If you are looking for a fabulous racing inspired drivers watch look no further than the Chrono Driver Evo by Meccaniche Veloci.

In 1937 Bernd Rosemeyer, driving a Auto-Union type C, set a new record of 406 km/h and Tazio Nuvolari won on the Milanese circuit driving Alfa Romeo 12-C-36 . That same year the first driver’s watch was created, a revolutionary model dedicated to the racing drivers of that time. Featuring a curved dial that allowed the face of the watch to be worn on the inside of the wrist, this configuration allowed you to glance down and check the time with no need to remove one or both hands from the wheel. In the 1940s and the 1950s the most demanding racing drivers chose the “driver’s watch” models featuring a vertical re-oriented dial or noon shifted to the three o’clock position, while in the 1970s there followed watches featuring a digital display showing hours and minutes.

Meccaniche Veloci channeled those early drivers and designers energy to create the Chrono Driver Evo. It is a model halfway between a recollection of a roaring past and a reinterpretation of the time concept: not linear, but definitely skewed to the advanced.  The Chrono Driver Evo most obvious feature is a balancing case protected by a curved profile frame called a brancard. This limited Edition represents the natural and exclusive evolution of a driver’s watch as created by many watchmaking designers of the last century. They share indeed a dynamic style and a pursuit for exclusivity.

With the choice of models of constructed of either Titanium or Carbon Fiber, the Chrono Driver Evo by Meccaniche Veloci is the epitome of design, mechanics and precision inspired by the past while conjuring the future. The perfectly polished and satin-finish surfaces of the case and brancard exalt the elegance and cleanliness of the shapes; the dial is protected by convex sapphire glass. The push buttons in the upper part of the case activate the start, stop and zeroing functions of the chronograph. When the two side pins of the brancard are moved, the case slopes a little, becoming an innovative and iconic instrument for measuring time.

Movement: ETA 7750 calibre

Functions: self-winding, with chronograph functions controlled by two pushbuttons

Case: Tip case & brancard, in titanium or carbon fiber

Case Diameter: 42 mm, thickness 12 mm (together with the brancard it measures a total of 62 mm x 53 mm)

Bezel: In polished titanium or carbon fiber

Dial: Black & Grey(available also in White and silver), with sexagesimal scale for the minutes, graded every five, glowing hands, chronometer minute counter at number 9, total hour counter at number 3, continuous seconds at number 6

Crown: In titanium, push down

Crystal: Convex sapphire glass

Water resistance: Waterproof up to 50 meters

Strap: Carbon Fiber layered

Buckle: In titanium deployant, customized

Starting at a suggested retail price of $6,400.00US and available at Racewatches.com

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Although these days they tend to be redesigned, tweeted and Facebooked seemingly multiple times between each practice session, a driver’s helmet is one of their most significant brands, and the helmet designs of the golden age of motorsport still stand today as icons of the sport’s greats.

McLaren is well on board with this idea, and has released an excellent range of 1:2 scale helmets which feature the iconic designs of their legendary World Champion drivers as part of their 50 years of Bruce McLaren celebrations.

Headlined, of course, by the unmistakable colours of the Brazilian flag, and Ayrton Senna’s helmet.

Also featured are some of my personal favourites; Niki Lauda’s ’84 design and James Hunt’s awesome black ’76 helmet, along with Mika Hakkinen’s ’98 design, Alain Prost’s ’85 design,Emerson Fittipaldi’s ’74 design and Lewis Hamilton’s ’08 helmet.

At 1:2 scale you’ll need a very small head to be able to try them on, and I doubt they’ll do much good as protection for your historic motor racing, but with a durable fibreglass construction and hard-wearing polyurethane paints they’ll work just fine in the man cave, on the office desk, or as a magnificent piece of memorabilia for the historic motorsport connoisseur.

Check ‘em out over at the official McLaren Official F1 Store here.

Images via McLaren Official F1 Store

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A different Target: Pledge your support to turn Dario Franchitti’s book into reality.

