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When the great Giacomo Agostini stepped away from two-wheels racing to try his luck into four-wheels racing, he fell from his pedestal. After a timid experience in Formula 2 in 1978, he moved into F1 the next year at the wheel of a Marlboro-livered Williams FW06 with which he entered the Dino Ferrari Grand Prix at Imola […]

For the 1974 Formula One season, Enzo Ferrari signed popular Swiss Clay Regazzoni, who had been at the Scuderia from 1970 to 1972, and young Austrian Niki Lauda, who had shown great potential at BRM, the previous season. It was a turn-around year for Ferrari. Mauro Forghieri was back leading the design department, and his […]

We all sadly remember the first of May 1994. The death of Ayrton Senna, arguably the greatest driver of them all, reminds us violently of the beauty of life and its great fragility. We are also reminded how everything can be over, in a split second. Picture above: Ayrton Senna walks back to the pits, […]

Strong showing for the Waterloo Motors Gitanes team, that entered two, well-driven BMW’s 528i, in the 1982 24 Hours of Spa. French F1 driver Jean-Pierre Jarier, famous actor-racer Jean-Louis Trintignant and Belgian F3000 racer Thierry Tassin, finished second, three laps down. The second car, driven by Cudini, Regout and Peltier, ended the race in fifth. […]

Didier Pironi rose swiftly to the summits of motorsport. He became Formula France champion in 1974, taking the Formula  Renault championship in 1976 and winning the prestigious Monaco Formula 3 Grand Prix in 1977. Pironi then signed for Team Tyrrell for the 1978 F1 season- picture above with Ken Tyrrell – and made his debut […]

The 1959 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Longford Circuit in Tasmania, Australia on 2 March 1959. The race, which had 13 starters, was won by Australian Stan Jones, driving a Maserati. Journalist Matt Bishop, like us, very much appreciates this picture above: “If you love racing, you’ll love […]

Danny Ongais submitting the Interscope Porsche 935 to his will. He, Hurley Haywood and Ted Field won the 1979 Rolex 24 at Daytona by… 49 laps! The Hawaiian, nicknamed “Danny-on-gas”, confirmed his legend; his driving always spectacular, always on the limit, as seen here-above. The 1979 24 Hours of Daytona were the first round of […]

The 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans took place on 22 and 23 June. Favourites for the overall victory were: Jaguar, Peugeot and Sauber Mercedes, with Porsche and Mazda as outsiders. Picture above, from left to right: Michael Schumacher, Karl Wendlinger (partially hidden), both not yet F1 drivers, Fritz Kreutzpointer, Jochen Mass, Alain Ferté and […]

Mauricio Gugelmin took part in both Formula One and Champ Car series. The Brazilian participated in 80 Formula One Grand Prix, debuting in 1988 for the March team. He achieved one podium, at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, where he took a fine third. Picture above: Mauricio Gugelmin, in the 1990 Formula 1 Leyton House Judd […]

Gilles Villeneuve, jumps out of the Lancia Montecarlo that carried him around the track for the drivers’ parade, at the 1981 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. The Canadian delighted the tifosi by putting his Ferrari, in an extraordinary effort on pole, 0.7s quicker than Reutemann in his Williams, and no less than 1.34 sec […]