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Happy Birthdays January 2021

By F1 GPDCJanuary 12, 2021January 11, 2021 Categories: News

Hans Joachim Stuck. Firstly apologies to Hans Joachim Stuck for missing his birthday which fell on January 1 of this year. Hans celebrated his 70th birthday after a long career in motor sport originally in the shadow of his father’s successes driving for Auto Union in the 1930s. However Hans Joachim quickly developed a successful career…

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Remembering John Hogan

By F1 GPDCJanuary 4, 2021January 13, 2021 Categories: News

A good friend of the Grand Prix Drivers Club was John Hogan who tragically died at the age of 77 on Sunday January 3 as a result of being struck down by Covid 19.  John Hogan will always be associated with the Marlboro brand and the manner in which he was instrumental in spreading the name Marlboro throughout motor…

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Goodbye Romolo

By F1 GPDCDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Categories: News, Obituaries Leave a comment

Yesterday we heard the news that Enzo Ferrari’s former private secretary and team manager, Romolo Tavoni died at the age of 94 at his home in Casinalbo near Modena. For me, it was a deeply personal loss as I have known Romolo for over 63 years and my first visit to Maranello to visit Ferrari….

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Giancarlo for President

By F1 GPDCDecember 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Grand Prix Drivers Club Membre d’Honneur Giancarlo Minardi has been appointed President of the Circuit Enzo and Dino Ferrari at Imola.

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A Very Special Alvis

By F1 GPDCDecember 1, 2020January 11, 2021 Categories: Into the Gauld Mine Leave a comment

Shortly after the end of WW 1, in 1919, T.G.John and Company was formed by Thomas George John that made stationary engines and created a logo of a winged green triangle, but the Avro aeroplane company objected to this as it was similar to their own logo. After much to-ing and fro-ing, the company retained…

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Birthday Greetings

By F1 GPDCDecember 1, 2020December 23, 2020 Categories: News Leave a comment

This month we celebrate the 90th birthday of David Piper on December 2 who started racing in the early 1950s and went on to race his own Lotus 16 Formula 1 car and followed that with a successful career in international sports car racing with Ferraris and his own Porsche 917. The other birthday is the…

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