HistoryRacingPedia

This website is about Historic Racing facts. Most of the information comes from my personal library and archives.
The website is linked to the facebook page : Historic Racing Facts

Work on this website is continu in progress !

New items on famous racing drivers (mainly my heroes), iconic cars in Formula 1 and Endurance racing are regularly put on this site.
Do not forget to go to stories of the past history in racing.

Drivers

Cars

Teams

Stories

F1 in 1982: Monaco GP casino time!

23/03/2024 - Everything happened in the last 3 laps of the 1982 Monaco GP. Alain Prost (Renault) was heading for victory, when he spun on lap 74. Patese got the lead, but spun also. Then came Pironi (Ferrari) in the lead; he had to stop. Then was De Cesaris(Alfa) first, but he ran out of fuel. Then there was Daly(Williams), but his gearbox failed. So Ricardo Patrese in the Brabham BT49 scored his first win in Monaco

F1 in 1982: Villeneuve-Pironi a final battle

20/03/2024 - Scuderia Ferrari had two stars in the house for the 1982 F1 season. It was definitely the year that either Gilles Villeneuve or Didier Pironi were supposed to be world champion in the Ferrrai 162C2. After a debatable win for Pironi in Imola, Villeneuve had a fatal accident in Zolder. But Pironi had a career-ending crash in Hockenheim.

F1 in 1982: Ferrari 162C2 with a double rear wing

18/03/2024 - Ferrari made an attempt to exploit a loophole in the 1982 Formula 1 regulations and fit two rear wings to the back of their 126C2 for the United States Grand Prix West at Long Beach. This was only the third race of the season!

“Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.” (Steve McQueen)

This is a site about the history of racing. Interesting stories about racing cars, teams and drivers. For me fun to make the items out of my personal archive and for you fun to read !

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HistoryRacingPedia

A site about some history in the car racing history. The first F1 race I saw (on TV) was the GP Germany in 1968; the first 24hours of Le Mans in 1970. The stories come from my own library and gathered infomation all those years.