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Keke Rosberg, born on December 6, 1948, is a Finnish former racing driver who, after excelling in Formula Super Vee and Formula 2, raced in Formula One from 1978 to 1986 for the Theodore, ATS, Wolf, Fittipaldi, Williams, and McLaren teams. Rosberg won the World Drivers’ Championship in 1982 with Williams and won a total […]

Anny Charlotte Verney sits confidently on the front wing of her Porsche 911 Carrera RS, which she shares with Yvette Fontaine and Corinne Tarnaud, before the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans. This all-female crew will finish 11th overall and 2nd in the GT class. The Frenchwoman, born on May 17, 1943, is a former […]

Ayrton Senna da Silva, a young Brazilian prodigy, carries his kart with the help of his mechanic, before the 1982 World Karting Championship, held in Kalmar, Sweden (photo above). Ayrton Senna recalled his karting years: “I started racing with karting. And it’s a discipline that I love. It’s the most breathtaking sport in the world. […]

Poignant. Riccardo Paletti appears distracted (pictured above) during the drivers’ briefing before the start of the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Around him, wearing helmets, we recognize Elio de Angelis, Raul Boesel, Mauro Baldi and Roberto Guerrero. Riccardo Paletti was the son of a Milanese entrepreneur who had made his fortune in real estate. […]

Danny Sullivan, pictured above, driving the March 827 Chevy entered by Paul Newman in the Mosport round of the 1982 Can-Am Championship. The American will finish second behind Al Unser Jr. in his Galles Racing Frisbee GR2-Chevy. The March 827, a sports prototype for the 1982 Can-Am Championship, was powered by a mid-mounted, naturally aspirated […]

Mario Andretti made a surprise return to Formula 1 driving one of the Williams FW07Ds at the 1982 United States Grand Prix West, held on the streets of Long Beach, California. Indeed, exactly five days after the previous round in Brazil, Carlos Reutemann announced his retirement with immediate effect, to the great surprise of his […]

The first-ever Detroit Grand Prix in 1982 was an often chaotic but highly memorable event, as Formula 1 got its lucrative second race in the United States (sounds familiar, isn’t it?) – a late replacement for Watkins Glen – to complement Long Beach, way out west. John Watson remembers: “My colleagues turned up at the […]

The farewell to Formula 1 of Mario Andretti took place in Las Vegas in 1982 in a Ferrari 126C2, a nice symbol for the little boy who had discovered racing during the 1954 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, while admiring his idol Alberto Ascari, a Ferrari driver. After 25, not always complete, seasons in Grand […]

Wins in the Italian Formula Three championship and a European Formula Three championship crown in 1980, five wins between the two series, paved the way for Michele Alboreto’s entrance into Formula One with the Tyrrell team. At the age of 24, Alboreto made his Formula One debut at the 1981 San Marino Grand Prix for […]