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Profile – Leslie Marr
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Nationality British Date of Birth 14th August 1922 Car Connaught (1954-55) Races Entered 2 Races Started 2 Best Result 13th (GB 1954) Driving is an art form. At least that’s what the common metaphor claims. Graham Hill claimed to be an artist, the track serving as his canvas. Garth Stein’s 2008 best-selling novel ‘The…
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Profile – Miguel Ángel Guerra
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Nationality Argentinean Date of Birth 31st August 1953 Team Osella (1981) Races Entered 4 Races Started 1 Best Result Ret (San Marino, 1981) There is an oft-discussed obscure Formula One record: who had the shortest Formula One racing career? The driver most often cited for this record is Marco Apicella, the Italian driver who…
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When stand-in Winkelhock stood out in the rain
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If you like your Formula 1 seasons to be packed with more stories than a bookworm’s Kindle, then the 2007 season is for you. It had everything: a young upstart embroiled in an increasingly toxic championship battle, subterfuge, politics and plenty of on-track drama; at times, it resembled a plotline not dissimilar to a…
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Profile – Peter Ryan
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Nationality Canadian Date of Birth 10th June 1940 Date of Death 2nd July 1962 Car Lotus (1961) Races Entered 1 Races Started 1 Best Result 9th (USA 1961) Canadian driver. Young. Inexperienced. Prone to errors. Rich parents. Father owns property in Mont Tremblant. Lance Stroll, right? Normally, yes. On March 26, he made a…
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Profile – Pedro Lamy
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Nationality Portuguese Date of Birth 20th March 1972 Teams Lotus (1993-94), Minardi (1995-96) Races Entered 32 Races Started 32 Best Result 6th (AUS 1995) Throughout Formula One’s rich history, over 800 drivers have entered a World Championship Grand Prix. Despite the success of European competitors, only five have been Portuguese. The first was Casimiro…
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Profile – Geki
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Nationality Italian Date of Birth October 19th 1937 Date of Death June 18th 1967 Teams Rob Walker Racing (1964), Team Lotus (1965-66) Races Entered 3 Races Started 2 Best Result 9th (Italy 1966) Over the course of motorsport’s rich and varied history, there have been many examples of drivers altering their names as they…
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Profile – Sébastien Buemi
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Nationality Swiss Date of Birth 31st October 1988 Team Toro Rosso (2009-11) Races Entered 55 Races Started 55 Best Result 7th (AUS 2009, BRA 2009) The Red Bull Junior Team is dedicated to the unearthing and recruiting of young motorsport talent and gearing them for a drive in Red Bull’s multiple championship-winning Formula One…
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Profile – Don Beauman
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Nationality British Date of Birth 26th July 1928 Date of Death 9th July 1955 Car Connaught (1954) Races Entered 1 Races Started 1 Best Result 11th (GB 1954) Before Formula One In the world of motorsport, 1955 was a year disproportionately fraught with tragedy. At Le Mans, Pierre Levegh and over 80 spectators were…
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Johnny Claes: Part 3 – A Claes Of His Own
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1951 had been Johnny Claes’ most successful season, with three race wins, while 1952’s switch to Formula Two regulations allowed him to be more competitive regularly. After these two years, Johnny’s results would fade away, but he would not go down without a fight. 1953: His Greatest Drive Finding himself without an open-wheel car…
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Johnny Claes: Part 2 – Top Of His Gaeme
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After only two and a half years in the sport, Johnny Claes had established himself on the racing scene. He wasn’t considered a world-class driver, but his yellow Talbot-Lago had become a mainstay in the Grand Prix paddock, and he had scored his maiden victory in Chimay. Johnny was on his way up. 1951:…
A tribute to the heroic failures of Grand Prix racing