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Post by Carl on Mar 8, 2021 0:58:02 GMT
No worries, René  Mikael and René, Who is the driver in the bottom photograph?
- Carl
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Post by René on Mar 8, 2021 9:23:46 GMT
No worries, René Mikael and René, Who is the driver in the bottom photograph?
- Carl
Carl, it's Giancarlo Baghetti. The man who won the 1961 French Grand Prix, his first World Championship Grand Prix, and two non-championship races before that (Syracuse and Napoli) to never win again! But he won for Ferrari and no one is going to take that away from him.     |
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Post by charleselan on Mar 8, 2021 14:59:10 GMT
When I first set eyes on that photo I thought it had to be Giancarlo Baghetti but could not remember him driving for Ferrari once more in the mid 1960's. The picture was obviously taken in 1966 and at Monza and features the 2.4ltr V6 Dino Ferrari 246. I then forgetfully thought it must therefore be Ludovico Scarfiotti, but of course he drove the full 3 ltr 312 V12 car and actually won the race and his only GP victory.
As Rob mentions elsewhere today Google is ones friend and I found that it was Baghetti, as René correctly points out above. It was a rather uninspired drive by the Italian, but of course he has those two memorable wins in the 156 "Shark Nose" Ferrari at Reims and the non championship Syracuse GP.
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Post by Carl on Mar 8, 2021 16:56:23 GMT
The first act of his Formula One career was captivating until he channeled Greta Garbo  |
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Post by mikael on Mar 21, 2021 18:27:24 GMT
Not a magazine but a website; still I hope it's OK to make a note about it here.
Through several years, I have enjoyed reading a number on articles on a Danish site, called
about classic cars. Yes, mostly it's about cars, but occasionally, there is a good article about "classic" racing as well (i.e., racing in the 60's, 70's, ...).
I found out now, quite by chance, that there is an English version of this site, called
It seems that the English site is not just a translation of the Danish one, but it builds on the same idea. Also, it seems that an extended team is behind it. Finally, it seems that the English site contains more racing (than the Danish one).
Perhaps you may find it of interest.
Best M.
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Post by Carl on Mar 21, 2021 20:52:52 GMT
Mikael, Thanks! A very cool website I have bookmarked
Cheers, Carl
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Post by Carl on Mar 22, 2021 16:04:11 GMT
From the website recommended by Mikael, a well-informed retrospective of Aston-Martin's last Formula One effort. |
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Post by chrisb on Mar 23, 2021 8:04:07 GMT
thanks Mikael, I too have bookmarked this wonderful site
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Post by charleselan on Apr 29, 2021 17:18:13 GMT
While having my morning cuppa in bed I actually got to read on my iPad last months Motorsport, well glanced much of the content but enjoyed immensely the interview with Jacky Ickx. What a guy, so intelligent and articulate as well as being one of the all time greats. A real good read as he talks about so many different aspects of his vast and varied career.
Main points for me were his personal take on why he was so great in the rain, yes it came from his motorcycling career are a teenager. He also points out that due to these skills he was the one looking for places on the track in those conditions that were not the normal racing line, as that is where the grip was.
He also explains how like Senna (my insertion here) how he would sometimes be in a different place during some of his epic drives, some of his Le Mans drives were of that nature. Jacky explained that at times like that you feel invincible.
He has an interesting take on why his ill starred return to F1 in the Ligier JS11 in 1979 was not good which he puts down to him loosing two or three tenths in performance in that car. Yet in sports cars he says he never lost that pace, especially with the Porsche 956, he has no answers as to why. Maybe it was just down to motivation, F1 no longer motivated him.
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Post by robmarsh on Apr 30, 2021 7:40:56 GMT
The June issue of Motorsport also looks very interesting, I feel that have stepped up a gear or maybe used the overdrive switch that was popular in the 60s with some British cars. Interesting there is an article on Baghetti whom we discussed about seven weeks ago. Hmmm, (Rob scratches cheek reflectively.)
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Post by charleselan on Apr 30, 2021 11:32:13 GMT
The June issue of Motorsport also looks very interesting, I feel that have stepped up a gear or maybe used the overdrive switch that was popular in the 60s with some British cars. Interesting there is an article on Baghetti whom we discussed about seven weeks ago. Hmmm, (Rob scratches cheek reflectively.) Quite a few coincidences Rob . I agree that Motorsport has improved considerably with their printed monthly, always a good read these past months. |
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Post by charleselan on Jun 24, 2021 17:38:48 GMT
Was in my local Carrefour this afternoon and noticed that Auto Hebdo have produced a superb looking soft back magazine style book on Niki Lauda, had a quick look through and it was superb with some great photos of his whole career. Would have bought it years ago but held off today.
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Post by Carl on Jun 24, 2021 18:13:01 GMT
Was in my local Carrefour this afternoon and noticed that Auto Hebdo have produced a superb looking soft back magazine style book on Niki Lauda, had a quick look through and it was superb with some great photos of his whole career. Would have bought it years ago but held off today. Once a voracious reader, now lazy, the books I haven't read forbid me to buy more. The relationship between great books and their owners can be as prohibitive as the bonds of marriage. |
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Post by charleselan on Jun 24, 2021 19:06:15 GMT
This is the Niki Lauda Auto Hebdo publication:-  |
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Post by charleselan on Aug 13, 2021 18:24:40 GMT
This morning I was reading the online version of the weekly "newspaper" Motor Racing News and it had n excellent interview with Geoff Lees. Geoff was always very unlucky in his career and had so much talent which went largely unrewarded, but a super guy and very humble with it. He came up the hard way as a motor mechanic but after an amazing year in Formula Ford where he won three different national championships and the FF Festival which was held back then at Snetterton he progressed into F3 with Chevron.
Geoff mentioned that he made his debut in F1 with Tyrrell as a stand in for Jarier and really impressed Ken but was told he could only drive the next year if he brought money, Derek Daly had some and got the drive. He then had a stand in drive at Lotus when Mansell injured his wrist and made such an impression on Colin Chapman that after the race he offered him a test contract for the rest of that year and a full race contract for the following year in place of Nigel Mansell.
Geoff's terrible luck struck when Chapman had a massive heart attack and died, this was followed by the team management who took over not sustaining the contract and Geoff lost out. He made several appearances in the ailing Shadow team and was the only driver ever to qualify that machine, he did say it was the most frightening car he had ever driven. This was as a result of the steering rack pinching up under heavy braking which resulted in the steering locking, can you believe that.
After winning the European F2 Championship in 1981 driving a Ralt Honda a car that Geoff says was not as good as the March's that year, he then went to Japan and built a great career there. He speaks about those days of initial hardship not knowing the language and living in an icy cold house near Mount Fuji. He then married a Japanese lady and things improved dramatically as did his bank balance when he won the Japanese F2 Championship and then joined the Toyota Group C team. Driving for Toyota he came within an hour of winning at Le mans for Toyota having done the bulk of the driving but during Thierry Boutsen's final stint the sump plug worked loose and the engine surprisingly seized.
It is a great interview by a superb driver who should have been a top flight F1 driver in my opinion.
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