The 1974 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Zandvoort on June 23, 1974. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Niki Lauda Ferrari 75 1:43:00.35 1 9 2 11 Clay Regazzoni Ferrari 75 + 8.25 2 6 3 5 Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford 75 + 30.27 3 4 4 33 Mike Hailwood McLaren-Ford 75 + 31.29 4 3 5 3 Jody Scheckter Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 34.28 5 2 6 4 Patrick Depailler Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 51.52 8 1 7 28 John Watson Brabham-Ford 75 + 1:13.95 13   8 1 Ronnie Peterson Lotus-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 10   9 8 Rikky von Opel Brabham-Ford 73 + 2 Laps 23   10 10 Vittorio Brambilla March-Ford 72 + 3 Laps 15   11 2 Jacky Ickx Lotus-Ford 71 + 4 Laps 18   12 7 Carlos Reutemann Brabham-Ford 71 + 4 Laps 12   DSQ 22 Vern Schuppan Ensign-Ford 69 Disqualified 17   Ret 6 Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford 65 Ignition 9   Ret 37 François Migault BRM 60 Gearbox 25   Ret 20 Arturo Merzario Iso Marlboro-Ford 54 [read more...]

The Lotus 72 was a Formula One car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe of Lotus for the 1970 Formula One season. Development The 72 was yet another innovative design by Chapman featuring inboard brakes, side mounted radiators in sidepods, as opposed to the nose mounted radiators which had been commonplace since the 1950s and an overhead air intake. The overall shape of the car was innovative too, resembling a wedge on wheels which was inspired by the earlier Lotus 56 gas turbine car, and the layout taken from the Lotus 63 four wheel drive project testbed. The shape made for better air penetration and higher speeds. In a back-to-back test with the Lotus 49, the 72 was 12 mph faster with the same Ford engine. Chapman's efforts produced one of the most remarkable and successful designs in F1 history. Taking the stressed engine layout technique from the Lotus 49 and adding advanced aerodynamics produced a car that was years ahead of its rivals. To begin with however, [read more...]

The Footwork FA15 was a Formula One car with which the Footwork team competed in the 1994 Formula One season. The number 9 seat was taken by Christian Fittipaldi and the number 10 seat was taken by Gianni Morbidelli. The team never employed a test driver. The engine was a Ford HBE7/8 3.5 V8. The team didn't have a main sponsor. The car was very competitive in the early races of the year: Morbidelli qualified sixth in Brazil, Fittipaldi finished fourth in Aida (where Morbidelli retired from fifth), and Fittipaldi qualified sixth and ran fifth in Monaco before he suffered a gearbox failure, whilst Morbidelli qualified seventh. But after that, the team's performance began to suffer, with Morbidelli only finishing four races in the entire season and Fittipaldi frequently finishing outside the points. However, the team still managed the occasional good performance. Morbidelli ran well in Canada, whilst Fittipaldi finished sixth, only to be disqualified due to being underweight. In [read more...]

  1983 Race of Champions Race details Non-Championship Race in the 1983 Formula One season Date April 10, 1983 (1983-04-10) Official name Marlboro Race of Champions Location Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, Fawkham, Kent, England Course Permanent racing facility 4.206 km (2.6136 mi) Distance 40 laps, 168.24 km (104.544 mi) Weather Warm, dry Pole position Driver Keke Rosberg Williams-Cosworth Time 1:15.766 Fastest lap Driver René Arnoux Ferrari Time 1:17.826 on lap 18 Podium First Keke Rosberg Williams-Cosworth Second Danny Sullivan Tyrrell-Cosworth Third Alan Jones Arrows-Cosworth The 1983 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on April 10, 1983. It was also the last non-championship F1 race to be held in the sport's history. It was won by the reigning world champion Keke Rosberg in the Williams FW08, who narrowly beat Danny Sullivan in his Tyrrell. Former world champion Alan Jones finished [read more...]

The 1965 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on July 18, 1965. Race report Honda capitalised on their long hours of testing at Zandvoort when Ginther claimed a front-row space with Graham Hill and Clark. He shot into the lead for the first 2 laps. Hill took the lead and then Clark overtook him on lap 6. Hill fell back with rev counter problems and Stewart was left to duel with first Gurney and then Clark-ending up with a Scottish 1-2. Classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 80 2:03:59.1 2 9 2 12 Jackie Stewart BRM 80 +8.0 secs 6 6 3 16 Dan Gurney Brabham-Climax 80 +13.0 secs 5 4 4 10 Graham Hill BRM 80 +45.1 secs 1 3 5 14 Denny Hulme Brabham-Climax 79 +1 Lap 7 2 6 22 Richie Ginther Honda 79 +1 Lap 3 1 7 2 John Surtees Ferrari 79 +1 Lap 4 8 8 Mike Spence Lotus-Climax 79 +1 Lap 8 9 4 Lorenzo Bandini Ferrari 79 +1 Lap 12 10 38 Innes Ireland Lotus-BRM 78 +2 Laps 13 [read more...]

Franco Rol Date of birth 5 June 1908(1908-06-05) Date of death 18 June 1977(1977-06-18) (aged 69) Formula One World Championship career Nationality Italian Active years 1950 - 1952 Teams Maserati, O.S.C.A. Races 5 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1950 Monaco Grand Prix Last race 1952 Italian Grand Prix Franco Rol (June 5, 1908 in Turin - June 18, 1977 in Rapallo ) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on May 21, 1950. He scored no championship points. He also participated in many non-championship Formula One events. Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WDC Points 1950 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati Straight-4 GBR MON Ret 500 SUI BEL FRA Ret ITA Ret NC 0 1951 O.S.C.A. Automobil O.S.C.A. 4500G O.S.C.A. V12 SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA 9 [read more...]