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Bernard Darniche and Jean Ragnotti, two versatile French drivers with impressive rallying records, here at the wheel of their Rondeau M379, finished fifth overall and first in GTP at the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 1975 German Grand Prix was held at the 22.8-kilometre Nürburgring circuit on 3 August 1975.The race was won by Argentinian Carlos Reutemann driving a Brabham BT44B, his first win of the season. Reutemann won by a massive 1 minute and 37 seconds over the Williams FW04 of French driver Jacques Laffite. I am often asked: what is it […]

Mark Blundell is a British racing driver who competed in Formula 1, in sports cars, and in the American CART series. He won the 1992 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing a works Peugeot 905 Evo 1B with Derek Warwick and Yannick Dalmas (picture below). Blundell drove in Formula 1 for 4 seasons: for Brabham, Ligier, […]

In a fascinating and well organised ballet, like a perfect counter shot, Ferrari and Porsche had presented their new sports cars, respectively in the autumn of 1969, to the inspectors of the CSI (Commission Sportive Internationale): the 512S and the 917. Twenty five of each were built, to respect the homologation criteria and were going […]

While driving for the Porsche factory in endurance racing, Jo Siffert pursued his Formula One career. In 1970, Porsche bankrolled Siffert’s seat in a March Engineering F1 car, since the German company did not wish to lose one of their lead drivers to rival Ferrari. Picture above: Jo Siffert, in the March factory with co-founder, engineer Robin […]

The spectacular Shadow cars, contenders in the Can-Am series since a few seasons, finally harvested well deserved laurels in 1974: Jackie Oliver won the championship in front of team-mate George Follmer, with a historical 1-2 for the DN4’s on the beautiful Road America race track at Elkhart Lake. It should be said that the monstrous […]

Traffic jam of champions, at the 1978 US Formula 1 GP West held in the streets of Long Beach, California (picture above). The two Ferraris 312T3 of Reutemann (#11) and Villeneuve (#12), battle for position in the early stages of the race in the breaking zone, with the Brabhams BT46-Alfa of Watson (#2) and Lauda […]

George Russell stormed to a maiden Formula 1 pole position by producing a sensational lap in Q3 for the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix, and beat the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz by 0.044s. Very impressive all season, with four podiums and a series of strong point finishes, Russell always kept his cool in a season that for […]

Unusual, to say the least. Have a good look at the picture above: Yes, it is indeed the great Ayrton Senna, recognising the Hungaroring in a modest Lada, ahead of the 1986 Hungarian Formula 1 Grand Prix. It was the first-ever Formula One race to be held behind the Iron Curtain. The race was notable […]

Philippe Alliot, born 27 July 1954, is a former racing driver from France, who participated in Formula One from 1984 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1994. He raced for RAM, Ligier, Larrousse and McLaren, entered a total of 116 Formula 1 Grand Prix (109 starts) and scored 7 career points. Picture above: Philippe Alliot […]