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On this day in F1 – 26th January 1975: Michael Corleone wins his first Grand Prix Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: The Grumpy Jackal Michael had overseen the family’s crime syndicate grow to titanic proportions when he approached friends in Italy about a possible diversion to his nefarious activities in America. He had eliminated … Read more
On this day in F1… 19th July 1975 Fittpaldi wins British GP. Hardly a breakthrough headline, I grant you, he was after all the reigning World Champion driving for Mclaren. Maybe of more significance were the facts that it would be his last F1 win, a Welshman qualified on pole, Graham Hill chose to retire … Read more
TJ13 contributor take a look at one of Brazil’s multiple Formula 1 world champions, a notorious F1 Godfather.
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Carlo Carluccio – 1963: Jim Clark drives his Lotus 25 to his first win of the 1963 season at Spa – 1974: Jody Scheckter wins his first ever Grand Prix on this day Jim Clark drives his Lotus 25 to his first win of the 1963 season at Spa In a … Read more
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Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: The Grumpy Jackal – 1975: Michael Corleone wins his first Grand Prix Michael had overseen the family’s crime syndicate grow to titanic proportions when he approached friends in Italy about a possible diversion to his nefarious activities in America. He had eliminated all his rivals in various daring missions … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 contributor Cassius42 US GP, Watkins Glen On this day Emerson Fittipaldi won his first Grand Prix after only four starts, the first of 14 victories in his career, which included championships in 1972 and1974. This event was significant in that Emerson was replacing, as team leader, Jochen Rindt who had … Read more
Welcome to another week of TheJudge13 F1 Bar Exam. Last week’s question(s): Can you name the driver, team, race and track where the photo was taken. Can you also name the car (type) and where the driver finished in the race? The answer(s) I was looking for were: The driver in the photo was Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi driving … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler: Carlo Carluccio Editors Note: Today marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the passing of Enzo Ferrari. This is the final part of the three-part feature looking at and celebrating the life of this motorsport legend. Gilles Villeneuve From the first moment he saw him, he recognised a similarity to Nuvolari and … Read more
Brought to you by TheJudge13 chronicler Carlo Carluccio – 1944: Ronnie Peterson – A superstar is born When I think of Sweden in the 70’s there’s little that stands out as exciting; other than tank proportioned Volvos, a pop group (sorry, I can’t call ABBA music), videos of blonde floppy haired men and women in … Read more
