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Jacky Ickx, born on 1 January 1945, turns 80 today. He is seen here-above in 1973 wearing his iconic dark blue and white helmet in his Ferrari 312B3. He reflects on the dangers of motor racing: “In the past, two, even three colleagues died each season. It was generally accepted this could happen. The fact […]

Patrick Tambay is sitting in his Ferrari 126C2 minutes before the start of the 1982 Italian Grand Prix held on the Autodrómo Nazionale di Monza. Tambay has qualified in 3rd and is confident for the race, but the sensation of qualifying is his team mate Mario Andretti who, to the delight of the tifosi, put […]

Colin Chapman (standing) and Mario Andretti in his Lotus 77-Cosworth at Jarama in 1976 (picture-above). The American qualified in 9th, but was not the best-placed Lotus driver on the grid. Indeed, Gunnar Nilsson, his team mate, was in 7th. Mario Andretti was forced to retire on lap 34 with a broken gear box, while Nilsson […]

Franck Lagorce here driving the Ligier JS39B – Renault V10 at Suzuka (Japanese Grand Prix) in 1994. The French driver, who finished 2nd in F3000 that year, debuted with a 20th place on the grid, just half a second shy of team mate Olivier Panis. Unfortunately, Lagorce’s race ended on lap 10 after a collision […]

In the early 70s, from a wooden shed deep in rural Surrey, a handful of engineers and mechanics, led by Ken Tyrrell (picture-above) conceived and built racing cars that conquered the Nürburgring, Monaco and Watkins Glen… in the very capable hands of Jackie Stewart and François Cevert. The humble birthplace of Ken Tyrrell’s first Formula […]

Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari 310B comes down the straight at full speed during the 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix held at Interlagos. The German ace qualified in second and finished in fifth, 33 seconds behind the winner, Jacques Villeneuve in his Williams-Renault. The Ferrari 310B was better performing and more reliable than its predecessor but […]

The Porsche 908/2 LH of Rudi Lins (at the wheel) and Helmut Marko, on its way to third overall in the rain-sodden 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans (picture-above). The 908 looks particularly good with its Le Mans-designed long tail. Rudi Lins, born 28 June 1944, is a former Austrian racing driver. Early on, Lins […]

Bernie Ecclestone, by now the F1 supremo but still the Brabham team owner, encourages his former driver Nelson Piquet, now at Williams-Honda, just before the start of the 1987 Australian Grand Prix (picture-above). It was the sixteenth and final race of 1987 Formula One season. Nigel Mansell was still recovering from his accident in the […]

Emerson Fittipaldi partnered Dutch ace Toine Hezemans, in a rare appearance aboard an Alfa Romeo T33/3, during free practice only, of the 1000 km of Buenos Aires, in 1971. The pair did not start due to technical issues on the Alfa and Fittipaldi ended up sharing an Escuderia National Porsche 917 (picture-below) with Carlos Reutemann, […]

After winning the first two Grand Prix of his career, in Spain and in Holland, and finishing fourth in the 1974 Formula One Driver’s World Championship, Niki Lauda felt he was ready to conquer the title. He said: “Don’t talk too much, focus on the goal and achieve it. The less you talk, the more […]