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The Porsche 956 was a Group C sports-prototype racing car designed by Norbert Singer and built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was later upgraded to 956B in 1984. Picture above: The 3rd placed John Fitzpatrick Racing entered Porsche 956 of Rupert Keegan and Guy Edwards in the 1984 Silverstone 1000 km. The chassis was an […]

Bruno Giacomelli joined the Toleman Motorsport team for the 1983 Formula One season. Picture above: Bruno Giacomelli, Candy Toleman-Hart TG183 at the 1983 French Grand Prix held at the Paul-Ricard circuit, where the Italian was classified 13th. The TG183B used that season was designed by Rory Byrne, had a carbon monocoque, was powered by the […]

Gilles Villeneuve has climbed out of his stricken Ferrari 126CK and looks for damage on his car, at the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevertheless, he has qualified his bulky 126CK in third, just behind the Williams drivers Reutemann (on pole) and Jones. Villeneuve, one of the fastest racers in […]

The Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers, Swiss Sebastien Buemi and French driver Sebastien Bourdais, unveil the new STR-4 for the 2009 Formula One season. Buemi finishes four times in the points, with two seventh and two eighth places, while team-mate Bourdais finishes twice eighth. Toro Rosso is tenth and last in the Constructors’ Championship. Following the […]

Richard Dallest climbs out of his GPA-Motul AGS JH15 while Bernard de Dryver behind him is already out of his Bob Salisbury Racing March 782-BMW at the Misano round of the 1978 European Formula 2 championship (picture-above). On the left, one can recognise Rad Dougall’s Toleman Group March 782-BMW parked in front of Alex Ribeiro’s […]

Jim Clark and his Lotus 49-Ford at the hairpin of turn 6, during the 1967 Mexico Grand Prix. The Scot dominates this race in such fashion, that nobody can be seen in the distance (picture-above). It was race 11 of 11 in the 1967 Formula One world championship and it was won by over a […]

Siegfried Stohr climbs out of his Arrows A3-Cosworth, picture-above, after practice for the 1981 US Grand Prix West held at Long Beach, California. The Italian finished in 28th position because he couldn’t post a time in Q2 due to mechanical problems and did not qualify for the race. It must have been a bitter disappointment […]

A dark-blue and white helmet in a Ferrari in 1972, it should be Jacky Ickx, or maybe not. In fact, it’s Jean-Pierre Jarier in the Can-Am Ferrari 712P! The fast French driver, who at the time had a similar helmet design, is seen here-above in the powerful Ferrari on his way to fourth at Road […]

The JPS Team Lotus on the grid. Jacky Ickx (#2) and Ronnie Peterson (#1) are lined up in their Lotus 72E, before the start of the 1974 Brazilian Grand Prix held in the heat of the Interlagos circuit. The two black and gold cars bear the numbers 1 and 2 because Team Lotus won the […]

Michel Leclère seems annoyed at something or someone while he one-handed controls his oversteering works Formula 2 March 752-BMW, at Nogaro in 1975. The French driver finished second to team mate Patrick Tambay that day. Leclère will end second in the championship with three wins. The 1975 European Formula Two season was contested over 14 […]