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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

We have some wonderful photos of the great champion Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari so here are two superb photos from a race he did not win, the 1996 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 10, the first race of the year. Schumacher who had just joined Ferrari from Benetton qualified only fourth, behind his teammate Eddie Irvine and three-quarters of  second adrift from the…