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Giancarlo for President

By F1 GPDCDecember 23, 2020February 17, 2021 Categories: 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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The Hand over That Saved Ferrari

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

At a time when everyone is lamenting the pathetic performance of Ferrari in Formula 1 grand prix racing this season (2020) it is worth recalling a similar season in 1955 when Ferrari were having a tough time making the un-loved Super Squalo grand prix car competitive. That year another Italian manufacturer was also in trouble:…

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Happy Birthday to Sauber

By F1 GPDCNovember 12, 2020December 23, 2020 Categories: News Leave a comment

It seems incredible but today it is fifty years since Peter Sauber, an honorary member of the Grand Prix Drivers Club, launched PP Sauber AG, later to become Sauber Motorsport AG. Peter Sauber started out with sports cars in the 1977s and the team made their debut in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in…

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Gian-Carlo Honoured at Imola

By F1 GPDCOctober 31, 2020December 23, 2020 Categories: News Leave a comment

One of the great unsung heroes of modern Formula 1 in Italy is our Grand Prix Divers Club member Gian Carlo Minardi and it was appropriate that he was honoured today, October 31 – during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Minardi has not only helped a number of Italian grand prix drivers along their way…

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