Dario Franchitti’s new book, Romance of Racing, reveals how much of a fan of racing history he is. The three-time 500 winner and four-time Indycar champion traces his heroes, legends and friends who he respects for what they’ve achieved in the sport. And we need your support to make it happen.

The book, Franchitti’s first, is a collection of essays and stories by him, combined with some of the great images from motorsport archives. The publication is edited, and published, by Motorsport Retro’s Andy Hallbery, and it quickly became a labour of love for the Scottish racer.

With the concept locked in and agreed with Dario, the next step is to publish the book. That’s where Motorsport Retro fans can help. Go to the Romance of Racing Kickstarter page to pledge your support and take advantage of our range of offers.

“Andy is a good friend of mine, and has been for a long time,” says Franchitti. “He’s been on at me for ages to do a book, but I’m not ready to do an autobiography. This time he came to me and said, ‘I’ve got an idea, how about we do a history of racing and the people through your eyes.’ I already liked the idea, but then he sent me a message with a handful of amazing pictures. All it said was ‘These would look good in your book!’ I was already liking the idea, but that swung it, and off we went.”

Hallbery takes up the story. “I started trawling the archives of the great photographers, such as Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier and the late Michael C Brown, who was another Retro contributor, Big agencies like Getty, LAT Photographic and Sutton Images as well as some less well known, but no less talented shooters,” says Hallbery, “and I quickly knew that the problem we would have would be to get them all in.

“In the end I got it down to about 100,” he continues, ‘and chose the obvious ones to send to Dario to trigger his personal memories. I felt Jim Clark was the obvious best place to start. Dario turned it around as if we were having a chat over dinner or something. His words were perfect, and from the heart. I knew then we had something good on our hands.”

“Andy knows what makes me tick, and sending me Clark first was nothing short of emotional blackmail!” Franchitti laughs, “but it was a good place to start. For me the difficulty is squeezing all the memories and opinions in. It’s a bit like Twitter for grown ups: ‘ Please write 200 words or less.’ Juan Pablo Montoya became Juan Montoya just to save the word count!”

Franchitti really knows his stuff, and as well as meeting many of the drivers in the book, has been lucky enough to drive various cars from yesteryear, including the highlight, Jim Clark’s Indy 500 Lotus. “That was a dream, and I only gave it half throttle, but it was enough, to smell and hear it. It was amazing.”

Another driver that Franchitti found easy to write about was Juan Manuel Fangio. “You can argue forever who is the greatest,” he says. But in my Mercedes days I saw the W196 in action, and the thought of racing one earned my utmost respect. One of the Mercedes guys told me about Fangio doing a demo in the late 1970s in what turned into a race against Jack Brabham. The guy was almost 70, the car priceless, and he was really hustling it. That was no quiet demo! I’ve since found the clip on Youtube from Sandown Park, and it is truly remarkable.”

Having seen the life of the journalist from the other side, Franchitti has no plans on calling an end to his racing. “No chance,” he says. “Doing the book was great fun, but I have more to do on track yet. But I’m sure readers of Motorsport Retro, who seem to enjoy good photography, will enjoy my take on some of the heroes of the sport, from yesterday to today.”

Now we need your support to make the project a reality. Make your pledge here

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The McLaren M7C is known inside McLaren as the “Thursday car”, because on May 15, 1969, the team showed up for practice at Monaco sporting a front wing dubbed the “Guillotine” and was immediately banned on safety grounds.  The Ford Cosworth DFV powered, ‘papaya orange’ racer was never seen in this configuration again.

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Video: The ghost of Ayrton Senna, Suzuka 1989

Honda has created this incredible a video tribute to Ayrton Senna. They took the actual data from Senna’s 1989 McLaren-Honda to create an audio/visual lap of Suzuka. Wow.

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Martin Donnelly: The luckiest man alive

“For Martin Donnelly to have survived that accident was an act of God,” said Warwick who best summed it up the awful Spanish GP at Jerez the day after his Lotus teammate Martin Donnelly’s sickening qualifying crash in 1990.

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Retro Art: Ricardo Santos

These brilliant artworks come from Ricardo Santos; Portuguese art director and graphic designer who demonstratese his love of 80s Rally and Formula One liveries.

