Alain Prost won... & Ayrton Senna DNQ’d. That didn’t happen very often, did it? #AnorakFact : no, actually, it happened only once, at Imola, #OnThisDay 40 years ago. Here’s Prost’s hunky yet elegant McLaren MP4/2 en route to victory.
Remembering Luigi Taramazzo, born #OnThisDay in ’32. #AnorakFact : like Bernie Ecclestone, he DNQ’d for the ’58 #MonacoGP , their first attempts; also like Ecclestone, he never qualified for an #F1 GP thereafter. Pic: en route to 5th, Ferrari 250GTO/64, #TargaFlorio , ’64.
#OnThisDay 2016 Maria Teresa De Filippis 🇮🇹 died at the age of 89. #AnorakFact : 1958 Belgian grand prix marked the first #F1 World Championship race start (and finish) by a woman in the form of Maria Teresa de Filippis.
ph: 1958 Spa Francorchamps (📸LAT).
#OnThisDay Juan Manuel Fangio🇦🇷 won 1955 Argentinian GP. #AnorakFact : Fangio suffered severe burns to his leg which, for the entire duration of the race, was rubbing against the chassis frame which was being heated by the exhaust. It took him 3 months to recover. #F1
#OnThisDay in ’85, at Imola, in a Lotus 97T, Elio de Angelis won an #F1 GP for the 2nd & final time. Pic: 3rd that day was Patrick Tambay, in a Renault RE60, his 2nd consecutive F1 podium in as many GPs & - #AnorakFact - the 11th & last of his F1 career.
Philippe Étancelin born on 28 Dec 1896. A pre-WW2 ace, he was in his 50s when #F1 began. #AnorakFact : finishing 5th in 1950 #ItalianGP , at 53 years 249 days, he became & remains oldest #F1 world championship points scorer. Pic: Monaco, ’30, Bugatti T35C.
Andrew Lukas Myron Vernis Mazda UK PR Paul Cowland ⛽️ Jonny Smith (Parody) Snugbucket LienhardBildwerke © Auto Tradition / Racing Spirit Rob Beddington Team Radar Love マツダ株式会社 The Cosmo was apparently named after the cosmos, to reflect the fascination in space and the ‘space race’ in the ’60s. #AnorakFact .
#Mazda #Mazda Cosmo #110S
#マツダ #マツダ コスモ
#HappyBirthday Pierluigi Martini, 63. Pic: en route to a P8 grid slot in Monaco quali in ’90 in a Minardi M190. Sadly, he retired in the race - & scored no points all year. #AnorakFact : the M190 was designed by Aldo Costa, who went on to fame & fortune with Ferrari & Merc.
#AnorakFact : years later, by now a wealthy businessman, André Guelfi was implicated in the Elf Aquitaine scandal, found guilty, & given a 3-year suspended sentence & a €1 million fine. He wrote a book about it: L’Original d’un Village Marocain aux Secrets de l’Affaire Elf. (2/2)
#OnThisDay 60 years ago, in a car bearing his own name (Brabham BT7), Jack Brabham won the non-championship #F1 #InternationalTrophy at Silverstone. #AnorakFact : here he’s being congratulated by Max Aitken, chairman of the #DailyExpress , which sponsored the race.
#OnThisDay in ’72 Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus 72D) won the non-championship #F1 #InternationalTrophy at Silverstone. #F5000 cars were eligible. Pic: Graham McRae (Leda-Chevy LT27 F5000 car) leads Peter Gethin (BRM P160 F1 car). #AnorakFact : Leda was run by Len Terry - hence LT27.
The ’75 #SpanishGP was truncated because Rolf Stommelen’s rear wing broke, causing him to shunt into Carlos Pace. Stommelen’s car flew over a barrier, killing 5 spectators. #AnorakFact : Jochen Mass (pic) won, his McLaren M23 run by my old McLaren & #WSeries mate Dave Ryan. (2/2)
Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁 Another #AnorakFact : St. Pancras Old Churchyard is where one of England's greatest architects, Sir John Soane, is buried in a tomb of his own design.
Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁 Another #anorakfact for you: his niece, Narisa Chakrabongse, drove his 1930s ERA 'Romulus' at a demonstration event in Bangkok back in the 80s. She described it as 'absolutely terrifying'…
#OnThisDay in ’76 Hunt won the #SpanishGP , his first GP win of his championship year, one of the greatest seasons in #F1 history. Pic: Lauda (Ferrari) led at first but Hunt prevailed. #AnorakFact : his McLaren was initially disqualified (“too wide”) but was reinstated weeks later.
