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Two Views at The Targa
Two Views at The Targa
We are at the start of the Targa Florio on May 24, 1959. Car n. 152, a Ferrari 250TR/59 is moving forward. Taking the start in this car is Olivier Gendebien who, as was often the case, has Phil Hill as his teammate. Photographers and other drivers stand on both sides of the road. Some of them are more clearly visible in this second view of the start of this same Ferrari. It is actually quite…
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A Targa Winner
The Targa Florio was indeed one of the truly great open road races. In this running on May 8, 1960 it was done on total elapsed time over 10 laps of the 72 km Piccolo Madonie circuit in Sicily. The length of the circuit made it very difficult to learn and experienced rally drivers were often very effective, as were those pilots with extensive local knowledge. The main challengers for the overall…
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The Master
Klemantaski told us that he considered this to be his best ever photograph. It shows Juan Manuel Fangio winning the French Grand Prix at the Rouen-les Essarts public road circuit on July 7, 1957. The original square image, on 120 film, was shot using a Rolleiflex, not Klemantaski’s usual Leica. He was trying to pan on the head of Fangio, hoping it would remain sharply focused while the rest of…
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Monaco Grand Prix 1959: Prince Rainier and Princess Grace in their Rolls Royce leading motorcade. (photos by Edward Eves) [x/x]
The Four Wheel Drift
The Four Wheel Drift
Here is a truly classic Grand Prix image: the great Juan Manuel Fangio in an acute high speed drift on the long and very fast descent from the start/finish area on the public road course of Rouen-Les Essarts during the French Grand Prix on July 7, 1957. Fangio is holding his Maserati 250F at just the angle he will need when the long fast turn straightens out. This could be achieved with a racing…
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A Walk in the Sun
A Walk in the Sun
In the 1950s if there was a new race circuit which wanted an F1 Grand Prix, it first had to host a non-Championship F1 race so that the organizers’ abilities could be assessed. It was a good practice, now no longer observed. In 1957 the Royal Automobile Club of Morocco promoted a non-championship F1 race at the 4.7-mile Ain-Diab circuit which was located along the coast road southwest of…
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There is a drivers meeting before the start of every major race. The faces and attitudes tell one a… http://wp.me/s2NEqm-445
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