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David Purley: Fearless – F1′s Greatest Hero

Where do we start? Purley is mostly remembered for his futile attempts at rescuing Roger Williamson from his burning car at Zandvoort in 1973, but just take a quick look at his life, and it will take you less than two minutes to realise this guy was like no other.

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Video + Photo: Nigel Corner crash Goodwood Revival 1998

Nigel Corner was rather lucky to survive this horror crash at the Goodwood Revival in 1998.

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Girls of Formula 1

15 fabulous photos of Formula 1′s glamour girls

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Video: James Hunt punches marshall

They don’t make them like they used to!

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Video: Is this the greatest Moto GP save ever?

How did crowd favourite Randy Mamola, save this near certain crash on is 500cc Honda GP bike?

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Awesome Retro Motorsport Livery Planes

Liveries from Gulf and Rothmans to BAR Honda and Benetton are represented on classic planes like the Hawker Typhoon, Polikarpov I-15 and the English Electric Lightning. It’s an awesome idea, executed spectacularly well!

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Miss Hurst Golden Shifter, Linda Vaughn.

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A magic machine from early ’80s Group 2 touring car racing, this super clean BMW 635 Group 2 is up for sale at Art & Revs.

It comes from a successful lineage, with the 635CSi following on from a period of BMW domination in touring car racing, and themselves notching up plenty of podiums and wins in early ’80s European Touring Car racing. And it looks ready to race again, coming with its FIA HTP ready to go.

Head over to the Art & Revs website here for the official word, and scroll on for more.

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Images via Art & Revs.

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“It’s a symphony of vaguely disastrous noises, which I really love.”

A few years ago on a Sunday evening after spending the weekend at the Phillip Island Classic, as everyone from the event was busy packing up and heading home, we were walking down the main street looking for a bite to eat when we saw a wonderful sight. A Lancia Stratos Group 5, dressed in full livery, parked under a tree on the side of the road.

It was such a beautiful contrast, this manic machine which we’d watched receiving the beans all weekend on the track, resting by the side of the road in this serene little town.

This video from Petrolicious elaborates on what makes the Stratos so cool, is beautifully shot and is an excellent watch. Enjoy!

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The Ruby Castel is for those of you who like a little luxury, whilst looking a little retro.

The Castel is made of carbon fibre, kevar and fibreglass and feature an inner lining of Nappa lamb leather. The paintwork is superb and the Castel range support a full selection of accessories including a visor and googles and a snap on an astro shield. If you want something 100% unique you can also order a custom paint job. Nice

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This new trailer for Ron Howard’s Rush is amazing. The story of 1976 Formula One World Championship battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt promises to deliver racing fans a heady mix of drama, sex and action. We can’t wait.

Watch it.

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50 years of 911 means 50 years of sideways action. This clip revisits some of the iconic Porsche’s memorable moments.

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Being the daredevil passenger, leaning out of a motorcycle sidecar outfit at 160km/h, was not how dress-cutter Jean Kilpatrick saw her future when she left Melbourne with her racer boyfriend Ray Foster late in 1958.

Likewise, she never expected to venture behind the Iron Curtain during the darkest days of the Cold War or have to live on packet soup when funds were tight. But Jean’s willingness to “try anything” made her Australia’s first woman competitor in motorcycle Grand Prix racing.

She became part of the free-wheeling professional motorcycle racing scene known colloquially as the Continental Circus. This loose collection of riders, partners and helpers roamed Europe for five months each year, living out of vans and racing in different town every week.

One week these Australian adventurers might be treated to free hotel accommodation in Chemnitz, East Germany, the next camped in a paddock near Stuttgart and the week after that crossing a dangerous mountain pass between Switzerland and Italy.

“Ray went to England in 1958 to passenger for Lindsay Urquhart and I went too,” she said. “We couldn’t really afford to go to England, but when you’re young you do things anyway, if you want it badly enough.

