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POV: Lafitte in a Williams was my first Autosport cover

A flashback to my first Autosport cover photo published back in 1984, as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesburg, living 15-minutes from Kyalami, venue of the South African Grand Prix on 20 occasions - I attended my first one there...

- Gilles Villeneuve al volante della 312 T3 in occasione di prove a Fiorano.- (probabilmente nel gennaio '79)

Today in Racing: 8 May

Yet another tragic day in racing when, in 1982, Gilles Villeneuve died aged 32 following a high-speed accident in Formula 1 qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. In other Grands Prix on this day, Mario Andretti’s Lotus-Cosworth won...

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Today in Racing: 7 May

A busy and, sadly, tragic day in Formula 1 and 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 Lorenzo Bandini fought...

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Alfa Romeo ‘owned’ Formula 1 from day one

The bond between Alfa Romeo and Formula 1 is inscribed in the history of Grand Prix #racing: Alfa Romeo won the Grand Prix Championship in the inaugural edition of Formula 1 in 1950, with Nino Farina on board an Alfa...

Racing Royalty: Prince Bira of Siam

Racing Royalty: Prince Bira of Siam

The phrase ‘Racing Royalty’ could be interpreted two different ways. Looking at royalty in a literal sense through the array of drivers affiliated with nobility and beyond, or as racing legends such as Senna and Schumacher and their vast influence...

Today in Racing: 29 May

Today in Racing: 29 May

Over the years 29 May has been another busy day of racing on both sides of the pond, with F1 races literally across the globe and several Indy 500s over the years. Stirling Moss took an historic 1960 Monaco victory...

Today in Racing: 28 May

Today in Racing: 28 May

There were four Grands Prix over the years on 28 May, each of them won by a multiple world champion. The first was the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix that Ayrton Senna won driving a McLaren-Honda from Riccardo Patrese’s Williams-Renault and...

Today in Racing: 27 May

Today in Racing: 27 May

27 May was a busy day both in Formula 1 and at the Indy 500 over the years, starting with Juan Manuel Fangio’s Alfa Romeo won the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten from Piero Taruffi’s Ferrari and Nino Farina...

Today in Racing: 26 May

Today in Racing: 26 May

Stirling Moss’ Vanwall dominated the 1958 Dutch Grand Prix from the BRMs of Harry Schell and Jean Behra, but 26 May was a big day for Graham Hill who won two of his five Monaco Grand Prix victories on this...

Today in Racing: 24 May

Today in Racing: 24 May

There were four Formula 1 grands prix on this day, starting with Jimmy Clark winning the 1964 Dutch Grand Prix in a Lotus Climax from John Surtees’ Ferrari and Peter Arundell in another Lotus The other three GPs were all...

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