Classic Motorsport Photos
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That's very sad ): it looks awesome chopped!
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Rindt’s crash at the GP of Spain, 1969 which left him only slightly injured. Team mate Graham Hill had a similar accident in the same race both caused by the massive wings.
Alberto Ascari crashed his Lancia into the Monte Carlo harbour whilst leading the Monaco GP.
Paul Hawkins crashes into Monaco harbour during 1965 Grand Prix.
Alberto Ascari crashed his Lancia into the Monte Carlo harbour whilst leading the Monaco GP.
Paul Hawkins crashes into Monaco harbour during 1965 Grand Prix.
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Another detached wheel photo, this time it's the steering wheel of Nuvolari's Cisitalia D46.
Continuing with the theme, here is Gilles Villeneuve driving back to the pits at Zandvoort in 1979.
Villeneuve again at Montreal in 1981. Later on the wing completely broke off, and he finished in 3rd place.
Continuing with the theme, here is Gilles Villeneuve driving back to the pits at Zandvoort in 1979.
Villeneuve again at Montreal in 1981. Later on the wing completely broke off, and he finished in 3rd place.
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"Jesus Saves Hollywood" ... well, guess not
I've just tried to find some more informations about him and his singular "sponsorship". He's a very devoted Christian and he has always raced with "Jesus saves" on his cars. Hollywood apparently is/was a Brazilian tobacco brand.
He also has a Jesus saves racing team:
And it turns out that he was the man about to get out from the driver seat of this Medical car:
Watch out Alex Ribeiro, Jesus saves...but Heidfeld tries his best to kill!
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Alberto Ascari in the Ferrari 375 Indy Special. Four of the V12-powered cars were entered for the 1952 Indianapolis 500 but only Ascari making it in for the race. The car wasn't able to match the pace of the other cars in the field but Ascari's talent got the car up to 9th before a wheel bearing failed forcing him out of the 500.
One of the popular engines to ever run at Indianapolis was the supercharged Novi V8s. During the 40s, 50s, and 60s, the Novi thrilled the crowds with its banshee-like scream at full power. Andy Granatelli of STP gave the Novi's its final run in the early 60s with the powerful engine being installed in the 4WD Ferguson P104. Future 3-time winner Bobby Unser drove the Ferguson-Novi in the 1964 and 1965 Indy 500s.
A complete opposite of Novi, the STP-Paxton turbine caused a stir when Granatelli entered the car for the 1967 running of the 500. Parnelli Jones dominated the race in the turbine until 4 laps to go when a bearing in the gearcasing failed, losing a one lap lead over eventual winner A.J. Foyt.
The Ford Motor Company's desire to the win the Indianapolis 500 was made clear in 1965. The Wood Brothers of NASCAR fame was invited by Ford to service the 2 Lotus entries of Jim Clark and Bobby Johns. The pitstops from the Woods only played a small part in Clark's victory, as he and the Lotus 38 led all but 10 laps and cementing the rear-engine superiority at the Brickyard.
One of the popular engines to ever run at Indianapolis was the supercharged Novi V8s. During the 40s, 50s, and 60s, the Novi thrilled the crowds with its banshee-like scream at full power. Andy Granatelli of STP gave the Novi's its final run in the early 60s with the powerful engine being installed in the 4WD Ferguson P104. Future 3-time winner Bobby Unser drove the Ferguson-Novi in the 1964 and 1965 Indy 500s.
A complete opposite of Novi, the STP-Paxton turbine caused a stir when Granatelli entered the car for the 1967 running of the 500. Parnelli Jones dominated the race in the turbine until 4 laps to go when a bearing in the gearcasing failed, losing a one lap lead over eventual winner A.J. Foyt.
The Ford Motor Company's desire to the win the Indianapolis 500 was made clear in 1965. The Wood Brothers of NASCAR fame was invited by Ford to service the 2 Lotus entries of Jim Clark and Bobby Johns. The pitstops from the Woods only played a small part in Clark's victory, as he and the Lotus 38 led all but 10 laps and cementing the rear-engine superiority at the Brickyard.
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German Grand Prix for sports cars at the Nürburgring, July 17, 1927. Christian Werner (starting number 7) with a Mercedes-Benz S. Werner drove the fastest lap and finished second in the over 3 litre sports car category.
