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The greatest race of them all?
1957 German Grand Prix
Winner: Juan Manuel Fangio ARG
Car: #1 Maserati 250F (2.5L Maserati I6)
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A few years back, when it was the 100th anniversary of his birth, there was a reunion of many cars he raced in my city, from touring and sport to formula. The #1 Maserati was next to the 1955 Mercedes he raced in Monza. Best day ever.
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The Kiwis, Denny Hulme and Bruce McLaren sits on their new DFV-powered M7As at Jarama for the 1968 Spanish GP. This is the first time that McLaren's team fielded two cars for a world championship race.
Pedro Rodriguez makes a long, unwanted walk back the Hockenheimring's pit after his BRM suffered mechanical failure during the 1970 German GP. The two other cars flying by the walking Rodriguez are the Brabham of Rolf Stommelen and the Lotus of Emerson Fittipaldi, on their way to point-scoring finishes.
After retiring his Surtees to due suspension problems, Carlos Pace takes in a trackside Molson at Watkins Glen during the US Grand Prix in 1973. A difficult weekend for the whole F1 paddock up to that point.
Patrick Depailler sits waiting in his stripped down Tyrrell P34 while the team makes adjustments for the high-speed Hockenheimring in 1977.
Guy Ligier sits behind the wheel in one of his team's JS11 while James Hunt and Niki Lauda makes use of the car as a place to eat their lunch on in 1979.
Pedro Rodriguez makes a long, unwanted walk back the Hockenheimring's pit after his BRM suffered mechanical failure during the 1970 German GP. The two other cars flying by the walking Rodriguez are the Brabham of Rolf Stommelen and the Lotus of Emerson Fittipaldi, on their way to point-scoring finishes.
After retiring his Surtees to due suspension problems, Carlos Pace takes in a trackside Molson at Watkins Glen during the US Grand Prix in 1973. A difficult weekend for the whole F1 paddock up to that point.
Patrick Depailler sits waiting in his stripped down Tyrrell P34 while the team makes adjustments for the high-speed Hockenheimring in 1977.
Guy Ligier sits behind the wheel in one of his team's JS11 while James Hunt and Niki Lauda makes use of the car as a place to eat their lunch on in 1979.
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There's something about that last one that looks very much like a fake.
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They both appear to be floating off the edge of the sidepod. James' elbow also seems to be impaled on the roll hoop.
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Dumfries testing a 156/85 at Fiorano. Pretty car.
Other interesting test photos (in case it hadn't been mentioned) here:
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/199673-f1-test-photos/
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I've wasted a few hours in that thread and now have about 100 more photos on my SD card. Thanks 👍
Dumfries testing a 156/85 at Fiorano. Pretty car.
Other interesting test photos (in case it hadn't been mentioned) here:
http://forums.autosport.com/topic/199673-f1-test-photos/
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Mário Silva almost falling off the road in Viseu in the 1982 Rally of Portugal.
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1955 Le Mans 24 Hours Start
Winners: Mike Hawthorn ENG & Ivor Bueb ENG
Car: #6 Jaguar D-Type (3.4L Jaguar I6)
#20 is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR of John Fitch & Pierre Levegh and #26 is the Austin-Healey 100S of Les Leston & Lance Macklin, the two cars which were involved in Levegh and the crowd's fatal accident on lap 32.
Graham Hill, 1963
Driving a replica of the 1896 Ford Quadricyle, the first Ford.
1967 Mexican Grand Prix
Driver: Jim Clark SCO
Car: Lotus 49 (3.0L Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st
1969 Canadian Grand Prix
Driver: Al Pease CAN
Car: Eagle Mk I (2.8L Climax I4)
Finished: DSQ
The only driver in Formula One history to ever be black flagged for driving too slowly.
Winners: Mike Hawthorn ENG & Ivor Bueb ENG
Car: #6 Jaguar D-Type (3.4L Jaguar I6)
#20 is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR of John Fitch & Pierre Levegh and #26 is the Austin-Healey 100S of Les Leston & Lance Macklin, the two cars which were involved in Levegh and the crowd's fatal accident on lap 32.
Graham Hill, 1963
Driving a replica of the 1896 Ford Quadricyle, the first Ford.
1967 Mexican Grand Prix
Driver: Jim Clark SCO
Car: Lotus 49 (3.0L Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st
1969 Canadian Grand Prix
Driver: Al Pease CAN
Car: Eagle Mk I (2.8L Climax I4)
Finished: DSQ
The only driver in Formula One history to ever be black flagged for driving too slowly.
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Grassroots-level racing at the old Ancol circuit located in North Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo most likely taken during the early 1980s.
Bonkers drag-spec FC3S RX-7, moments before launching off the line at a half/quarter mile drag event somewhere in Indonesia. Photo taken sometime in the 1990s.
An even more bonkers Mazda B600 set up for the quarter mile. Rumours say this car was powered by either a Fiat Uno turbo engine, a 13B, or even a Chevy V8. Photo taken during the same event as above.
Newspaper scan of the same event, featuring both cars after the green light.
