2020 Archives - LEGENDS by GrandPrix247

Aguri Suzuki: Mistake for Honda to stop F1 at the end of 2008

February 12, 2021

With Honda pulling out of Formula 1 for yet another time, it is telling to look back when the Japanese auto-giant dropped the ball at the end of 2008. Former F1 driver and team owner Aguri Suzuki believes th...

Lawrence Stroll: The F1 grid is the right place for Aston Martin

Lawrence Stroll: F1 grid is the right place for Aston Martin

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January 6, 2021

Grand Prix, Latest Updates

Aston Martin is known worldwide for its high-profile successes in sports car racing. A famous outright win at Le Mans and a third consecutive victory at the Nürburgring 1,000km saw Aston Martin crowned World...

Forgotten Legends: Ferrari 312/68 on a wing and a prayer

Michele Lupini

January 1, 2021

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Jacky Ickx made it fly, but Forgheiri's winged masterpiece deserved so much more Formula 1 stood on the threshold of an incredible decade in 1968. With rear-engined cars already the norm it was also a sad t...

125 Years of motorsport history by Mercedes-Benz

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September 4, 2020

Latest Updates, Sports & GT

After the impressive anniversary celebrating 125 years of Motorsport at Mercedes-Benz last year, the brand continues to celebrate further outstanding #racing moments from its history in 2020. The highlig...

Today in Racing: 7 June

Michele Lupini

June 7, 2020

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The seventh of June has played host to four grands prix over the years. Starting in Holland 1953, Alberto Ascari beat Ferrari 500 teammate Luigi Villoresi and José Froilán González’ Maserati at Zandvoort...

Today in Racing: 4 May

Michele Lupini

May 4, 2020

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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, ...

Formula Easter, from Russia with love

Sam Tomlinson

April 12, 2020

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Have you ever heard of Formula Easter? Probably not – most people haven’t. Formula Easter was Russia’s very own racing series –- and no, we’re talking about the good old USS of R – CCCP, Communist Cold War ...

On this day: First ever Mercedes race, Jenson vs Jacques etc etc

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February 17, 2020

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On 17 February 1901, the first car named Mercedes, made by Daimler, was debuted at the Circuit du Sud-OuestFrance in the hands of Maurice Farman who recorded his first racing victory, winning in a 24-hp Pan...

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