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Michael Schumacher and Ferrari
We have some wonderful photos of the great champion Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari so here are two superb photos from a race he did not win, the 1996 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 10, the first race of the year. Schumacher who had just joined Ferrari from Benetton qualified only fourth, behind his teammate Eddie Irvine and three-quarters of second adrift from the…
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@Regrann from @old_race_pic_stories - Wind brake... Great photo of 2 Mercedes Benz 300 SLR during the sad 24h of Le Mans in 1955. Both going into the esses, using their air brakes. An innovation by Mercedes to compensate with the disc brakes of their rival Jaguar. The Mercedes of Pierre Levegh will crash in the Saturday evening, killing 83 people & Levegh itself. Later in the night, Mercedes withdrew its other 2 cars. 📷 by : Louis Klemantaski @klemcoll #motorsport #rennlegenden #grandprix #whenracingwasracing #racing #vintageracing #lemans #lasarthe #lemans24 #24hlemans #enduranceracing #mercedes #mercedes300slr #louisklemantaski #11june1955 - #regrann (Antalya, Turkey)
#grandprix#24hlemans#racing#lemans#louisklemantaski#lemans24#11june1955#regrann#enduranceracing#whenracingwasracing#lasarthe#mercedes300slr#vintageracing#rennlegenden#mercedes#motorsport
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Hopping to Victory
Here is Nelson Piquet having a bit if a light moment in downtown Long Beach during the United States Grand Prix West on March 30, 1980 with his Brabham BT49. This race was an opportunity for the normally-aspirated Ford-Cosworth-powered Brabhams to make up ground on the turbo Renault RE20 with which René Arnoux had won the previous two races in Brazil and South Africa.
In practice Piquet was ahead…
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Searching for Speed
In the years before aerodynamics were “discovered” for racing cars. streamlining was often thought as being the way to go for greater speed. Here are two examples as tried in practice at the French Grand Prix which would take place on July 1, 1956 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. Above is one such trial of a special nose and side sponsons between the front and rear wheels, copied no doubt from those…
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The Last Mille Miglia
In keeping with the new film “Ferrari” now in theaters here is the winner to be of what will become the last Mille Miglia on May 12, 1957. The driver is the “Silver Fox” Piero Taruffi. driving alone over roads with which he was deeply familiar, having already competed in this difficult race 13 times without a win.
Taruffi’s car was a Ferrari 315/335 Sport. Although when sold by Ferrari at the…
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#Alfonso de Portago#Ferrari#grand prix photographs#klemcoll#Peter Collins#Piero Taruffi#sports car photographs#Wolfgang von Trips
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Here is Gilles Villeneuve
Here is Gilles Villeneuve at Interlagos, the twisty yet very fast circuit in Sao Paulo Brazil which had been renamed the Autodromo José Carlos Pace in honor of the Brazilian F1 driver who had been killed in a small plane crash near Sao Paulo three years before.
This would be the Brazilian Grand Prix, the second round of the 1980 Championship, on January 27, 1980. The Renault turbo-engined cars…
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Phil Hill with a Ferrari
During 1959 Phil Hill drove his first full season in F1 cars for Ferrari, as here with a Dino 256F1 accelerating out of the old station hairpin at Monaco during the Grand Prix on May 10, 1959. The large radiator intake was a common modification for front-engined cars at Monaco in order to maximize cooling on then twisty Monte Carlo circuit. The Dino 256F1 was an upgrade of the 246 as used in…
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#Cooper#Ferrari#klemcoll#Luigi Musso#Mike Hawthorn#Monaco Grand Prix#Peter Collims#Phil Hill#Stirling Moss
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On the Starting Ramp
We are about to head up the starting ramp (seen at the base of this photo) for the Mille Miglia on May 2, 1954. The car is a new Lancia D24, what would be the ultimate Lancia sports car of designer Vittorio Jano, this one to be driven by the Italian Gino Valenzano. Lancia had entered four of these cars to be piloted by Valenzano, Alberto Ascari, Eugenio Castellotti, and Piero Taruffi – a very…
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A Test at Fiorano
Here set are on October 28, 1975 at a press introduction at Ferrari’s Fiorano test circuit which was and is set directly behind Ferrari’s F1 buildings which are located very near the main Ferrari factory in Maranello. Sitting on the new Ferrari 312T2 F1 car are Ferrari F1 drivers Niki Lauda (on the right) and Gianclaudio Giuseppe “Clay” Regazzoni.
The 312T2 ws a further development the transverse…
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An Afternoon Drive on Jersey
With racing on public roads in England prohibited British drivers found other opportunities not far from home. One such was held in the town of St. Hilier on the Channel Island of Jersey. The race was organized by the old Junior Car Club, originally active at Brooklands, but that venue was no longer available. The race was titled the J.C.C. Jersey Road Race. The St. Hilier circuit left the town…
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The 1948 Circuito del Garda
Here is the grid for the Grand Prix field for the Lake Garda race at the town of Salò not far north from Brescia which took place on October 24, 1948. It was the first such race at Garda since 1927. On pole in car n. 6, a supercharged Ferrari 125C, is Giuseppe “Nino” Farina while next to him is Ferrari customer Bruno Sterzi with his Ferrari, probably a more normal 166F2 with the single camshaft…
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The Alfa Dominance
Dr. Giuseppe “Nino” Farina shows off his classic relaxed style with his arms reaching out to his steering wheel as he leads the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on May 13, 1950. This was the first race of the newly created World Championship for Drivers which would be won by Farina. Alfa Corse had entered four of their updated prewar type 158 “Alfettas” to be driven by Farina, Luigi Fagioli,…
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An Aston at Le Mans
Members of the Aston Martin team gather next to a somewhat experimental DB3 coupé which will be driven by Reg Parnell and Eric Thompson at Le Mans starting on June 14, 1952. This is actually a DB3 roadster which has been fitted with a hardtop in an attempt to make it more streamlined with a higher top speed. This was important for Aston Martin as they suffered from a half liter displacement…
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The 60th Anniversary Ferrari 250 GTO Reunion
The 60th Anniversary Ferrari 250 GTO Reunion
Forty years ago a Ferrari 250 GTO Reunion was held in France to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first year of construction and racing of the Ferrari 250 GTO. That Reunion was organized by the late Jess G. Pourret the author of the important 1977 book La Légende Ferrari 250 GT Compétition which ignited a strong collector interest in these rare and unusual cars which endures unabated to this…
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Winning Le Mans
Duncan Hamilton brings his works Jaguar C-Type down the pit straight to celebrate their win of the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 13, 1953. Sitting next to Hamilton is his co-driver Tony Rolt who has had time to adopt some non-racing wear as two of the Jaguar mechanics ride along behind them. Not long before the end of the race, Hamilton’s windscreen was struck on the Mulsanne by a bird which broke the…
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A Green Alfa
Seen above is an Alfa Romeo P3, now repainted in British Racing Green, being driven by owner Kenneth Evans during the Crystal Palace Cup on the Crystal Palace circuit in London on July 1, 1939. This Alfa P3 had been run as what amounts to a works car by the Scuderia Ferrari in Modena during 1935. It has been thought by historians that this car may have been the one driven by Tazio Nuvolari when…
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