Bruno Giacomelli moved into Formula 2 in 1977, working in close relationship with Robin Herd and the March factory team. He was instantly fast. He managed to score three F2 wins and finished fifth in the championship. He also made his Formula One debut in a third works McLaren M23-Cosworth at Monza, retiring with an […]
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Dancing in the rain
Patrick Depailler stayed with the ELF Team Tyrrell, while Jody Scheckter moved to Wolf for the 1977 Formula One season, and Swede Ronnie Peterson was brought in to replace him. Tyrrell persevered with the six-wheeler concept, building three new cars, the P34/2, an evolution of the 1976 model. However, Goodyear were unable (and were not […]
Arturo Merzario, 1977
Arturo Merzario, born 11 March 1943, is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 85 Formula One Grand Prix. He scored 11 championship points (when only the first six drivers scored). He’s pictured here, without his famous Marlboro hat that became his signature look, superb picture by Ercole Colombo, at the Austrian Grand […]
Piquet in Super V
Born Nelson Sautomaior, on August 17, 1952, he used his mother’s surname Piquet to hide his early racing adventures from his disapproving parents. His father, a prominent Brazilian government minister, had been a regional tennis champion and when Nelson showed early promise in that sport he was encouraged to pursue it. At 12 he was […]
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951), turns 70 today. He is a German racing driver who has competed and excelled in Formula One, in endurance racing, in touring cars and in many other categories. He scored two podiums in Formula One in 1977 while driving for Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham (picture above) and won the 24 Hours of […]
Alex Dias Ribeiro
Alex Dias Ribeiro (born November 7, 1948) is a former racing driver from Belo Horizonte in Brazil. Very fast in the European Formula 2 Championship in a March, he was unlucky to move up to Formula One in 1977, when Max Mosley (team owner of the March team) hired four drivers, but couldn’t provide these with […]
Gunnar Nilsson’s day
For the 1977 season, Lotus retained Swede Gunnar Nilsson alongside Mario Andretti and the pair worked on developing the new ground-effect Lotus 78 imagined by Colin Chapman and Peter Wright. At the Belgian Grand Prix held at Zolder, seventh round of the season, Andretti took pole with a massive 1.5 sec advantage on John Watson […]
Carlos, Niki and Ferrari
For the 1977 season, Ferrari opted to continue with the now fully recovered Niki Lauda and have Argentinian Carlos Reutemann (picture above) replacing Clay Regazzoni, who moved on to the Ensign team. In the first two races of the season, Reutemann finished third in Argentina and scored a superb win in Brazil, outdriving Lauda and […]
Emilio de Villota
Emilio de Villota Ruíz is a former racing driver from Madrid in Spain. He entered 15 Formula One Grand Prix between 1976 and 1982, succeeding to qualify twice only. He failed to score a point. Using a regulation that allowed the participation of private teams or drivers who could afford to purchase a car and […]
Loris Kessel
Loris Kessel (1950-2010) was a racing driver from Lugano, Switzerland. He participated in six Formula One Grand Prix in 1976 and 1977. He did not score any point. In 1976, he drove a Brabham for the RAM racing team, and in 1977 he drove his own Williams-based Apollon (photo here under), but this race car […]