Record run on the Dessau – Bitterfeld motorway, February 9, 1939: Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W 154 with twelve-cylinder engine (version for standing-start attempts).
Großglockner mountain race, 6 August 1939. The eventual victor, Hermann Lang (starting number 128), with a Mercedes-Benz W 125 mountain racing car with a 5.6-litre engine.
Record run on the Dessau – Bitterfeld motorway, February 9, 1939: Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W 154 with twelve-cylinder engine (version for standing-start attempts).
Großglockner mountain race, 6 August 1939. The eventual victor, Hermann Lang (starting number 128), with a Mercedes-Benz W 125 mountain racing car with a 5.6-litre engine.
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Rouen again, this time 1977. Eddie Cheever (Ralt RT1 - BMW), Didier Pironi (Martini Mk 22 - Renault/Gordini), Ricardo Patrese (Chevron B40 - BMW), Ingo Hoffmann (Ralt RT1 - BMW), René Arnoux (Martini Mk 22 - Renault/Gordini), Patrick Tambay (Chevron B40 - Hart), Bruno Giacomelli (March 772P - BMW), Gianfranco Brancatelli (Ralt RT1 - Ferrari Dino), Maurizio Flammini (Chevron B40 - Hart).
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For those getting their retro-F1 kicks in this thread... here's a really long photo. The awesome 9 Days In Summer documentary, to be exact.
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Louis Chiron, 1948 British Grand Prix
Car: Talbot-Lago (4.5L I6 with preselector gearbox)
Finished: Ret (Gearbox)
This was one of the first races held under the brand new "Formula One" regulations, two years before an official championship was inaugrated. Also, this was on the original Silverstone layout.
Car: Talbot-Lago (4.5L I6 with preselector gearbox)
Finished: Ret (Gearbox)
This was one of the first races held under the brand new "Formula One" regulations, two years before an official championship was inaugrated. Also, this was on the original Silverstone layout.
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1970 Monaco GP
Jack Brabham coming back to the pits during practice. Yes, that's an umbrella.
F1 debut for the Swedish legend Ronnie Peterson, with March.
It was the last F1 race for Bruce McLaren, who died a few weeks later while testing a Can-Am at Goodwood circuit.
As revealed by Chapman, Jochen Rindt was in a terrible mood that weekend. The new Lotus 72 was disappointing and they had to use the old 49 while the new one was under further development. In the Lotus 49, Rindt was 2 seconds off Stewart's best lap during practices. On a wet practice session, he was the slowest of the entire field. Adding to that, during that weekend Rindt was hosted by a certain Bernie Ecclestone in his private yacht, which caused him seasickness. Before the race, Rindt confessed to his wife Nina: "No chance, I'll just drive around".
Jackie Stewart started from pole position and maintained it, followed by Chris Amon (March).
Here Jack Brabham is 3rd in his N°5 Brabham-Ford. Behind him Beltoise (Matra), Ickx (Ferrari), Hulme (McLaren) and Rindt in 7th, about to be overtaken by the blue Matra of Henri Pescarolo behind him.
Rindt was driving around, disinterested as predicted, in 8th. But as the race progressed, Beltoise, Ickx and Stewart retired with technical failures and at around half of the race he was 5th. Without nothing to lose he started pushing, overtaking Pescarolo and Hulme. Later on Amon retired as well, handing 2nd place to Rindt which was smelling an unpredictable victory. Brabham's lead was still prohibitive though: with 4 laps (very short laps, being Monaco) to the checkered flag the Australian was 9 seconds ahead. Meanwhile Rindt was driving each lap more furiously and with help from back markers slowing Brabham, the gap was 2.4 seconds with 3 laps to go. Now free from traffic and with the Austrian's Lotus in his mirrors, Brabham did the fastest lap of his race, in 1.24.4. Not enough, that lap Rindt's time was 1.23.3, to have a measure of how hard he was pushing. Last lap, again 3 slow cars in front of Brabham, but Rindt still wasn't close enough to attack him. Approaching the last corner, Piers Courage was the last back marker before the checkered flag for the leading duo. Under huge pressure, Brabham dived on the inside of Courage, misjudged the braking point and went straight into a barrier, with Rindt overtaking him on the last corner of the last lap. Here, an article on an Italian motor-sport journal, with the sequence of Brabham's mistake. In the rush of the moment, a man fallen over Brabham's car while he was restarting the damaged car.
