Classic Motorsport Photos

[Liquid]

1965 Belgian Grand Prix

Lap One

Driver: Jack Brabham AUS
Car: Brabham BT11 (1.5L Coventry-Climax V8)
Finished: 4th

Driver: Richie Ginther USA
Car: Honda RA201 (1.5L Honda V12)
Finished: 6th

Driver: Dan Gurney USA
Car: Brabham BT11 (1.5L Coventry-Climax V8)
Finished: 10th

 

[Turbo]

 

[Pete05]

I like the Corvair 👍

As for the others, well beauty must be in the eye of the owner

 

[Liquid]

50th Anniversary: Jim Clark Special

Clark Trivia: Not only was Clark able to make his tyres last for as many as four races, twice as long as some other drivers would manage, but the Lotus engineers could also tell which of several random race-used gearboxes belonged to Clark just by the lack of wear and strain on them.

1963 Belgian Grand Prix

Car: Lotus 25 (1.5L Coventry-Climax V8)
Finished: 1st

British Touring Car Championship, 1964

1965 Indianapolis 500

Car: Lotus 38 (4.2L Ford V8)
Finished: 1st

1965 French Grand Prix

Car: Lotus 25 (1.5L Coventry-Climax V8)
Finished: 1st

1968 South African Grand Prix

Car: Lotus 49 (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

Jim Clark's final Grand Prix. This win also saw him break Juan Manuel Fangio's record and become the driver with the most Grand Prix wins.

 

[-Fred-]

The picture from Indy is not from 1965, I don't believe they had SAFER barriers back then.

 

[Liquid]

The picture from Indy is not from 1965, I don't believe they had SAFER barriers back then.

Oops. Corrected.

And have a bonus picture of pure concentration for your troubles:

1965 Dutch Grand Prix

Car: Lotus 33 (1.5L Coventry-Climax V8)
Finished: 1st

 

[BrainsBush]

New to this thread about classic cars. I did not knew its existence....shame on me
Ok to post this here? ALthough not a photo and already two years old video it is absolutely worth watching this short clip. This is working hard

https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/event...record-car-darracq-gets-sideways-at-goodwood/

 

[Liquid]

New to this thread about classic cars. I did not knew its existence....shame on me
Ok to post this here? ALthough not a photo and already two years old video it is absolutely worth watching this short clip. This is working hard

https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/event...record-car-darracq-gets-sideways-at-goodwood/

Welcome! We do have a thread for random videos/things and a thread for brilliant videos.

 

[Liquid]

Dome F105

Engine: 3.0L Mugen-Honda V10

The unraced Dome F105 was a still-born project which, like DAMS' effort around a similar time, actually did have a car to show for it even if the car itself was not very competitive.

Pencilled in for an entry to the 1997 season the Dome F105 began as a project in 1995 and was constructed in March 1996. Testing was limited due to a lack of funding and the car, the sole construction of its type, only managed 800 miles around Japanese circuits. Not only was there reluctance from Honda, an official Dome partner, to further invest in the project but also from Goodyear; Dome did secure Goodyear tyres for the F105 but there was a suspicion from the United States manufacturer that the Dome F105 was a ruse on behalf of Japan's Bridgestone corporation to get valuable information on Goodyear ahead of Bridgestone's planned 1997 entry.

Much like how DAMS declined to submit an entry to the 1996 Formula One season, DOME declined to submit an entry to the 1997 Formula One season citing funding issues and the forthcoming change in regulations which would be rendering the DOME obsolete.

For what it's worth, the F105 set a fastest time of 1:46.270 around Suzuka, more than 7 seconds slower than the Williams FW18's pole position time of 1:38.909 and 0.3 seconds off the 107% time.

The car still exists and is located in a vault underneath DOME's windtunnel facility.

 

[Liquid]

1954 Italian Grand Prix

Drivers: Alberto Ascari ITA, Jose Frolian Gonzalez ARG
Cars: Ferrari 625 (2.4L Ferrari I4)
Finished: DNF (Engine), 3rd*

*Gonzalez was a shared drive with Umberto Maglioli

1958 Italian Grand Prix

Driver: Maria Teresa de Filippis ITA
Car: Maserati 250F (2.5L Maserati I6)
Finished: DNF (Engine)

1965 British Grand Prix

Driver: Graham Hill ENG
Car: BRM P261 (1.5L BRM V8)
Finished: 2nd

1966 Monegasque Grand Prix

Driver: Jochen Rindt AUT
Car: Cooper T81 (3.0L Maserati V12)
Finished: DNF (Engine)