“At the end of 1959, Lindsay came home and Ray decided he’d get a sidecar; it was cheaper and more convenient for me to be the passenger,” Jean said. “There was no need to pay, transport and feed a third person. He bought a Manx Norton, stuck a chair on it and we set off on the Continent.”

By Don Cox

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Rarely does owning a piece of racing history come at such a low price, especially for a complete vehicle in great condition. You are looking at the number 97 Pioneer/MCI WorldCom Toyota (presented as the No. 25 MCI WorldCom Toyota). This car was the first Toyota to win a major Indy Car race.

Driven by Brazilian racing sensation Cristiano Da Matta, the Pioneer Electronics/MCI WorldCom Toyota earned PPI its first win at Chicago Motor Speedway on July 30, 2000. Da Matta led 51 of 225 laps to reel in a nearly two-second margin of victory over Indy car legend Michael Andretti. Earlier that season, da Matta had also made PPI’s–and Toyota’s–podium debut with a third-place finish in Cleveland, Ohio.

Actual car in race winning livery

Da Matta, an Indy Lights series champion prior to joining PPI, was in his second and final year with the PPI team. After PPI’s Indy car operation ended at the close of the 2000 racing season, da Matta went on to win the 2002 CART championship and compete for Toyota in Formula One.

When asked about what this first Indy car win meant to him, da Matta said, “This win is for Cal [Wells] and for Jeff Krosnoff.” Krosnoff drove for PPI in 1996, the team’s first full season of Indy car competition. His life was tragically cut short when he was killed in a racing accident in Toronto that same year. Therefore, that’s why you see this car painted in PPG paint using the MCI WorldCom paint scheme as a tribute to Jeff Krosnoff.

Some facts about the car:

• 2000 Reynard chassis made in England
• Carbon fiber/honeycomb body construction
• Weighs 1,550 lbs
• 40/60 weight distribution
• Toyota 1.65 liter aluminum alloy V8
• Xtrac six-speed sequential shift
• Brembo ventilated steel discs with eight piston calipers

If you’re a fan of motorsports history, there’s no doubt that this car has earned a position in the finest collections.

Check it out on the MCG Marketplace, here

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Up for sale over at J. D Classics, this 1963 Jaguar Lightweight E-Type Roadster is receiving a complete restoration to 2012 FIA race specifications and will be good to go for the next Jaguar Heritage E-Type Historic Race Season.

Sporting a 3.8 litre 400bhp high torque alloy block motor, with wide angle 35/40 cylinder head and Weber carburetors under the hood, along with a competition gearbox, adjustable suspension, lightweight peg-drive E-Type wheels and alloy panels and monocoque, this Jaguar looks to be a great little historic racer.

It’s up for sale at J.D Classics, and you can check out the full details at their website here.

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Gerhard Berger, Argentina, 1995 Image: TheCahierArchive©

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The magic motorsport art of Michael Mate captures the golden age of motorsport with a palpable sense of place, space, light and time.

What makes Michael’s work really stand out to me is context. We’ve seen some truly awesome automotive art recently, but much of it has taken an abstract approach, choosing to focus on feel, design, colour and energy. Michael’s work still captures the energy, colour and bombast of classic motorsport, but with a much more grounded sense of place.

“While I have done many different types of Automotive Art over the years, I have always preferred a painting to depict a specific time and place. That means the car and its livery, the background of the circuit and the time of day or night and even the weather.The research that I do is part of the process and something which I enjoy.”

He also has a wonderful way of capturing light, and in particular the Golden Hour; that fleeting period at the beginning and end of each day, where the sun sits low in the sky and produces a wonderfully diffused golden light.

“Even though it’s more time consuming, I like the subtle blending of colors that is possible with oil paints.”

Featuring icons of classic motorsport, his works are primarily oil paint on canvas, and are available as litho prints, limited giclee prints and extremely limited originals.

Check out his site here for much more, and to buy prints or originals.

Thanks to Michael Mate for the images.

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Watch Maximilian Werner hustle the fabulous sounding Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan to pole at the 2013 Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.

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There is no such thing as a small crash on Rally Finland.

