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Jacky Ickx (born 1 January 1945 in Brussels) turned 75. The great Belgian champion achieved 8 Grand Prix victories and 25 podiums in Formula 1, six Le Mans 24 Hours wins. He also won the Can-AM Championship in 1979 and is a former winner of the Dakar Rally. Ickx twice finished as championship runner-up in […]

Happy New Year, dear followers and friends of our website the ‘Human Side of Racing’. Picture above: Team Tyrrell drivers, Jackie Stewart and François Cevert, in charming company and in joyful mood. Our community keeps growing, so thank you so much for following us, for sharing the posts and for your comments. Let’s make it […]

All our thoughts to Michael Schumacher, it’s been 6 years since the ski accident .. Keep fighting Michael.

Three Maserati 250F’s (and their transporter) at the 1955 Pau Grand Prix. French ace Jean Behra won the race driving number 14 car. Picture above: #14 Jean Behra, winner, #16 Roberto Mieres, 3rd and #18 Luigi Musso (retired).

Belgian hopeful Thierry Tassin, in the Alan Docking Racing Toleman TG280. The Docking DS-1 cars had special, stiffer and lightweight carbon fibre bodywork, which enabled Tassin to score five point-finishes in the 1983 European Formula 2 Championship.

Juan Manuel Fangio, driving his Mercedes W196, at the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree where he finished second to team-mate Moss, on his way to his third world drivers’ title.

The 4-times World Champion reflects on a challenging 2019 season, but is upbeat and ready to bounce back. Never underestimate Sebastian Vettel ! SV: “It was certainly not the year we all hoped for. The car was not exactly to my liking in the first half of the season and I missed a few opportunities in […]

Formula 1 fans have chosen Lando Norris, a McLaren driver, as the Rookie of the 2019 season. 2019 witnessed the top three finishers from the 2018 Formula 2 Series all making the jump up to F1, with Russell, Norris and Albon graduating to race seats with Williams, McLaren and Toro Rosso respectively. All three drivers performed brilliantly […]

Mike Thackwell, from Auckland in New-Zealand, was described in the late 70s as a ‘teenage sensation’ when competing and impressing in Formula 3 and then in Formula 2. In 1984, he brilliantly won the European Formula 2 championship driving a Ralt-Honda (picture below), after finishing runner-up the year before. In 1980, having tested for both […]

In Paris for a few days, Simon Pagenaud found time to have lunch with me in a very nice restaurant, not far from the Place de la Concorde. The winner of the 2019 Indianapolis 500, runs from one interview to another, seems to be in great shape, and is happy to answer a few of our […]