Today in Racing: 7 May
A busy and, sadly, tragic day in racing history when Denny Hulme‘s 1967 Monaco Grand Prix victory for Brabham-Repco over Graham Hill Lotus-BRM and Chris Amon came under a cloud as Amon’s Ferrari teammate Lo...
Today in Racing: 5 May
Limited fuel allowances saw to a bizarre 1985 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola when Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson drove from 15th to lead the race before running out of fuel, before first man home Alain Pro...
Today in Racing: 4 May
Such was Jackie Stewart’s domination in Ken Tyrrell’s Matra-Cosworth MS80S, that the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuich Park was one of two where the winner ever finished two laps ahead of the runner-up, ...
Today in Racing: 3 May
Nelson Piquet’s Brabham BMW overcame long time race leader Didier Pironi’s ailing Ferrari to win the first world championship San Marino Grand Prix at Imola in 1981.
Six years later, Nigel Mansell drove ...
Today in Racing: 1 May
A black day in the middle of a tragic week in race history, 1 May is the day in 1994 three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna died aged 34 during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix in Imola.
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Today in Racing: 29 April
Emerson Fittipaldi drove a great race to climb from seventh on the grid to win the Spanish Grand Prix in his Lotus 72E Cosworth on this day 1973.
He won by 42 seconds from Francois Cevert’s Tyrrell and G...
Today in Racing: 28 April
Niki Lauda took his first world championship win driving a Ferrari 312B3 at the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix on 28 April 1974.
He beat teammate Clay Regazzoni and archrival Emerson Fittipaldi’s McLaren M23 Co...
Red Mist: Privileged memories, halcyon daze…
Taken on Tuesday 20 February 1979 on the first afternoon of that year’s Kyalami Formula 1 test, this image appeared on page 3 of the next morning’s Rand Daily Mail.
This was the first time anyone had eve...
Flashback: When Formula 1 lost big on a Las Vegas gamble
Formula 1 guru Michele Lupini considers the problems afflicting the prospect of a Miami Grand Prix and compares the shenanigans to the time Formula 1 ran races in Las Vegas - in a huge car park in 1981 and ...