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I've been away from a PC for a while. Normal service to be resumed. Today's theme:
Test Driver Special
Not so much 'classic' than 'rare and unusual'.
Silverstone, 1990
Driver: Allan McNish SCO
Car: McLaren MP4/5B (3.5L Honda V10)
Firebird Raceway, 1992
Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA
Car: Penske PC21 (2.65L turbocharged Chevrolet V8)
Estoril, 1994
Driver: Paul Tracy CAN
Car: Benetton B194 (3.5L Ford V8)
His fastest time at this test was just 0.7 seconds off Berger's pole time that year, and would have put him 5th on the grid.
Barcelona, 1997
Driver: Tom Kristensen DEN
Car: Minardi M197 (3.0L Hart V8)
The car is a 1997 car testing the upcoming 1998 grooved Bridgestones.
Barcelona, 1999
Driver: Tom Coronel NED
Car: Arrows A20 (3.0L Arrows-Hart V10)
Test Driver Special
Not so much 'classic' than 'rare and unusual'.
Silverstone, 1990
Driver: Allan McNish SCO
Car: McLaren MP4/5B (3.5L Honda V10)
Firebird Raceway, 1992
Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA
Car: Penske PC21 (2.65L turbocharged Chevrolet V8)
Estoril, 1994
Driver: Paul Tracy CAN
Car: Benetton B194 (3.5L Ford V8)
His fastest time at this test was just 0.7 seconds off Berger's pole time that year, and would have put him 5th on the grid.
Barcelona, 1997
Driver: Tom Kristensen DEN
Car: Minardi M197 (3.0L Hart V8)
The car is a 1997 car testing the upcoming 1998 grooved Bridgestones.
Barcelona, 1999
Driver: Tom Coronel NED
Car: Arrows A20 (3.0L Arrows-Hart V10)
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Test Driver Bonus
Driver: Gilles Villeneuve CAN
Car: Ferrari 312 T2
Bodywork not yet ready.
Donington Park, 1983
Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA
Car: Williams FW08C
The Unraced
Lola T95/30 (3.5L Ford V8)
Lola had always desired to enter Formula One as a team in its own right. After its final customer car, Scuderia Italia's T93/30, Lola started designing a car for itself and it was tested extensively by Allan McNish in late 1994 and 1995. The T95/30 was designed only as a prototype whilst the team found backing, eventually securing MasterCard and leading to 1997's disasterous T97/30.
DAMS GC-01 (3.0L Ford V8)
With Erik Comas behind the wheel, DAMS were all set to enter Formula One in 1996. A combination of a conservative design, lack of finance and skepticism about beating the new 107% rule saw them fail to meet the deadline for entry to the 1996 championship. All this despite having an actual, completed and fully prepared, if uncompetitive, car.
And Now For Something Completely Different...
No real place for it but come on, Jonathan Palmer and Martin Brundle in wastcoats.
Driver: Gilles Villeneuve CAN
Car: Ferrari 312 T2
Bodywork not yet ready.
Donington Park, 1983
Driver: Ayrton Senna BRA
Car: Williams FW08C
The Unraced
Lola T95/30 (3.5L Ford V8)
Lola had always desired to enter Formula One as a team in its own right. After its final customer car, Scuderia Italia's T93/30, Lola started designing a car for itself and it was tested extensively by Allan McNish in late 1994 and 1995. The T95/30 was designed only as a prototype whilst the team found backing, eventually securing MasterCard and leading to 1997's disasterous T97/30.
DAMS GC-01 (3.0L Ford V8)
With Erik Comas behind the wheel, DAMS were all set to enter Formula One in 1996. A combination of a conservative design, lack of finance and skepticism about beating the new 107% rule saw them fail to meet the deadline for entry to the 1996 championship. All this despite having an actual, completed and fully prepared, if uncompetitive, car.
And Now For Something Completely Different...
No real place for it but come on, Jonathan Palmer and Martin Brundle in wastcoats.
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Just stumbled across this Flickr album of F1 people from various test events in the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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That's awesome. Really great to see the ones from the 1970s.
They might use the same repository but the Autosport forum has a decent thread for test photos too. Nothing particularly special about them but it's really interesting to see some drivers in cars you never thought they were in.
Some were genuine tests looking for drives:
Catalunya, 1996
Driver: Nigel Mansell ENG
Car: Jordan 196 (3.0L Peugeot V10)
Others were shakedowns as a favour:
Silverstone, 1991
Driver: John Watson NIR
Car: Jordan 191 (3.5L Ford V8)
Watson was actually the first person to turn a wheel in a Jordan Grand Prix car.
You'll also note the prototype name for the car.
2002
Driver: Jean Alesi FRA
Car: McLaren MP4/16B (3.0L Mercedes-Benz V10)
And some were just for fun:
Brands Hatch, 1983
Driver: Stirling Moss ENG
Car: Brabham BT52 (1.5L turbocharged BMW I4)
Silverstone, 2002
Driver: Niki Lauda AUT
Car: Jaguar R2 (3.0L Ford V10)
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Some color images from the 1953 Carrera Panamericana.