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In this clip F1 commentating legend Murray Walker gives us his two cents worth on Emerson Fittipaldi, the man who delivered McLaren’s first ever Formula 1 World Championship in 1974.

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More than 53.000 spectators found their way to the Nürburgring where the Automobilclub von Deutschland (AvD) organised the 41st edition of the Oldtimer Grand Prix. Over the weekend more than 500 historic race cars from the past nine decades could be seen in action such as Formula 1 cars, historic Grand Prix cars, Formula Junior single seaters, touring cars and GT´s. Two special highlights marked the event, the 90th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours as well as the Stefal Bellof Tribute. Stefan Bellof was one of Germay´s greatest racing drivers from the eighties probably best known for his record lap driving a Rothmans Porsche 956 on the legendary Nordschleife in a stunning time 6 mins 11.13 seconds. Bellof won the World Sportscar Championship in 1984. In 1984 and 1985 he competed with the Tyrrell F1 team. Stefan Bellof was tragically killed in an accident during the 1985 1000 km of Spa. From Australia, three drivers made the long trip to Germany including Don Thallon (1963 MRC Formula Junior), Scotty Taylor (1958 Cooper T58), John Davies (1958 Cooper T45) and John Rowe (1958 Cooper T45)

The AvD managed to get a large amount of race car on the track that participated in races between the fourties end eighties, from a historic grand prix car, a sports car, touring car or GT to a Formula 1 car. Besides an action packed racing programme divived over Friday, Saturday and Sunday spectators could enjoy demonstrations from BMW and Opel.

One of the largest field of racing cars over the weekend was produced by the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior Cars. The Lurani Trophy is for original Formula Junior cars built between 1958 and 1960 (Period E) and between 1961 and 1963 (Period F). Cars that want to participate in the Lurani Trophy must have been constructed in period to the specification of FIA Formula Junior. Divided into 9 different categories 38 historic single seaters equipped with tiny 1000-1100 cc engines or less found their way to the track. In the first race spectators could see a close battle between Britons David Methley (Brabham BT6) and Michael Hibberd (Lotus 27). In the end it was David Methley claiming victory just 0,7 seconds in front of his countryman Michael Hibberd. During the second race on Sunday David Methley was again in the lead but proved to be to quick for Michael Hibberd. Metlhey crossed the finish line nearly ten seconds earlier than his fellow countryman.

Formula 1 cars up to 1983 in period livery are gathered into the FIA Masters Historic F1 Championship. Fans of classic F1 cars could eat their hearts out with a full grid of no less than 24 single seaters from the golden era of Formula 1. Legendary names as Lotus, Brabham, Surtees, Tyrrell and McLaren appeared on the entry list treating the vast crowd with two spectacular sixteen laps races. Young Michael Lyons from the UK was in a class of it´s own in his RAM Williams FW07 teaching his opponents how a quick lap around the Nürburgring should be driven. He claimed two victories finishing no less than fourteen seconds quicker on Saturday during the first race. On Sunday however it was Spaniard Joaquin Folch in a former Nelson Piquet Brabham BT49C that managed to finish within three seconds of the young Briton. Michael Lyons is an experienced race driver as he participates nowadays in the International GT Open championship.

The Revival of the Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft 1972-1981 is one of the races that pleases the crowds year after year. Especially the final years of the former championship saw true beasts participate with Group 5 cars such as the Porsche 935, BMW M1 Turbo etc. The 41st edition of the Oldtimer Grand Prix saw no less than 33 legendary GT´s and touring cars. The DRM or German Racing Championship was a touring and sportscar racing championship, regards as the predecessor of the current DTM championship. Originally the championship started in 1972 open to Group 2 touring cars and Group 4 GTs. From 1977 the legendary Group 5 cars were allowed. As 1985 proved to be the final year the championship was renamed as Deutsche Sportwagen Meisterschaft. During the first on Saturday it was a true Porsche 935 battle between the Kremer Porsche 935 K3 of Wolfgang Kaufmann and the Scuderia M66 Porsche 935 K3 of Ralf Heisig. Kaufmann claimed a demanding victory over Heisig. On Sunday however that battle was once again fought between two 935 K3´s. Wolfgang Kaufmann managed to claim his second victory of the weekend but Daniel Schrey finished within 1.1 seconds on a second place in his Kremer Porsche 935 K3.

