Richie Ginther rounds La Source in the BRM 57 with which he finished fourth, in terrible, wet conditions. The Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, June 9, 1963. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203) 968-2970 E-mail: klemcoll@aol.com • Web site: www.klemcoll.com
In an era when Lewis Hamilton and Sebastien Vettel brook no challenge from team mates and examples of ‘win at all costs’ dirty driving by, for example, Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher suggest the concept of sporting behavior has arguably disappeared from top line racing. But it wasn’t always like this. Right from the start...
Jaguar’s famed test driver, race driver and engineer Norman Dewis has passed away at the age of 98. Dewis enjoyed a 33-year career at Jaguar, logging more than a million test miles, and is widely regarded as England’s foremost test driver. He developed many of the marque’s most famous models, including the Le Mans-winning C- and D-Types, as well as the exquisite E-Type. He also set a land speed record of 172.412 mph with an XK120 on Belgium’s Jabbeke Highway in 1953. While predominantly a valuable test driver for Jaguar, Dewis did race for the Coventry manufacturer as well, including co-driving…
1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for the first time (1973). 3 Ligier F1 driver Patrick Depailler is seriously injured in a hang glider crash (1979). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FINaXgYLO_8 6 Jim Clark makes his Lotus F1 championship debut in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. His race ends on lap 42 with...
One of the great iconic names in motorsport Scuderia Ferrari – the most successful team in the history of Formula 1 – turns 90 in 2019. An anniversary that the Ferrari Museum in Maranello has decided to mark with a major celebratory exhibition. Founded in Modena on November 16, 1929, by Enzo Ferrari who understood the potential of gentlemen drivers to deliver great racing performances, Scuderia Ferrari has written many of the most unforgettable chapters in motorsport. The team, which began using Alfa Romeo cars, was first known as Società Anonima Scuderia Ferrari. It quickly sped to prominence on both…
Formula One designer and March Engineering co-founder Robin Herd has passed away at the age of 80. After graduating from Oxford university with degrees in engineering and physics, Herd went to work in the British aerospace industry, where he initially worked on the supersonic Concorde project. However, by 1965, the racing bug had taken over and Herd accepted an offer to go to work for Bruce McLaren, where one of his first projects was the design of the 1966 M2A/M2B Formula One car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zsgWyFgjAw After several years with McLaren, Herd left to go to work at Cosworth on the engine…
Photo Gallery from the 2019 Indianapolis 500 Legends Day and Historic Pre-Race Laps, May 25–26.
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Is it possible to see genius ? Yes, you can see it in the trail of genius that Fangio left behind while winning his fifth World Championship at the “Green Hell”, Nürburgring (170 curves spread along 22 kilometers), in 1957. He achieved what is considered by many to be his greatest victory. Fangio decided to start with a half tank of fuel in his Maserati 250F, thus being faster but needing a pit stop. He got to the pits at lap 13, with 30-secs advantage but the stop was a disaster: the mechanic lost the left rear wheel nut and…
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior regulations defined the cars as...
This week, Maserati celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Maserati 8CTF’s fantastic win at the Indianapolis 500. On Sunday May 30, 1939, the Maserati 8CTF, driven by 27-year-old Warren Wilbur Shaw, crossed the line first after a race lasting 4 hours and 20 minutes at an average speed of over 115 miles (equivalent to 185 km) per hour. Even today, Indiana-born Wilbur Shaw is still one of the 5 most successful drivers in the history of the Indianapolis race, with 3 victories (1937, 1939 and 1940, the last two at the wheel of an 8CTF) and 3 second places (1933,…