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Monaco 1972. Jacky Ickx is feeling confident, minutes before the start of the race. He qualified second behind Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus) and feels good in his Ferrari 312B2. Heavy rain in the race, and nobody, even ‘Rain Master’ Ickx, could match Jean-Pierre Beltoise in one of the BRM’s. The Belgian finished second, 38 sec behind the winner, […]

John Love (1924-2005) was a Rhodesian (nowadays Zimbabwe) racing driver. He participated in 10 Formula 1 Grand Prix, achieving one podium at the 1967 South African Grand Prix in a Cooper-Climax, and scored a total of six championship points. Dave Charlton (1936-2013) was a racing driver from South Africa. He participated in 13 World Championship […]

Graham Hill is the only driver who’s earned the nearly impossible “Triple Crown” of motorsport: winning the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix. By the time he retired, he’d won the nickname “Mr Monaco” by winning the race five times, a record later only beaten by Ayrton […]

‘Always missed, never forgotten.’ François Cevert was a French racing driver born in Paris, who competed in 47 Formula One Grand Prix for the ELF Team Tyrrell, achieving one win, 13 podium finishes and 89 career points. He was a fantastic character, loved by everyone in the paddock. Sadly, he was killed on the 6th […]

Alain Peltier, born 30 November 1948, here at the Coupes de Spa 1972, where he finishes second in his Precision Liégeoise-entered BMW 2800 CS, was a Belgian racing driver, essentially in touring cars and in sports-prototypes. His career spanned from 1971 to 1983, during which he was mostly seen in BMWs, but also in a […]

F1: twice finished as championship runner-up, 1969-1970. 8 wins – 25 podiums – 13 pole positions, 14 fastest laps – 181 points. Endurance : twice world endurance champion, 50 + victories. 6 times winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Canam champion 1979.