Two-seat race cars and GTs, built before 1960 and 1961 entertained the crowd on two occasions. On Saturday, theses series closed the programma with an 60 minute evening race. On Sunday a thirty minute race was scheduled including a classic Le Mans start. No less than 46 iconic cars filled the grid including Jaguar C-Type, Ferrari 250GT, Aston Martin DB4, different Lola´s just to name a few. On Saturday it was German Maximilian Werner claiming victory in a Ferrari 250GT SWB, in front of Alex Duncombe, a professional GT race driver from the UK. On Sunday however it was Alex Buncombe crossing the finish line first in a Jaguar C-type in front of his fellow countrymen Philip Walker and Miles Griffiths in a Lotus Eleven Le Mans.

Historic Grand Prix Cars, gathered into the British HGPCA, managed to get 31 cars to the Eifel track featuring some stunning beauties like the Scarab Offenhauser, Lotus 16, Ferrari Dino, Maserati 250 etc. The Historic Grand Prix Cars Association was formed in 1979 by a group of leading historic racing enthusiasts with cars from the 1920s to the 1960s. Philip Walker from the UK claimed victory in the first race on Saturday in his Lotus 16 368, in front of his fellow countryman Julian Bronson in a Scarab Offenhauser. The only Ferrari Dino entered for this race was driven by Briton Tony Smith claiming a third place in the first race of the weekend. During the second race on Sunday a fierce battle was fought between Philip Walker and Julian Bronson. Walker crossed the finish line first, just 0.9 seconds ahead of Bronson.

For the fans of Le Mans-style sports cars up to 1974 the FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship brought 31 icons to the Nürburgring featuring the Lola T70, McLaren M8C, Chevrons, different Porsches and two wonderful Alfa Romeo T33/2s. During the first race it soon turned out to be an epic battle between the McLaren M8C of Stefano Rosina and the Chevron B19 of Martin O´Connell. Jason Wright couldn’t even follow the speed of these prototypes in his Lola T70 Mk.IIIB. After 17 laps it Stefano Rosina who beat Martin O´Connell with only 0.8452 seconds. On Sunday Rosina was again the man to beat but nobody had an answer to his performance. Rosina claimed his second consecutive victory of the weekend over the Lola T70 Mk.IIIB of Jason Wright.

Classic GTs cars always attrack large crowds and the 41st edition of the Oldtimer Grand Prix wasn´t an exception. Mouth watering Jaguar E-Types, Cobra´s, Lotus Elan´s and many more gave the crowd a back in time experience with a stunning 48 cars field. Just a single race on Saturday was scheduled seeing Nissan professional race driver Alex Buncombe from the UK taking victory in Jaguar E-Type. Scotsmen Sean and Michael McInerney finished second in a TVR Griffith as Frenchma Yvan Mahe managed to take third spot in his AC Cobra.

The true oldies over the weekend came from the Pre 1940 Pre war and Vintage Sports Car Trophy. Imagine that these cars go back in time over 80 years but still they were going strong. One of the highlights was a rare Bugatti 35C driven by Martin Halusa. It was the very first time since 85 years that this type could be seen in Europe. John Ruston and Gareth Burnet drove a lonely race in their Alta Sports finishing no less than 1 minute and 35 seconds ahead of second placed Alfredo von Ketteler from Germany in a Delahaye 135S. On Sunday however it was German Josef Otto Rettenmaier in his Maserati 8C 3000 claiming victory. Alfredo von Ketteler crossed the finish line second in his Delahaye 135S as Sue Darbyshire from the UK scored a third place in her Morgan Super Aero.

