Here is John Surtees in his Honda R301 in the pits during practice at Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix on June 9, 1968. This Honda is still wingless in a year of F1 experimentation with aerodynamic devices. Chris Amon would put his Ferrari 312 on pole by a stunning four seconds with Surtees back […]
Next Thursday will be 42 years since the famous Ferrari F1 driver Gilles Villeneuve was killed at the Zolder circuit In Belgium during qualifying for the next day’s Belgian Grand Prix. The images on this page were both taken during practice at Zolder before the fatal accident. This race followed two weeks after the San […]
Following their close win, here are the victors of the Le Mans 24 Hours held on June 11-12, 1954. On the left standing behind the wheel is José Froilán González while on his right is his co-driver Maurice Trintignant. Trintignant has obviously been out of the car for the last stint as he looks recently […]
Here is a very special new Ferrari having been prepared for its first race, the Mille Miglia on May 4, 1952. It is now the day before the start at the scrutineering in the Piazza Vittoria in Brescia. This one-of-a-kind Ferrari is a 250 Sport which has a new 3 liter V12 and will score […]
On the back of the Nordschleife at the Nürburgring is a famous jump where truly powerful and fast cars can really take off. Here is one such, a Porsche 908 during the 1000km. race on May 19, 1968. This 908 wa being driven by Jo Siffert and Vic Elford. They would be victorious in this […]
Here is Nelson Piquet having a bit of a light moment in downtown Long Beach during the United States Grand Prix West on March 30, 1980 with his Brabham BT49. This race was an opportunity for the normally-aspirated Ford-Cosworth-powered Brabhams to make up ground on the turbo Renault RE20 with which René Arnoux had won […]
Here is Lord Selsdon (actually Patrick Peter McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson, the second Baron Selsdon) in his Ferrari 166 MM after winning the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 26, 1949. Selsdon had driven numerous times at Brooklands in the prewar years and had also driven at Le Mans in 1938 and again in 1939, finishing fourth […]
Practice is about to start from the pits along the harbor front at Monte Carlo before the Monaco Grand Prix which will take place on May 22,1955. It will be quite a fierce contest with teams from Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia and Mercedes-Benz to take part, among others. Above we see the Lancia D50 which will […]
This is Juan Manuel Fangio diving a lightweight Maserati 250F at the French Grand Prix on the public road circuit of Reims-Gueux on July 6, 1958. Fangio had earned the World Championship five times with four different manufacturers, most recently with Maserati in 1957. In this photograph he is accelerating out of the Thillois hairpin […]
This is a truly famous Maserati – the 8CM built for Whitney Straight, an American living in England. Here it is seen at a speed trials event at Luton Hoo in England on October 9, 1949 on a course of just about 1.5 miles. The course was over a private road on the Luton Hoo […]
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