Tag Archives: nostalgia

Andretti: It was clear that the Lotus 79 was special

Over four decades since he became the last American driver to win the 1978 Formula 1 world championship, Mario Andretti looks back on that remarkable title-winning season. This is an extract from an exclusive interview that appeared in our sister...

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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...

Remembering Elio de Angelis

Elio de Angelis was an Italian Formula 1 driver who raced between 1979 and 1986, for teams including Shadow, Lotus and Brabham. On 15 May 1986 he was killed during testing at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet. De...

Five open-wheel drivers who succeeded at Daytona 500

There were no drivers with at least one full season of Indycar Series competition entered in this year’s Daytona 500 race. However, in the event's illustrious history, veteran open-wheel drivers have gone to Florida in February and experienced success in...

Haug: Hamilton vs Rosberg, not even Hollywood!

Haug: Hamilton vs Rosberg, not even Hollywood!

Mercedes motorsport legend Norbert Haug knows a thing or two about Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg having developed them both all the way into Formula 1. As Hollywood gets into motorsport movie-making mode, Haug reckons that the feud between the...

Was Rudolf Caracciola the Greatest Racing All-rounder?

Some say Rudolf Caracciola was racing's greatest all-rounder. We toast his 120th birthday with a look back at his incredible career. Like Fangio, Brabham, Clark and Stewart; Lauda, Piquet, Prost and Senna and more recently Sebastien Vettel and Lewis Hamilton,...

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