Cevert’s opportunity

1971 United States Grand Prix

Rarely you come across a podium with this much unfulfilled potential: three drivers, each one of them a potential world champion. Sadly, none of them had the time, or the luck, to actually achieve that. For one of them, the 1971 season finale was the highlight of his career in terms of achievement, though in this episode, luck was on his side at the Glen.

Respect is key

2013 Malaysian Grand Prix – Comment

For the first the first time since I can remember, the three men on the podium all didn’t want to be there. The rivalry within the Red Bull team was clearly displayed on track, on team radio and in post-race body language. As if it were written in a script, Mercedes had the exact same issues, but the result could not have been more in contrast to the way things went at Red Bull.

Colin’s Monaco leap

1970 Monaco Grand Prix

When they passed the finish line for the final lap, Jack Brabham’s mechanics cheered their team leader on, while the Lotus mechanics did the same for their leading man, the Austrian Jochen Rindt. The old Lotus had been repainted red, white and gold, while their old and classic colour livery was now featured on the car Rindt was chasing. After all that had gone wrong that weekend, second place already felt like victory, but it would be sensational if he could overtake veteran Brabham!

Lotus 49

Clark’s comeback race

1967 Italian Grand Prix

Jim Clark re-joined the track in fifteenth place, one lap behind the leading cars. But his Lotus 49 was much faster than those in front of him and he started gaining on them by over a second a lap. Victory had become possible for the Scot, but was there enough time? Would the Lotus’s DFV engine break its habit of breaking down and help Clark to achieve the impossible?

The Monaco rookies

1984 Monaco Grand Prix

The grey skies above the Mediterranean principality are getting darker by the minute, the rain is coming down harder and harder and visibility is reduced to just a few meters. From the spray a McLaren appears, frantically waving his hands as he passes by. Later he was declared race winner, but the race will be remembered as the arrival of two youngsters, driving their machinery to the absolute limit through the tight streets of Monte-Carlo.

An act of sportsmanship

1958 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1958 season was marked by the retirement of Juan Manuel Fangio from full-time racing, which guaranteed a new Formula 1 champion. After eight of eleven rounds, two candidates emerged: Mike Hawthorn driving for Ferrari, and Stirling Moss driving for the humble Vanwall team. Stirling Moss finally had his chance to shine having driven in the shadow of the great Juan Manuel Fangio in the years before. But eventually lost out on the championship to Mike Hawthorn – due to a remarkable act of sportsmanship.