1968 Belgian Grand Prix

Driver: Bruce McLaren NZL
Car: McLaren M7A (3.0L Ford-Cosworth V8)
Finished: 1st

 

[BrainsBush]

For the classic car lovers:



@Liquid thanks for pointing me to the thread for (classic car) videos. But to be honest I think the above one deserves a better place then the topic "random videos/things" If I pollute this thread I will replace this post with a classic car picture

 

[Liquid]

1952 Carrera Panamericana

Hans Klank and Karl Kling's Mercedes-Benz 300 SL after hitting a vulture at 120mph (200kph). Klank was briefly knocked unconscious and the two continued to race for another 43 miles (70km) to the next tyre stop before getting treatment for Klank and the car.

They went on to win the race.

 

[Leadfoot530]

IndyCar uploaded these to their social media accounts today. Don't know the specifics of them, but these were taken in 1968. Do know that the cars on inside and middle-pole arethe Lotus 56 turbine-powered IndyCar.

 

[Pete05]

IndyCar uploaded these to their social media accounts today. Don't know the specifics of them, but these were taken in 1968. Do know that the cars on inside and middle-pole arethe Lotus 56 turbine-powered IndyCar.

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50th Anniversary

 

[G_Parrilla]

1952 Carrera Panamericana

Hans Klank and Karl Kling's Mercedes-Benz 300 SL after hitting a vulture at 120mph (200kph). Klank was briefly knocked unconscious and the two continued to race for another 43 miles (70km) to the next tyre stop before getting treatment for Klank and the car.

They went on to win the race.

Thay installed an improised protective grill on all Mercedes cars for the rest of the race after this episode and a similar close call on the same stage.

 

[Dotini]

IndyCar uploaded these to their social media accounts today. Don't know the specifics of them, but these were taken in 1968. Do know that the cars on inside and middle-pole arethe Lotus 56 turbine-powered IndyCar.

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Pole: Joe Leonard, Lotus-Turbine, 171.599 mph
middle front row: Graham Hill, Lotus-Turbine
outside front row: Bobby Unser, Eagle-Offy turbo (winner of race, car #3, 2nd and 3rd pics in your post)

 

[Liquid]

British Saloon Car Championship, Brands Hatch, 1983

 

[Whodoyouthink]

Thay installed an improised protective grill on all Mercedes cars for the rest of the race after this episode and a similar close call on the same stage.

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I'm left shaking my head...but ok at the same time, they didn't know when the next one might have flown in front of them.

 

[XJ40]

British Saloon Car Championship, Brands Hatch, 1983

That's really good timing, as there is a feature on the lead car in Octane magazine this month!

 

[Liquid]

1973 French Grand Prix

The damage to Helmut Marko's helmet which ended his racing career.

 

[Liquid]

1950 Nations Grand Prix

A non-championship race held in Geneva.

Driver: Alberto Ascari ITA
Car: Ferrari 340F1 (1.5L Ferrari V12)
Finished: 4th

1963 Dutch Grand Prix

Driver: John Surtees ENG
Car: Ferrari 156 (1.5L Ferrari V6)
Finished: 3rd

1995 Spanish Grand Prix

Driver: Mika Häkkinen FIN
Car: McLaren MP4/10 (3.0L Mercedes-Benz V10)
Finished: DNF (Fuel pump)

1995 Canadian Grand Prix

 

[TenEightyOne]

1973 French Grand Prix

The damage to Helmut Marko's helmet which ended his racing career.

That's one badly damaged Helmut.

Too soon?

 

[-Fred-]

Lots and lots of really cool vintage Ferrari/Porsche/Ford pictures on this Instagram account, worth checking out.

https://www.instagram.com/brdcspeedman/?hl=en

 

[Obelisk]

That 2F in the first image, though.

 

[DK]

Holy hashtagging, Batman!

Anyway, for the day that's in it:

 

[24HuresdeLoL]

Satoru Nakajima - Tyrrell 019 - 1990 - Belgian GP

 

[TenEightyOne]

Genius placement for the March-Ford (Jackie Stewart, #11) fuel tanks. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Andyc709292]

Not sure if I've posted this before, or anyone else for that matter, this is a long thread, but I get my motorsport archive fix from here:

https://revslib.stanford.edu

It's a mine of digital photography!

[edit] Seems to be a lot less than there used to be

 

[Carbon_6]

Niall Mackenzie and Donnie McLeod at the Armstrong GP team launch at Silverstone, early 1985.

 

[JockeP22]

June 1986: Murray Walker
(Image: REX/John Londei)