Tag Archives: Ferrari
42 Years Ago
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 […]
The Ferrari Victors
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 […]
The Other Driver
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 […]
Searching for Speed
In the years before aerodynamics were “discovered” for racing cars. streamlining was often thought as being the way to go for greater speed. Here are two examples as tried in practice at the French Grand Prix which would take place on July 1, 1956 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. Above is one such trial of a […]
The Ferrari Team
We are in the pits at the Monsanto Park Circuit near Lisbon, Portugal for the running of the Portuguese Grand Prix on August 23, 1959. On the left in the photo is Phil Hill with Cavaliere Luigi Bazzi in the mechanic’s overalls next to him, then Ferrari’s head engineer Carlo Chiti and driver Dan Gurney. […]
The Last Mille Miglia
In keeping with the new film “Ferrari” now in theaters here is the winner to be of what will become the last Mille Miglia on May 12, 1957. The driver is the “Silver Fox” Piero Taruffi. driving alone over roads with which he was deeply familiar, having already competed in this difficult race 13 times […]
A Famous Pair of Brothers
In the earliest days of Ferrari the nascent company had several important customers whose purchase of Ferrari racing and sports cars ensured the company’s early survival. Two of these supporting customers were the brothers Gabriele (at the left) and Soave Besana. They are sitting on an upgraded Ferrari type 166 ex-works car, one of two […]
Chris Amon and March
Here we have Chris Amon in a superb photo during the Canadian Grand Prix on September 20, 1970 at Circuit Mont-Tremblant-St. Jovite (as it was then known), north of Montreal. “Le Circuit” as it has been known locally is very demanding over its 2.65 mile lap with a considerable elevation change. Amon was driving a […]
Ferraris at Monza
Here we are at Monza on June 8, 1952 before the start of the Gran Premio dell’Autodromo di Monza. which was run for two liter racing cars under the Formula 2 regulations. The Ferrari team of 500F2s is lined up in the pits. The farthest away, n. 20, will be assigned to Giuseppe “Nino” Farina who […]
Here is Gilles Villeneuve
Here is Gilles Villeneuve at Interlagos, the twisty yet very fast circuit in Sao Paulo Brazil which had been renamed the Autodromo José Carlos Pace in honor of the Brazilian F1 driver who had been killed in a small plane crash near Sao Paulo three years before. This would be the Brazilian Grand Prix, the […]
Klemantaski Collection 