Post Type Archives: Events

Elio de Angelis and Ayrton Senna were team mates at Lotus in 1985 (picture-above). Aboard their competitive Lotus-Renault 97T, both drivers were frontrunners all season. Senna impressed by his qualifying speed, took 7 pole positions, while de Angelis, much more experienced, but slightly less fast over one lap, (but who was?), took one pole only […]

The three impressive Shadow DN4-Chevrolet of Jackie Oliver, George Follmer and Jean-Pierre Jarier (who will not participate in the event) in formation at the Can-Am race held at Watkins Glen in 1974 (picture-above). Oliver and Follmer were dominant and scored a perfect 1-2 for the Phoenix Racing Organisation. The Shadow DN4 is a sports prototype […]

Vittorio Brambilla, a works March driver, gets ready for qualifying, ahead of the 1975 Swedish Formula One Grand Prix, while his team mate, Lella Lombardi, watches on (picture-above). The fast and spectacular Italian is about to take the only pole position of his F1 career, while Lombardi will qualify in 24th…, 4 seconds slower than […]

The racing car constructor March was founded in the summer of 1969 by four partners (Max Mosley, Alan Rees, Graham Coaker and Robin Herd) and their first single-seater, the Formula 3 March 693, was sampled end of September by Ronnie Peterson at Cadwell Park (picture-above). The up-and-coming Swedish hopeful, that one can recognise on the […]

Artist Frank Stella with the BMW Art Car he designed for the 1976 Le Mans 24 Hours (picture above). The car, a BMW 3.0 CSL Turbo was entered by BMW Motorsport and driven by Brian Redman and Peter Gregg was fast, but retired because of an oil leak, early in the race. In 1976 this […]

Nico Rosberg, born 27 June 1985, is a German former racing driver and entrepreneur. He is the 2016 Formula One World Champion and the son of 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg. Nico is underrated by some because he chose not to defend his 2016 title. That was his choice to make and in my view […]

Helmut Marko and Gérard Larrousse in their superb Martini Porsche 917K lead the JWA Gulf Porsche 917K of Siffert-Bell in the opening laps of the 1971 1000 km of Zeltweg (picture above). Helmut Marko will suffer a puncture on lap 122 and will be forced to retire, while Jo Siffert will also retire with a […]

In 1953, Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) won the first ever Argentine Grand Prix from pole, with fastest lap (picture above). Due to President Juan Perón decision to allow free access to the circuit, there was an excessive number of spectators, all wanting to cheer for their hero, local boy Juan Manuel Fangio, and they lined the […]

Bob Wollek and Thierry Boutsen drove their Joest Racing Porsche 956 perfectly and won the 1983 Monza 1000 kms, counting for the World Endurance Championship. Remarkable achievement, because in doing so, they beat the works Rothmans Porsches. After more than 5 hours race, Boutsen who’s about to make his F1 debut with Arrows and Wollek, […]

Daniil Kvyat is sitting in his Toro Rosso STR11 (picture above) ahead of qualifying for the 2016 Austrian Grand Prix held at the Red Bull Ring. It was not a good week-end for the Russian who qualified in 20th position and was forced to retire on lap 2 because of a technical issue. The Russian […]