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Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa-Romeo 158) suivi par Bob Gerard (ERA A 1.5). Grand prix de Monaco 1950 . - source UK Racing History.
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Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa-Romeo 158) suivi par Bob Gerard (ERA A 1.5). Grand prix de Monaco 1950 . - source UK Racing History.
At The Ulster Trophy
In the immediate postwar years road racing public roads was mo longer allowed in England but Northern Ireland was an alternative. So on August 9, 1847 the Ulster Trophy was held on the public road Ballyclare circuit in County Antrim of Northern Ireland, Here is a lovely close up photo of the very talented British amateur driver George Abecassis from Walton-on-Thames in his ERA A-Type coming in to…
Ballyclare
Here is the then well known British driver Bob Gerard pulling into the pits after winning the Ulster Trophy which was run on the Ballyclare open road circuit on August 9, 1947. In the immediate postwar years there were few available private circuits in England and racing on public roads was prohibited. Therefore, racing sometimes took place in Northern Ireland as here, or on Jersey in the Channel…
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2º Grand Prix JCC de Jersey (1948)
Geoff Richardson competia en la Fórmula 1, en la década de los años cincuenta
Majestuosa instantánea perteneciente al II Grand Prix JCC de Jersey (Gran Bretaña, 1948) disputado en el veloz circuito urbano de “St. Helier” (55 vueltas a un perímetro costero de 5,150 km). El británico Geoff Richardson (1924-2007) estuvo compitiendo en la categoría de la Fórmula 1 a lo largo de la década de los años cincuenta, casi siempre en pruebas -fue eminentemente un piloto privado- no…
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The Eye of Klemantaski
The Eye of Klemantaski
In the late 1930s Louis Klemantaski often went to race meetings at Brooklands which was initially the only racing circuit in England, joined later by the road circuit at Donington. Brooklands, which opened in 1907 as a motor racing and vehicle test center, combined with an airfield, offered alternative layouts from its high speed, steeply-banked and somewhat pear-shaped “oval” to tight layouts…
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