Three abreast!

The start of the 1980 Brazilian Grand Prix resulted in a tremendous battle for the lead between polesitter...

A charming man

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

When Prost became ‘The Professor’

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

A legendary Kiwi

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

Speedy Rodriguez

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

Silberpfeil

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

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...

The other Espoo racer

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

Remembering a bona fide F1 dandy

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

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....

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...

Il Commendatore watches on

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