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In 1960, the 24 Hours of Le Mans were won for the first time by an all-Belgian pairing, in the Ferrari Testa Rossa. Olivier Gendebien, already a winner in 1958 with Phil Hill, and Paul Frère, second in 1959 with Maurice Trintignant on an Aston Martin, had a flawless race. It was the last time […]

Niki Lauda crosses the finishing line victoriously in his Ferrari 312B3 at the 1974 Dutch Grand Prix held at Circuit Zandvoort. It was race 8 of 15 of the F1 championship and Lauda scored the  second F1 victory of his career after the one obtained in Spain, two months earlier. The Ferraris had dominated qualifying […]

Gerhard Berger revealed that Helmut Marko (Red Bull Racing) capitalised on Toto Wolff’s hesitation to secure Max Verstappen, despite Niki Lauda’s strong recommendation. Picture-above: Vettel, Lauda, Berger and Marko (sitting in the BRM he drove back in 1972), during a parade at the Red Bull Ring in 2014. Berger remembers: “It was clear that he […]

Original photograph from the era, dating back to 1924, capturing British racing driver and entrepreneur Raymond Mays (1899-1980), at the precise moment when the race car he was driving, lost its rear left wheel. Mays was one of the principal people behind the development of the motor racing stables of English Racing Automobiles (ERA) and British Racing Motors […]

The Ferrari 250 LM of Pierre Dumay and Gustave ‘Taf” Gosselin in its pits during the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans seems to have suffered quite a bit in its battle, witness its thorn body work. Nevertheless, this privately P. Dumay-entered yellow (the Belgian national colours) 250LM was reliable and well-driven and finished an […]

Pedro Diniz felt the heat as he exited the 1996 Argentinian GP in a spectacular plume of flames thanks to his Ligier-Mugen-Honda’s fuel valve being stuck open (picture-above). Damon Hill won the race, making it three wins out of three, in his Williams-Renault. The Brazilian, born in 1970, is a former racing driver, businessman and […]

Jody Scheckter, James Hunt and Roger Penske seem to have a pleasant conversation (picture-above) ahead of the 1976 British Grand Prix held at the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent, England. The British driver has good reasons to smile: he qualified his McLaren M23 in second, just behind the Ferrari 312T2 of title rival Niki Lauda. Jody […]

Strong of two consecutive victories in 1961 and 1962, the Scuderia Ferrari entered its new 250P prototype, which had earlier won the 12 Hours of Sebring, for the 1963 Targa Florio. Picture above: The #190 works Ferrari Dino 196SP of Bandini -Scarfiotti-Mairesse (2nd), chases the #108 Scuderia Centro Sud Ferrari 250 GTO of Bordeu-Scarlatti (6th) in […]

Cooper‘s revolutionary rear-engined cars, powered by the compact and reliable Coventry-Climax 2.5 litre engine, won five Grand Prix with Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss and Bruce McLaren during the 1959 season. Ferrari’s Tony Brooks took the fight to the Coopers and going into the final race he, Moss or Brabham could win the title. Moss retired from […]

Niki Lauda joined the March F2 team in 1971, bringing with him a budget from an Austrian bank, was fast and promising, and was quickly promoted to the F1 team for a few Grand Prix. For the 1972 season, he was asked to drive in both categories for the works team. Picture-above: Niki Lauda in […]