

The second round of the 1972 World Championship of Makes at Daytona had been reduced to a 10am-4pm sprint by circuit boss Bill France Jr in line with the governing body (FIA) desire to keep sports car races – with the exception of Le Mans, of course – to a maximum of six hours. Ferrari entered three […]

On 7 May 1967, Lorenzo Bandini was racing at the Monaco Grand Prix, running second to Denny Hulme on the 82nd lap, when he lost control of his Ferrari at the harbor chicane. He had just entered the chicane when his Ferrari’s left rear wheel hit the guard rail, sending him into an erratic skid. It impacted […]

No so long ago, the stars of today in Formula One were joyous kids racing against each other in karting, the perfect school to start. The best of the best, the ones that are exceptional and well supported reach the top and these 9 kids (picture) are certainly the real deal. Today, they are driving […]

It was raining at the start of the 1969 Imola 500 km and one can see in this document here-above the Mirage M3 Cosworth of future winner Jacky Ickx in the downhill leading to the Acque Minerali hairpin, preceding the Alfa 33 of Andrea de Adamich, the Abarth 3000S driven by Arturo Merzario (photo here-under) […]

Here we are in the ancient paddock of the Nürburgring before practice for the 1964 German Grand Prix: Dutch nobleman Karel Pieter Antoni Jan Hubertus Godin de Beaufort, Lord of Maarn, prepares to tackle the green hell of the Nordschleife, at the wheel of his pretty privately-entered Porsche 718, in the colours of his own […]

The Chevrolet Camaro of Ivo Grauls and Chris Tuerlinx is ready for the start of the 1969 24 Hours of Francorchamps. Unfortunately, this fast pairing and its might Camaro will retire when their engine broke. Victory went to Guy Chasseuil and Claude Ballot-Léna in their Ford France – Sonauto-entered Porsche 911 (picture-below) in front of […]

Our Porsche K4, by John Fitzpatrick The K4 was based on the aluminium tubed framed so called “Moby Dick” that Porsche built for the 1978 World Championship season. Both Joest and Kremer built tube framed cars based on drawings from the Porsche factory. The K4 that I owned and raced was initially raced by Bob […]

Kimi Raikkonen joined McLaren-Mercedes in 2002, and became a title contender by finishing runner-up in the championship to Michael Schumacher in 2003, and Fernando Alonso in 2005. In 2005, Kimi was just brilliant, outshining his highly rated team-mate Montoya, and he won seven races just like Alonso but would have won more if not for a […]