Post Type Archives: Events

Monaco 1974. The two Ferraris of Niki Lauda (picture-above) and Clay Regazzoni qualified first and second, with Ronnie Peterson (in a Lotus 72 rather than the new 76) and Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) sharing the second row. It’s the first pole for the young Austrian. Peterson was very impressive in 3rd in the ‘old’ 72, while […]

Belgians Jean-Pierre Gaban and Noël “Pedro” van Assche won the 1967 24 Hours of Spa, in their Porsche 911.

Felipe Massa very narrowly missed the 2008 Drivers’ title. He won the title decider at Interlagos and was very gracious in defeat. A real gentleman.

Today, as we mourn Anthoine Hubert, we are profoundly sad, very angry and stunned at the same time. We don’t know what to do, the paddock is silent, we are looking at each other. This all makes no sense. You should not die for your passion. It’s unbearable. Drivers know this and they accept the […]

Always a great pleasure to meet Sir Jackie Stewart in the paddock of the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. The 3 times world champion is still an ambassador for Rolex and Heineken. On his left Moko, fun and nice personality of the F1 paddock.

We are very proud to welcome Eric van de Poele as one of our ‘Star Contributors’ at the Human Side of Racing. Not only is Eric a fantastic driver, he’s also a very fine human being and a friend. Here are some of his achievements: Competed in Formula 1 for Brabham, Fondmetal and Lamborghini during […]

Ferdinand Piëch, former Member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG, died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 82. Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG remembers : “His love of cars and his constant desire to drive forward technical progress will never be forgotten”. The fascination for cars already […]

Esteban Ocon will drive for the Renault team in 2020-2021, partnering Daniel Ricciardo. After a summer of weighing his options, Toto Wolff decided to keep Valtteri Bottas. After all, the Finn is a perfect second driver to Lewis Hamilton, a driver who can win races, a no problem guy. Renault wanted a young promising French […]

Spa-Francorchamps 1970. The 1000 km race was one of the best examples of the great sports-car battles of the 1970’s. Some of the top drivers in the world at the time (Ickx, Rodriguez, Surtees, Redman, Siffert…) were fighting it out at the most fearsomely fast circuit in Europe, and the cars were awesome. It was a […]

Monaco 1955. The Mercedes of Fangio and Moss dominated, running 1-2 until half distance, trailed by Ascari (Lancia) and Castellotti (Lancia). At the halfway mark, Fangio retired with transmission trouble, giving the lead to Moss. Almost a lap ahead, the Brit seemed to coast to a sure win, when on lap 80 his engine blew. […]