Another highlight over the weekend was the BMW race first to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary BMW 3.0 CSL. The unique race was open to all BMW´s developed by BMW Motorsport GmbH between 1970 and 1990. Screaming BMW M1 Group 4s, Nelson Piquet´s BMW M1 Procar as well as the ´Wirtshaus BMW M1´ in those days driven by Christian Danner, Peter Oberndorfer and Prince Leopold von Bayern claimed the Eifel race track. Another highlight was the BMW 320 Group 5 from the BMW Junior Team driven by former F1 driver Marc Surer, as well the presence of Venezolan legend Johnny Cecotto. As expected the first race was dominated by the BMW M1, but Johnny Cecotto managed to put his BMW M3 E30 between the winning M1 of Christian Traber and Hans Wagner´s mighty BMW M1 Turbo. On Sunday Hans Wagner fought a nail biting battle with Michael Kammermann in his BMW M1 Procar but after 14 laps it was Wagner crossing the finish line first just one tenth of a second ahead of Kammermann´s M1 Procar.

The AvD Tourenwagen Trophäe (Touring car Trophy) saw a nice field of historic touring cars and GTs, from the tiny Austin Mini Cooper to the big Ford Mustang. Two thirty-minute races on both Saturday and Sunday treated the crowds seeing Graham Wilson taking two victories in a Lotus Elan 26R ahead of Palle Birkelund Pedersen from Denmark in a Ginetta G4.

On Friday both the AvD-Historic Marathon as the Nürburgring Trophy were held on the legendary Nordschleife. The AvD Historic Marathon brought 44 tourings cars on the grid as the Nürburgring Trophy saw 25 participants.

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Results:

FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior cars race 1:

1          David Methley                            Brabham BT6                      UK

2          Michael Hibberd                        Lotus 27                                UK                       + 0.753

3          Tommaso Gelmini                     Branca FJ                              IT                         + 20.608

FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior cars race 2:

1          David Methley                                Brabham BT6                       UK

2          Michael Hibberd                            Lotus 27                                UK                       + 9.777

3          Manfredo Rossi di Montelera     Lotus 22                                 IT                         + 19.501

FIA Masters Historic F1 Championship race 1:

1          Michael Lyons                           RAM Williams FW07               UK

2          Steve Hartley                            Arrows A4                                   UK                       + 14.792

3          Joaquin Folch                           Brabham BT49C                        ES                       + 18.873

FIA Masters Historic F1 Championship race 2:

1          Michael Lyons                           RAM Williams FW07               UK

2          Joaquin Folch                           Brabham BT49C                        ES                       + 2.940

3          Steve Hartley                            Arrows A4                                    K                       + 3.670

Revival Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft race 1:

1          Porsche 935 K3                         Wolfgang Kaufmann               GER

2          Porsche 935 K3                         Ralf Heisig                                GER                    + 12.222

3          Porsche 934/5                           Christopher Stahl                    GER                    + 25.712

Revival Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft race 1:

1          Porsche 935 K3                         Wolfgang Kaufmann               GER

2          Porsche 935 K3                         Daniel Schrey                           GER                    + 1.126

3          Porsche 934/5                           Christopher Stahl                    GER                    + 27.236

2-seat race cars and GTs before 1960-61 race 1:

1          Ferrari 250GT SWB                    Maximilian Werner                       GER

2          Alex Buncombe                            Jaguar C-Type                                UK                       + 7.228

3          Lotus Eleven Le Mans               Philip Walker/Miles Griffiths       UK/UK                 + 53.048

2-seat race cars and GTs before 1960-61 race 2:

1          Alex Buncombe                           Jaguar C-Type                               UK

2          Lotus Eleven Le Mans               Philip Walker/Miles Griffiths    UK/UK                 + 28.984

3          Jörg Tobler                                  Lola Mk.1                                         CH                       + 1.05.334

Historic Grand Prix Cars race 1:

1          Philip Walker                             Lotus 16 368                           UK

2          Julian Bronson                         Scarab Offenhauser               UK                       + 3.543

3          Tony Smith                                Ferrari Dino                            UK                       + 21.122

Historic Grand Prix Cars race 2:

1          Philip Walker                               Lotus 16 368                            UK

2          Julian Bronson                            Scarab Offenhauser               UK                       + 0.968

3          Josef Otto Rettenmaier             Maserati 250F                         GER                    + 53.764

FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship race 1:

