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The 1973 Italian Grand Prix was held at Monza on 9 September 1973. It was race 13 of 15 in both drivers’ and constructors’ F1 championships. The 55-lap race was won from pole position by Ronnie Peterson, driving a Lotus 72, with teammate Emerson Fittipaldi, a close second. Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Ford 006 (picture above), suffered […]

Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing have dominated this 2022 Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit. No one is better placed than team principal Christian Horner, to analyse their race: “The pace that we had with both Max and Checo was enough to easily pass Carlos and bring home probably one of the […]

No debate about track limits back in 1939, on the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps… If you went off in this corner, the Eau Rouge, you would most probably end much lower and in a very bad shape. No way to pass flat out, like nowadays, it was wise not to try anything silly there. Picture above: […]

Guy Ligier (picture above) had good reasons to feel confident that his two drivers, Patrick Depailler and Jacques Laffite, will perform well during the 1979 Formula One season. It was the first time, since he launched the Ligier F1 team in 1976, that Guy secured enough budget, mainly from cigarette brand Gitanes and petroleum company […]

After 10 years of partnership with F1i and countless Grand Prix attended as an accredited journalist, I now, for the third straight year, have the pleasure to being accredited, as chief editor of the the Human Side of Racing, by the FIA. Being inside the paddock, permits me to better evaluate what’s going on, on […]

Brazilian racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi (75), won the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix at twice: in 1972 in a Lotus 72 and in 1974 in a McLaren M23, on the circuit of Nivelles. Funnily enough, the great champion never raced at Spa-Francorchamps. Yesterday, before the start of the Grand Prix week-end, he discovered the track […]

The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps on 7 June 1970 and was won by Pedro Rodriguez. It was Rodriguez’s second and last victory in Formula One and BRM’s first victory since Jackie Stewart won the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. The race also saw the F1 debut of Italian Ignazio Giunti, who finished […]

The 1973 1000 km of Spa was marked by the fantastic duel between Matra and Ferrari but won by Gulf Mirage (thanks to better reliability) and Henri Pescarolo (picture above) set a record lap of 3.13.4 (only marginally beaten by Jacky Ickx during practice). Since that day, his average speed of 262 km/h has never […]

The 1958 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix was raced at Spa-Francorchamps and was won by British driver Tony Brooks in a Vanwall. It was Brooks first solo Grand Prix victory after his car won the 1957 British Grand Prix in a shared drive with Stirling Moss. Brooks finished 20 seconds ahead of fellow Briton Mike Hawthorn (picture […]

The 1974 German Formula 1 Grand Prix was held at the Nürburgring on 4 August 1974. The race was won by Clay Regazzoni driving a Ferrari 312B3. The Swiss ace led every lap on the way to his second Grand Prix victory, some four years after his debut win at the 1970 Italian Grand Prix, also in a […]