Raul Boesel, born 4 December 1957, is a Brazilian former racing driver who studied engineering, became a show jumper, then went racing. He raced in Formula One for the March and Ligier teams without much success in 1982 and 1983, but became World Sports Car Champion in 1987, was third in the 1989 Indy 500 […]
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Alboreto, early years
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 […]
Thackwell, F2 sensation
Mike Thackwell’s debut in a Tyrrell was unsuccessful; he returned to Formula Two in 1981. He was still considered to be one of stars of the future and was signed by Ralt to partner Geoff Lees. After winning the International Trophy at Silverstone, and a third place at Hockenheim, he suffered a massive testing accident […]
Désiré at Indy
Désiré Wilson in an Eagle 81-Cosworth at the Indy 500 in 1982 thanks to Teddy Yip and his Theodore Racing (picture-above). The car proved very unreliable, but after a few laps in the Rookie test, she was granted the possibility to attempt to qualify for the race, but didn’t succeed to do so. Desiré Wilson […]
David Kennedy
David Kennedy from Ireland entered 7 Grand Prix in 1980, with the underfunded Shadow team and was unable to qualify its uncompetitive DN11. But he was successful in an ex-Jody Scheckter Wolf WR3 in the Aurora AFX British F1 series and won his class at Le Mans 3 times for Mazda.
Tambay and Andretti delight the tifosi
Patrick Tambay is sitting in his Ferrari 126C2 minutes before the start of the 1982 Italian Grand Prix held on the Autodrómo Nazionale di Monza. Tambay has qualified in 3rd and is confident for the race, but the sensation of qualifying is his team mate Mario Andretti who, to the delight of the tifosi, put […]
Riccardo Paletti
Riccardo Paletti (1958-1982) was an Italian racing driver born in Milan and son of a Milanese entrepreneur who had built his fortune as a real estate developper, and amongst a number of business interests, was the importer for Pioneer audio equipment in Italy. After a modest Formula 3 campaign in 1979, two fifth place finishes […]
Jacques Villeneuve Sr.
Jacques-Joseph Villeneuve, born 4 November 1953 in Berhierville, Québec, is a former Canadian racing driver. He’s the brother of the regretted Gilles Villeneuve, and the uncle of 1997 Formula One World Champion, Jacques Villeneuve. He tried, without succeeding, to qualify for three F1 races. Just like Gilles, he first thrives in snowmobile races, but decides […]
Agitated or just cold?
Andrea de Cesaris, very much of a Marlboro man thanks to his fathers’ connections with the American brand, switched back to Alfa Romeo in 1982. He’s seen here-above quite agitated (or was he just cold) while well-known ex-Ferrari mechanic Ermanno Cuoghi attends his car. Again, the Italian showed his one-lap speed when he became the […]
More than any American
Eddie Cheever’s iconic helmet on the side-pot of his Ligier JS17B-Matra, he was driving during the 1982 Formula One season (picture-above). The American, raised in Italy, participated in 143 Formula One races, more than any other American, driving for nine different teams from 1978 through 1989. In 1996, he formed his own IRL team, Team […]