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Hermann Lang (1909-1987), German racing driver, here at the wheel of a Maserati A6GCM, at the 1953 Swiss Formula One Grand Prix.

The first Grand Prix of the 1951 Formula One season took place at the Bremgarten track in Switzerland. Juan Manuel Fangio dominated the rain-sodden race in his Alfa Romeo, Farina was second and Taruffi third.

Alberto Ascari (Ferrari 500) takes the checkered flag at the 1953 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

In 1968, appeared in a quiet street of Dieppe (France), a very pretty single seater, in front of the Renault dealership owned by Jean Rédélé. He was the founder of the Alpine make, with the very popular Berlinette and also Formula 3 race cars which dominated their category in the 60’s and sports prototypes competing […]

Juan Pablo Montoya, in his first season in the American  CART series, after two successful seasons in Formula 3000, won the 1999 championship as well as Rookie of the Year honors. The season ended in a tie, with Montoya (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) and Dario Franchitti (Kool Green Racing) both having 212 championship points, though Montoya […]

Bob Gerard at the 1950 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, in his ERA 1.5 L6s. Qualified 13th and finished 6th. It was the first World Championship Grand Prix in the history and it was won by Italian Nino Farina in an Alfa Romeo.

The 1951 French Grand Prix was held at Reims, and was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli driving an Alfa Romeo. Louis Chiron (picture above), qualified his Talbot Lago T26C in eighth, and was classified sixth, albeit 6 laps behind the winners.

Is this the best race car ever made ? Always raced in Gulf’s iconic blue and orange colors, this Ford GT40, known by it’s chassis number ‘1075’ and raced by John Wyer’s team, won the Le Mans 24 Hours not just once but twice, in 1968 and 1969, and the second victory came after the closest fight […]

After a couple of runner up finishes, Bill Holland gets the last laugh and finally wins Indy in 1949. The legendary Bill Vanderwater is the flag man.

Every year for the past quarter of a century, Formula 1 fans around the world have been uniting in thoughts on March 21 to pay tribute to the legendary Ayrton Senna, born on that date in 1960 in Sao Paulo. The Brazilian would, therefore, have blown out his 60th candle in 2020 if fate had […]