1          Stefano Rosina                         McLaren M8C                         IT

2          Martin O’Connell                    Chevron B19                            UK                       + 0.8452

3          Jason Wright                            Lola T70 Mk.IIIB                   UK                       + 56.815

FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship race 1:

1          Stefano Rosina                         McLaren M8C                         IT

2          Jason Wright                            Lola T70 Mk.IIIB                  UK                       + 3.424

3          John Sheldon                            Chevron B19                           UK                      + 28.246

Masters Gentlemen Drivers:

1          Alex Buncombe                              Jaguar E-Type                        UK

2          Sean & Michael McInerney         TVR Griffith                            UK                       + 16.605

3          Yvan Mahe                                       AC Cobra                                 FR                       + 55.384

Pre 1940 race 1:

1          John Ruston/Gareth Burnett       Alta Sports                               UK/UK

2          Alfredo von Ketteler                       Delahaye 135S                         GER                    + 1.35.924

3          Josef Otto Rettenmaier                 Maserati 8C 3000                   GER                    + 0.532

Pre 1940 race 2:

1          Josef Otto Rettenmaier              Maserati 8C 3000                   GER

2          Alfredo von Ketteler                   Delahaye 135S                          GER                    + 9.527

3          Sue Darbyshire                             Morgan Super Aero                UK                       + 21.143

BMW race 1:

1          Christian Traber                         BMW M1 Procar                     CH

2          Johnny Cecotto                          BMW M3 E30                         VZ                       + 1.860

3          Hans Wagner                              BMW M1 Turbo                     GER                    + 12.199

BMW race 2:

1          Hans Wagner                                BMW M1 Turbo                      GER

2          Michael Kammermann              BMW M1 Procar                     CH                       + 0.151

3          Christian Traber                          BMW M1 Procar                     CH                       + 13.953

AvD Tourenwagen Trophäe race 1:

1          Graham Wilson                            Lotus Elan 26R                     LUX

2          Palle Birkelund Pedersen          Ginetta G4                             DK                      + 4.730

3          Roger Adamsson                         Lotus Elan                             SWE                    + 18.536

AvD Tourenwagen Trophäe race 2:

1          Graham Wilson                            Lotus Elan 26R                    LUX

2          Palle Birkelund Pedersen          Ginetta G4                             DK                      + 9.604

3          Roger Adamsson                         Lotus Elan                             SWE                   + 41.349

AvD Historic Marathon:

1          Daniela Ellerbrock                     Alfa Romeo Giulia S               GER

Alexander Furiani                                                                          GER

2          Reinhold Gröpper                      Ford Mustang Mk.1                GER                    + 31.939

Horst Walter                                                                                   GER

3          Afschin Fatemi                          Porsche 904 GTS                      GER                    + 37.831

Georg Kaufmann                                                                             GER

Nürburgring Trophy:

1          Kersten Jodexmis                     Porsche 911 S/R                    GER

Wolfgang Destree                                                                  GER

2          Stefan Oberdörster                    Porsche 911 S                       GER                    + 51.400

Andreas Gülden                                                                     GER

3          Christian Limmer                        Porsche 911                           GER                    + 6.06.136

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“A lot of companies race because it’s good for the brand. Porsche races because it’s the air they breathe.” – Dan Neil

This video, put together to promote Porsche By Design: Seducing Speed, an exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art, goes to a who’s-who of Porsche racing royalty to discover what makes Porsches go faster, further.

“You’d talk to the drivers. Derek bell who drove the 917. They’d say I can’t believe we got into those things. They were incredibly dangerous. Your feet were ahead of the front wheels. You were sitting in front of a 12-cylinder engine.” – Robert Cumberford

It centers around the 917, even briefly featuring the rare 16-cylinder development, is packed with historic racing footage of Porsches in action and features some really interesting insights into Porsche’s racing philosophy and drive. Great stuff!

Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed is on at the North Carolina Museum of Art from the October 12, 2013 to January 20, 2014.

Image: Still from the video

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