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At the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, Jim Clark won a championship Formula One Grand Prix for the first time, and this at his 17th attempt. Picture above: Lotus boss Colin Chapman and Scot Jim Clark at Spa in 1962. Clark would drive 55 more championship F1 Grand Prix, winning 24 of them. He also won […]

Kimi Raïkkönen, born 17 October 1979, had a solid first year in Formula One for Sauber in 2001, and sufficiently impressed McLaren to earn a seat in Ron Dennis’s team for 2002, taking the seat left by double-world champion, mentor and fellow Fin Mika Häkkinen.  Picture above: Kimi Raïkkonen scores his maiden F1 win at the 2003 […]

The 1967 Dutch Grand Prix was held at Zandvoort, on June 4, 1967. The race saw the debut of the Lotus 49 equipped with the Ford Cosworth DFV engine. Having tested it for a long time, Graham Hill took pole for the race. By contrast, it was the first time that his team mate Jim […]

Frank Gardner (Alan Mann Racing – Ford GT40 MkII #1012) at the 1966 1000 km of Spa, on the 14 km Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Gardner and Whitmore finished second, a lap down on the winning Ferrari 330 P3 of Parkes and Scarfiotti, but ahead of three well-driven GT40’s. Frank Gardner (1931-2009) was a brave and fast […]

What seems to be a six-wheeler Ferrari 312 T2 driven by Niki Lauda, is spotted testing at high speed on the Nardo test track close to Naples in Italy, sometime in 1977, with the Mediterranean sea in the background (picture-above). Back in 1977 indeed, the year of Niki Lauda’s second World Championship, the Scuderia Ferrari, […]

Jo Schlesser (1928-1968) seen here-above in the Honda RA302 V12 3.0L, during practice for the 1968 French Grand Prix at Rouen-les-Essarts, was a French Formula One and sports car racing driver. He was the uncle of Jean-Louis Schlesser who himself became a sports car ace and a Formula One driver in the 1980’s. An opportunity […]

Porsches aligned in the pitlane at the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. From left to right: the #19 JW Automotive Engineering Porsche 917K of Richard Attwood and Herbert Muller that will finish second, then the #18 JWA Porsche 917LH of Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver (DNF), the #17 JWA Porsche 917LH driven by Jo Siffert […]

Jolly good mood during the drivers’ briefing ahead of the 1973 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami. From left to right, one can recognise Jackie Stewart, journalist José Rosinski, Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Jean-Pierre Beltoise. It was race 3 of 15 in the 1973 Formula One season and the race was won […]

Mike Thackwell limpin’ on one leg with the help of crutches towards teammate Geoff Lees in the blue Hawke suit, who’s holding both Mike’s as his own helmet. Here-above seen with the #14 Ralt-Honda RH/6 81 in which Lees would win the Pau Grand Prix of 1981. Mike had returned to racing at Mugello previously, […]

François Cevert at full speed in his Tyrrell 006-Ford, during the 1973 German Grand Prix held at the Nürburgring. On the picture-above, he leads Ickx (McLaren) and Lauda (BRM). The French driver, always improving in the shadow of his team mate Stewart qualified in third. Jackie Stewart took pole position ahead of Lotus driver Ronnie […]