Mario Winning In Kyalami
43 years ago Mario Andretti, driving for Ferrari, won his first F1 race at the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami. Read More …
Tag: 1971
Cevert Triumphs
Surely there was never a more handsome GP driver than Francois Cevert? The tall Frenchman joined the Tyrrell March team in 1970 but, in Jackie Stewart’s shadow, scored but a single Grand Prix victory before a tragic death at the 1973 USGP. Read More …
Monza 1971
Emerson Fittipaldi pilots the four-wheel drive Lotus 56B, fitted with a Pratt & Whitney gas turbine engine, to an 8th place finish at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix. Read More …
Monza 1971
Peter Gethin’s 1971 victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza was the closest ever finish with just 0.01s between 1st and 2nd (Peterson) and a staggering 0.61s covering the first five cars. Read More …
Cevert At the Karrusell
Francois Cevert in his Tyrrell 004 at the Nurburging’s Karrusell corner in 1971. Read More …
Remembering Gethin
Peter Gethin drove a V12 Yardley BRM to slipstreaming victory at a pre-chicane Monza in the 1971 Italian GP, in what is still the closest finish ever for a Formula One race. Gethin passed away, age 71, this week. Read More …