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Damon Hill, the 1996 Formula One World Champion talks about Ayrton Senna: “Ayrton was on a mission, wholeheartedly committed into giving himself completely to his profession. The fact that he never offered anything other than his absolute best incurred greater risk, and he knew that.” Damon adds: “So indeed, I believe he was one of […]

Long before he, so successfully, managed the promotion and development of the Formula 1, Bernard Charles Ecclestone was a racing driver. In the beginning of the 50s, Bernie was seen in F3 races in a Cooper Jap 500cc at Brands Hatch (picture-above) and elsewhere. He would never really shine at the wheel, but thrived instead […]

The Équipe Matra-Simca Shell was the clear favourite for victory in the 1972 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The French team, well decided to win the legendary race, fielded four new 670’s. Competition came mainly from the works Autodelta Alfa’s 33/TT/3. Picture above: Henri Pescarolo in the #15 Matra 670, is leading […]

Again, Ferrari was the dominant marque in the 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans, with 18 entries – the biggest representation from any marque at a Le Mans. The Scuderia Ferrari had bounced back from the turmoil at the end of 1961, when their chief designer Carlo Chiti led a walkout of key staff from […]

In 1969 François Cevert participated in his first F1 Grand Prix in this F2 Tecno on the difficult Nürburgring track, a great opportunity to fly over the famous hills, four wheels in the air, at Flugplatz or Pflanzgarten. Sixteenth on the grid, Cevert was second fastest of the F2 cars, behind the Matra of Johnny Servoz-Gavin, […]

During the 1974 US Grand Prix held at Watkins Glen, 15th round of the FIA F1 World Championship, Australian Tim Schenken, driving for John Player Special Team Lotus, was disqualified from the race as he “entered the race illegally”. Ian Hubbard remembers: “Driving a one-off race for Lotus to test the ill-fated and modified Lotus […]

After some thought, Nelson Piquet, reluctantly left Brabham at the end of 1985, after seven seasons and two world championships (1981 and 1983) under his belt. The Brazilian, convinced that the Williams-Honda was the package to have, and attracted by a 3.3m$ per year contract, largely paid by Honda, a record at the time, joined […]

1971 Daytona 24 Hours. This is the Siffert-Bell Gulf Porsche 917 that failed to finish. On the left, one can recognise Derek Bell about to take his turn at the wheel, after Jo Siffert started the race. You can tell this is the first pitstop for this car by the Saturday sunset, the fact that […]

The 1968 German Grand Prix was held at the Nürburgring on 4 August 1968 in extremely wet and foggy conditions, and Scottish driver Jackie Stewart, racing with a broken wrist, won the race by a margin of four minutes in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest victories in the history of Formula One. […]

Winner of the 1972 Monte-Carlo Rally in a Lancia Fulvia HF, Sandro Munari is recruited, a few months later, by the Scuderia Ferrari to partner Arturo Merzario, at the wheel of their 312PB on the tricky Targa Florio roads in Sicily. The “Circuit Piccolo delle Madonie” can be compared to a long rallye special stage […]