Brabham still managed to finish 2nd, behind Rindt which settled the fastest lap of the race on that very last lap in 1.23.2, almost a full second faster than Stewart's pole position lap and almost 3 seconds faster than his own qualifying time. For the first 40 laps of the race, Rindt’s average lap time was 1m 27.0s; for the last 40 it was 1m 24.9s.
From Nigel Roebuck's story: "Once the course car had been round, I ran the length of the pit straight, arriving in the area of the Royal Box just as Jochen climbed the steps, shook hands with Rainier and Grace, and accepted the garland and the trophy. Trembling, and with tears rolling down his face, he looked like a man coming out of a trance, and probably he was."
Jack Brabham coming back to the pits during practice. Yes, that's an umbrella.
F1 debut for the Swedish legend Ronnie Peterson, with March.
It was the last F1 race for Bruce McLaren, who died a few weeks later while testing a Can-Am at Goodwood circuit.
As revealed by Chapman, Jochen Rindt was in a terrible mood that weekend. The new Lotus 72 was disappointing and they had to use the old 49 while the new one was under further development. In the Lotus 49, Rindt was 2 seconds off Stewart's best lap during practices. On a wet practice session, he was the slowest of the entire field. Adding to that, during that weekend Rindt was hosted by a certain Bernie Ecclestone in his private yacht, which caused him seasickness. Before the race, Rindt confessed to his wife Nina: "No chance, I'll just drive around".
Jackie Stewart started from pole position and maintained it, followed by Chris Amon (March).
Here Jack Brabham is 3rd in his N°5 Brabham-Ford. Behind him Beltoise (Matra), Ickx (Ferrari), Hulme (McLaren) and Rindt in 7th, about to be overtaken by the blue Matra of Henri Pescarolo behind him.
Rindt was driving around, disinterested as predicted, in 8th. But as the race progressed, Beltoise, Ickx and Stewart retired with technical failures and at around half of the race he was 5th. Without nothing to lose he started pushing, overtaking Pescarolo and Hulme. Later on Amon retired as well, handing 2nd place to Rindt which was smelling an unpredictable victory. Brabham's lead was still prohibitive though: with 4 laps (very short laps, being Monaco) to the checkered flag the Australian was 9 seconds ahead. Meanwhile Rindt was driving each lap more furiously and with help from back markers slowing Brabham, the gap was 2.4 seconds with 3 laps to go. Now free from traffic and with the Austrian's Lotus in his mirrors, Brabham did the fastest lap of his race, in 1.24.4. Not enough, that lap Rindt's time was 1.23.3, to have a measure of how hard he was pushing. Last lap, again 3 slow cars in front of Brabham, but Rindt still wasn't close enough to attack him. Approaching the last corner, Piers Courage was the last back marker before the checkered flag for the leading duo. Under huge pressure, Brabham dived on the inside of Courage, misjudged the braking point and went straight into a barrier, with Rindt overtaking him on the last corner of the last lap. Here, an article on an Italian motor-sport journal, with the sequence of Brabham's mistake. In the rush of the moment, a man fallen over Brabham's car while he was restarting the damaged car.
Brabham still managed to finish 2nd, behind Rindt which settled the fastest lap of the race on that very last lap in 1.23.2, almost a full second faster than Stewart's pole position lap and almost 3 seconds faster than his own qualifying time. For the first 40 laps of the race, Rindt’s average lap time was 1m 27.0s; for the last 40 it was 1m 24.9s.
From Nigel Roebuck's story: "Once the course car had been round, I ran the length of the pit straight, arriving in the area of the Royal Box just as Jochen climbed the steps, shook hands with Rainier and Grace, and accepted the garland and the trophy. Trembling, and with tears rolling down his face, he looked like a man coming out of a trance, and probably he was."
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The Ford Motor Company's desire to the win the Indianapolis 500 was made clear in 1965. The Wood Brothers of NASCAR fame was invited by Ford to service the 2 Lotus entries of Jim Clark and Bobby Johns. The pitstops from the Woods only played a small part in Clark's victory, as he and the Lotus 38 led all but 10 laps and cementing the rear-engine superiority at the Brickyard.
