Martin Businaro

Three abreast!

The start of the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix resulted in a tremendous battle for the lead between polesitter Jean-Pierre Jabouille,…

8 years ago

A charming man

François Cevert was born on this date and would have turned 72 had his life not been tragically cut short…

8 years ago

When Prost became ‘The Professor’

Happy birthday to four-time F1 world champion Alain ‘The Professor’ Prost, who turns 61 on this day. The Frenchman is…

8 years ago

A legendary Kiwi

As McLaren pulls the covers off its new MP4-31, this year also marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce McLaren fielding…

8 years ago

Speedy Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez was born on this date in 1942. The Mexican ace took F1 by storm when he qualified second…

8 years ago

Silberpfeil

That’s Silver Arrow in German for you. Pictured above is Manfred von Brauchitsch, who became the first driver to power…

8 years ago

Laffite's 1979 grand slams with Ligier

Jacques Laffite was off to a great start in the 1979 F1 season, with the Frenchman winning the opening two…

8 years ago

The other Espoo racer

Kimi Raikkonen is not the only racer coming from Espoo, Finland. So is Jyrki Jarvi Letho, better known as JJ Letho,…

8 years ago

Remembering a bona fide F1 dandy

1958 F1 world champion Mike Hawthorn tragically lost his life in a car crash on this date 57 years ago.…

8 years ago

Welcome to the F1 club

A fresh-faced Alain Prost made his F1 debut at the Teddy Mayer-led McLaren team during the 1980 season. France’s latest…

8 years ago

Fittipaldi's scary backward somersault

Christian Fittipaldi’s Monza flip remains one of the scariest images in the 1993 season. On the final lap of that year’s Italian…

8 years ago

Il Commendatore watches on

Enzo Ferrari was keeping a close watch on Wolfgang von Trips and Phil Hill at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix.…

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