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Thanks again for making this thread of the year. Let's keep those pictures coming. Here's a celebratory, bumper random mixture.
Formula One
1951 British Grand Prix
Driver: Jose Frolian Gonzalez ARG
Car: Ferrari 375 F1 (4.5L Ferrari V12)
Finished: 1st
The first Ferrari win.
1952 British Grand Prix
Driver: Piero Taruffi ITA
Car: Ferrari 500 (2.0L Ferrari I4)
Finished: 2nd
1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup
Driver: Stirling Moss ENG
Car: Ferguson P99 (1.5L Coventry-Climax I4)
Finished: 1st
The first four-wheel drive Formula One car and the only one to have any modicum of success, winning this non-championship race thanks to the damp conditions. It also holds the distinction of being the last front-engined car to win any Formula One event.
Only six other 4WD F1 cars are known to have existed: BRM P67, Lotus 63, Matra MS84, McLaren M9A, Cosworth 4WD and the Lotus 56B all coming during the experimental 4WD boom across 1969-1971. The six-wheeled Matra 2-4-0 and Williams FW08D were also technically 'four-wheel' drive.
1968 German Grand Prix
Driver: Jackie Stewart SCO
Car: Matra MS10 (3.0L Ford V8)
Finished: 1st
This was the greatest race of Stewart's career. In appalling conditions on the Nordschleife, Stewart was driving with a broken wrist and won the race by four minutes.
Driver: Dan Gurney USA
Car: Eagle Mk1 (3.0L Westlake V8)
Finished: 9th
This race was also a first as Dan Gurney became the first driver to race with a full-face helmet.
Rallying
1971 Rally of the Ivory Coast
Car: Citroen DS
1978 Rally de Monte Carlo
Driver: Sandro Munari ITA & Sodano Piero ITA
Car: Lancia Stratos HF
Finished: Ret
Unknown
Car: Mercedes-Benz SLC
Touring Cars
1971 Spa 24 Hours
Drivers: Hans Heyer GER & Clemens Schtickentanz GER
Car: Mercedes-Benz 300SEL (6.8L Mercedes-Benz V8)
Finished: 2nd
The legendary red pig in action.
1984 Spa 24 Hours
Brands Hatch, 1989
The end of Group A racing was the result of the Ford Sierra's extreme dominance.
Formula One
1951 British Grand Prix
Driver: Jose Frolian Gonzalez ARG
Car: Ferrari 375 F1 (4.5L Ferrari V12)
Finished: 1st
The first Ferrari win.
1952 British Grand Prix
Driver: Piero Taruffi ITA
Car: Ferrari 500 (2.0L Ferrari I4)
Finished: 2nd
1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup
Driver: Stirling Moss ENG
Car: Ferguson P99 (1.5L Coventry-Climax I4)
Finished: 1st
The first four-wheel drive Formula One car and the only one to have any modicum of success, winning this non-championship race thanks to the damp conditions. It also holds the distinction of being the last front-engined car to win any Formula One event.
Only six other 4WD F1 cars are known to have existed: BRM P67, Lotus 63, Matra MS84, McLaren M9A, Cosworth 4WD and the Lotus 56B all coming during the experimental 4WD boom across 1969-1971. The six-wheeled Matra 2-4-0 and Williams FW08D were also technically 'four-wheel' drive.
1968 German Grand Prix
Driver: Jackie Stewart SCO
Car: Matra MS10 (3.0L Ford V8)
Finished: 1st
This was the greatest race of Stewart's career. In appalling conditions on the Nordschleife, Stewart was driving with a broken wrist and won the race by four minutes.
Driver: Dan Gurney USA
Car: Eagle Mk1 (3.0L Westlake V8)
Finished: 9th
This race was also a first as Dan Gurney became the first driver to race with a full-face helmet.
Rallying
1971 Rally of the Ivory Coast
Car: Citroen DS
1978 Rally de Monte Carlo
Driver: Sandro Munari ITA & Sodano Piero ITA
Car: Lancia Stratos HF
Finished: Ret
Unknown
Car: Mercedes-Benz SLC
Touring Cars
1971 Spa 24 Hours
Drivers: Hans Heyer GER & Clemens Schtickentanz GER
Car: Mercedes-Benz 300SEL (6.8L Mercedes-Benz V8)
Finished: 2nd
The legendary red pig in action.
1984 Spa 24 Hours
Brands Hatch, 1989
The end of Group A racing was the result of the Ford Sierra's extreme dominance.
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Just to add to the Monte Carlo Rally photos already posted, another unlikely entry from 1963:
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That's not an uncommon sight in Australian motorsport history,
http://static1.squarespace.com/stat...146/t/54f8fc4ae4b00ac690bc958c/1425603659450/
Hope the link works,
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Back in the 60s rallying still had more than enough out of the box entries. In 1961 Erik Carlson's choice of a car for Monte Carlo was as peculiar as Saab 95.
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Continuing the Monte Carlo theme, this time some Group B action.
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