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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...

Montezemolo: Senna wanted Ferrari and we wanted him

FIA president and former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt revealed that Ayrton Senna expressed interest in joining Ferrari in 1994 and that talks between the two did take place. "He wanted to come to Ferrari and Ferrari wanted him," he...

McQ: The Man Who Called Himself Harvey Mushman

Steve Mcqueen AKA Harvey Mushman the race driver

Racing addict,Hollywood star Steve McQueen would have turned 90 this year The congratulations from Zuffenhausen arrived by airmail: “Dear Mr. McQueen,” the letter dated March 1970 began. “It is a great pleasure to extend my warm congratulations to you on...

Todt thought Schumi records would not be beaten

Ferrari Dream Team Boss Todt believed Michael's records would never be broken They were the first real Formula 1 dream team, Ferrari built around Michael Schumacher led by Jean Todt with the likes of Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne all...

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