Classic Motorsport Photos

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That's cool. Reminds me to find a pic I took of Frentzen getting out of his Porsche Cup car at the Melbourne GP, 2012.

Motoharu “GAN-san” Kurosawa trying to hang with the Capellas to no avail in a 1-2-3 finish for the Mazdas at Fuji 1972.
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1988 British Touring Car Championship

Defending champion Chris Hodgetts unsuccessfully tried to tackle Formula Sierra with a turbocharged A70 Toyota Supra. Hodgetts didn't even last the whole year with MIL Motorsport; Ian Flux and Mark Hales drove the #1 car at various rounds in the second half of the season, such as the shots from Brands Hatch, with Vic Lee in the #2.

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1988 British Touring Car Championship

Defending champion Chris Hodgetts unsuccessfully tried to tackle Formula Sierra with a turbocharged A70 Toyota Supra. Hodgetts didn't even last the whole year with MIL Motorsport; Ian Flux and Mark Hales drove the #1 car at various rounds in the second half of the season, such as the shots from Brands Hatch, with Vic Lee in the #2.

Always thought the Group A Supra, and the Starion for that matter, were stretching the concept of what a touring car is really supposed to be. That and the BiTurbo added some much needed variety to the back of the field though i guess.
 
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Same reason why I thought 911s were odd to be named touring cars back in the day. I’ll take it though.
 
That Rover reminds me of Tony Pond's 1990 Isle of Man TT first 100mph average lap record. In what was an almost standard Rover 827 Vitesse. There's a whole Duke Video of it, but seemingly very few photos.

To say that even 34 years later, the (200+bhp) racing Superbike lap record is 'only' 137mph, on a narrow circuit much better suited to bikes, 100mph in a 176bhp near-standard non-sportscar was really impressive.

Mark Higgins had to use a 600bhp Time Attack WRX STi to push that car lap record to 127mph in 2016.


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1995 Ligier JS41

In response to claims that the 1995 Ligier was a copy of the 1995 Benetton, rumours going so far as that the JS41 was made in Benetton's factory with Ligier's moulds, Ligier responded late in the season with a rear wing sticker insisting on the car being made in France.

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@Liquid
From a drivers POV. I think that what was written on that back wing worries me more than the straight up copy of the Benetton. just my two cents based on my experience with french cars.:lol::lol::lol:
 
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@Liquid
From a drivers POV. I think that what was written on that back wing worries me more than the straight up copy of the Benetton. just my two cents based on my experience with french cars.:lol::lol::lol:

The irony is now the current French team once formerly known as Renault was Benetton (et al), and still builds that car in Enstone.
 
love the look of those cars. but id never want to drive one at speed
 
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1976 Great Britain GP
James Hunt (McLaren M23)
Niki Lauda (Ferrari 312T)
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1990 Japan GP
Alain Prost (Ferrari 641)
Ayrton Senna (McLaren MP4/5B)
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1998 Belgium GP
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren MP4/13)
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari F300)
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1999 Austria GP
Mika Häkkinen (McLaren MP4/14)
David Coulthard (McLaren MP4/14)
Eddie Irvine (Ferrari F399)
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2003 Australia GP
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren MP4-17D)
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari F2002B)
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2008 Great Britain GP
Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2008)
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4-23)
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Le Mans 1999 before lift-off

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I still shake my head in disbelief that Mercedes Benz got it so horribly wrong, especially after being so dominant following their return to Sportscars.

It's like they learnt nothing from the previous 2 years of research, testing, development & racing.

Mud over a lot of faces, but I'm just glad Webber & Dumbreck both survived their flights without harm.
 
Note the difference around the fenders to the cars that actually raced; after desperate calls to Adrian Newey following Webber's warm-up flip, they added dive planes to find as much downforce as possible.

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If I remember correctly, they had taken multiple handicaps including detuning the engine down to 450hp & were still more than competitive for the series, and the only reason Team Lark did not return was due to even heavier handicaps proposed against them. I don't remember if this was also during the time Toyota was trying to topple Nissan's dominance & the McLarens kind of spoiled the Supra's potential.
 
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