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After completing his National Service, François Cevert, now 19 years old, performed a training at the Le Mans racing school, before enrolling the Winfield Racing School at Magny-Cours. There, he won the Volant Shell scholarship, which first prize was an Alpine Formula 3. His first season in F3, at the wheel of his prize Alpine […]

At the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen benefited from the problems of teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa to become Formula One’s 100th winner. Ecstatic he declared: “It’s fantastic. It’s a great moment for me. It has been a moment I have been targeting for many years now. Since I eyed […]

Hungaroring 1993. The two Williams-Renaults took the front row of the grid, with Alain Prost on pole ahead of Damon Hill, then Schumacher (Benetton), Senna (McLaren), Patrese (Benetton) and Berger (Ferrari). Prost stalled on the parade lap, and had to start from the back and later lost several laps due to a faulty rear wing. […]

Belgian Thierry Boutsen got his big chance, when he signed a two-year contract with the Benetton Formula One Team. For the 1987 season, his team mate was Italian Teo Fabi. Picture above: Thierry Boutsen (black helmet) and Teo Fabi, parked next to each other, in their Rory Byrne-designed Benetton B187-Ford. This car, despite some reliability […]

A huge crowd gathered (picture above) around the 22,810 kilometres of the great Nordschleife, for the 1966 1000 km of the Nürburgring. It was round 6 of the World Sportscar Championship. Picture above: Jochen Rindt and Nino Vaccarella, Porsche 906-8, were forced to retire because of a broken clutch, at the 1000 km of the […]

“The third annual “International Race of Champions” is on. Once again, in four fascinating events spread widely across the country and the calendar, 12 of the world’s winningest drivers are competing in 12 identical cars, identically prepared. A true test of driving skill.” Picture above and from left to right: Benny Parsons, Brian Redman, James […]

Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren, picture above, shared a Ford GT40 at the 12 Hours of Sebring 1965. They finished second, four laps behind the Chaparral 2A-Chevrolet of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. Due to his great skill and talent, both as a driver and mechanical engineer, Ken Miles was a significant member of the […]

The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car engineered by Nicola Materazzi, with styling by Pininfarina. As the successor of the 288 GTO (also imagined and engineered by Materazzi), it was designed to celebrate Ferrari’s 40th anniversary and was the last Ferrari car personally approved by Enzo Ferrari (picture above), who died in 1988. […]

Picture above: David Hobbs, one of the most versatile drivers in racing history, en route to 2nd, in his F5000 Surtees-Chevy TS5A, at Sebring in 1970 (picture taken by Harry Hurst). David Hobbs, born 9 June 1939, is a British former racing driver and TV commentator for CBS. In 1971, he was SCCA and F5000 […]

Andy Granatelli (1923-2013) was an American businessman from Dallas Texas, most prominent as the CEO of the STP oil treatment company as well as a major figure in automobile racing in the US. He was the owner of the car (in STP livery) driven to victory at the 1969 Indianapolis 500 by American legend Mario […]