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A Cunningham Maserati
Before the start at Sebring on March 25, 1961 here is the well-known American sports car driver John Fitch settling into the Maserati T61 that he will share with Dr. Dick Thompson who was a dentist turned successful SCCA sports car driver. Fitch had extensive international experience, including s psst win at Sebring and a class win for Mercedes at the 1955 Mille Miglia. This Maserati was owned…
The First Swiss Grand Prix
Here is the Alfa Romeo team in the pits before the start o the Swiss Grand Prix on August 26, 1934. These three Alfa P3 cars were entered on behalf of Alfa Romeo by Scuderia Ferrari, then based in Modena. N. 32 was assigned to Achille Varzi, n. 28 to Louis Chiron and n. 30 to Pietro Ghersi. This Grand Prix for racing cars, being the first to be held on the Bremgarten Park circuit in Bern, was…
A Start at Monaco
This is the first corner of the first lap at the Monaco Grand Prix on May 19,1957. This photo was taken from behind the barrier which limited the runoff at the Gazometer Hairpin. There is a wonderful description of this image in Paul Parker’s Klemantaski – Master Motorsports Photographer: “Seconds after the start of the Monaco GP, we have on the extreme left Stirling Moss in the Vanwall, Juan…
OSCA at Le Mans
This is one of our favorite La Mans cars, an OSCA MT4 berlinetta with a special Vignale body. This was its first appearance at the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 14-15, 1952. Where it was being driven by Dot. Mario Damonte and Fernand Lacour, the lattter using the racing identity “Martial”. For Le Mans this OSCA was fitted with a 1342cc motor and ran in the 1500cc class. The man in the light colored…
The Lowest Car
Here is the great Jim Clark with the new Lotus 25 taking the Chocane at Monte Caral during the Monaco Grand Prix on June 3, 1962. Clark would drive the new and totally remarkable Lotus 25 with its fully reclining driving position and aluminum monocoque construction. The photo below gives some measure to the newLotus, almost the entire body being lower than the tops of its tires. Clark had taken…
Varzi at Geneva - 1946
We are in Geneva for the Grand Prix des Nations on July 21, 1946, one of the most important races to take place soon after the end of the War. This was temporary city street circuit with a lap length of just over 1.8 miles. Seen above is the famous prewar Italian driver Achille Varzi with an Alfa Romeo 158 with two-stage supercharging entered by Alfa Corse the company’s racing division. Alfa had…
Before the Last Mille Miglia
Inside the wall of the Ferrari factory in Maranello is a lineup of racing cars which will soon depart for Brescia and the start of the Mille Miglia which will take place for this team on May 12, 1957. Car n. 534 is a Ferrari 335 Sport which will be driven by Peter Collins with photographer Louis Klemantaski as his navigator. They will lead the race at a record pace until the car’s final drive…
Hopping to Victory
Here is Nelson Piquet having a bit if a light moment in downtown Long Beach during the United States Grand Prix West on March 30, 1980 with his Brabham BT49. This race was an opportunity for the normally-aspirated Ford-Cosworth-powered Brabhams to make up ground on the turbo Renault RE20 with which René Arnoux had won the previous two races in Brazil and South Africa. In practice Piquet was ahead…
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