The Wood Brothers played more than a small part in the victory. They were the fastest crew there that day, and turned in the two fastest stops in the history of the race up to then, 19.8 seconds and 24.7 seconds.
Clark did have a fast car though, the Ford's were strong that day.
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Mercedes-Benz recreated certain events, basing them off of photographs and films from the time. So yeah, not quite actual authentic photographs, but the next best thing, if not better if you like the insane detail and color! Scroll down to view the gallery. starting with a nighttime shot of a bunch of garages.
Avus, 1937 (but it could be in a galaxy far, far away, such is the aspect of these cars).
EDIT: What's up with some of my images breaking down there? Maybe because I linked them from Facebook? I hate coming back to a post 6 or more months later only to find a broken image icon in place of the images posted!
A different, equally as interesting angle:
1928 Fritz Von Opel and his rocket car
I don't even....
1933, Malcolm Campbell´s Railton-Rolls Royce Blue Bird.
V12. 2,500 hp 404 km/h (251 MPH)
Interesting article on this wonder
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I don't even....
I found it when I was at the Technoclassica in Essen:
Imageshack doesn't let me link to my own fullsize pictures anymore. Hmm. Scratch that.
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British Saloon Car Championship, Snetterton 1964
Jim Clark, Ford Cortina; Brian Muir, Ford Galaxie; Mike Salmon, Ford Mustang
BSCC, Oulton Park 1963
Ford Galaxie
I owned a '64 Ford Galaxie for a while back in the late 60's. A sturdy, decent full-size street car, but way too heavy for road racing. Despite using GT40 brakes, the brakes would fade and the Cortinas race on by.
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Interesting to note that during those halcyon days of big muscle cars versus small European cars, 1963-1973, the muscle cars only managed to win three saloon car titles. A Ford Mustang in 1965, a Ford Falcon in 1967 and a Chevrolet Camaro in 1973.
No outright successes for the Galaxie, although Jack Sears won the 1963 title driving two different Cortinas for nine races in one class and a Galaxie for four races in another class.
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Mercedes-Benz recreated certain events, basing them off of photographs and films from the time. So yeah, not quite actual authentic photographs, but the next best thing, if not better if you like the insane detail and color! Scroll down to view the gallery. starting with a nighttime shot of a bunch of garages.
1933, Malcolm Campbell´s Railton-Rolls Royce Blue Bird.
V12. 2,500 hp 404 km/h (251 MPH)
Interesting article on this wonder
stunning top picture and wow the size of that bluebird
But heres some more from me =)
Monaco GP 1950 won by none other then the legend himself Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo
First lap of the 1966 Monaco GP. Race won by Jackie Stewart in a BRM
Monaco GP 1950 won by none other then the legend himself Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo
First lap of the 1966 Monaco GP. Race won by Jackie Stewart in a BRM
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First off a great idea for a thread 👍
I'll try to post a pic or 2 soon.
A bit pedantic of me maybe but umm, 'Shelsley Walsh Hill' climb is in Worcestershire.
In the middle of Leominster, Kidderminster and Worcester.
'Care'-'filly' as in tend to and young female horse or 'Cuh'-'filly' as in infant sounding a letter 'C' and young female horse.
A slight variation in pronunciation can be heard locally e.g., 'Ca - filthy'
etc.
I'll try to post a pic or 2 soon.
A bit pedantic of me maybe but umm, 'Shelsley Walsh Hill' climb is in Worcestershire.
In the middle of Leominster, Kidderminster and Worcester.
How have I forgotten the classic motorsport photo? Where is @Grand Prix when you need him?
Raymond Mays, 1924
Losing a rear wheel during a hill climbing event in Caerphilly, Wales.
Caerphilly, Wales
Caerphilly Castle and moat
@Liquid, I'd like to know the acceptable pronunciation(s) of the name Caerphilly, please.
'Care'-'filly' as in tend to and young female horse or 'Cuh'-'filly' as in infant sounding a letter 'C' and young female horse.
A slight variation in pronunciation can be heard locally e.g., 'Ca - filthy'
etc.
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