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Third Time for Kazuki

By F1 GPDCSeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Grand Prix Drivers Club member Kazuki Nakajima won his third Le Mans 24 Hour race in a row, yesterday, when, with fellow drivers Sebastien Buemi and New Zealander Brendon Hartley won the Le Mans 24 hour race. Driving the latest version of the TS050 they and their team-mates in Gazoo racing dominated in the early…

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Hamilton Hits it for Six

By F1 GPDCNovember 4, 2019November 4, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

No one can deny that Lewis Hamilton has brought a new perspective to Formula 1. He is the consummate representation of today’s grand prix drivers. To win a World Grand Prix Championship is one thing but to win it with such consummate skill and without having to use his elbows and conserving the machinery deserves…

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Farewell Nanni

By F1 GPDCOctober 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Emanuele Pirro, President of the Grand Prix Drivers Club and close friend of Nanni Galli writes : Sad news for the Club and for the whole motorsport community. On October 12th our dear friend Nanni Galli died at the age of 79. Nanni was a regular at the Club’s events. it was a joy spending…

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Black and white photo of a young David Coulthard sitting in the Formula Vauxhall Lotus car of Paul Stewart Racing

DC Becomes President.

By F1 GPDCSeptember 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Grand Prix Drivers Club members have taken over two top spots in the British Racing Drivers Club following the BRDC AGM earlier this week. David Coulthard has been elected the new President of the BRDC and has taken over from former President Paddy Hopkirk. Also nominated as a Vice-President of the BRDC is another GPDC…

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Vice-President Emanuelle Pirro and Graham Gauld with former Monaco GP winner Riccardo Patrese | The Grand Prix Drivers Club

Today Graham Gauld turns 85.

By F1 GPDCSeptember 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

I would like, on behalf of all the F1 Grand Prix Drivers Club, to express our very best birthday wishes! Graham has been supporting and helping the Club and contributed to its lasting success a great deal and for that, we are very grateful. Amongst the great achievements in his almost 70 years old career,…

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Stirling Moss in typical action at the 1957 British Grand Prix in the Vanwall

Stirling Moss at 90

By F1 GPDCSeptember 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

It seems incredible to think that the tousle-haired teenager that arrived on the British racing scene over seventy years ago has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday. He was rightly honoured at the Goodwood Revival just over a week ago even though he was sadly not fit enough to attend himself. It is interesting to consider…

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Racing driver Jo Ramirez driving a red Porsche 912 in green forest, our highest placed member

F1GPDC at the Ennstal Classic

By F1 GPDCAugust 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Peter Meirhofer was present at the annual Ennstal Classic in Austria to capture some of our Grand Prix Drives Club members in action. In the competitive rally event open to all the competitors in the Classic the GPDC members did not fare so well with our best result being Jo Ramirez who finished 41st overall driving…

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A happy Robin Herd (centre) with Brian Henton and Brian Hart at Misano Formula 2.

Robin Herd

By F1 GPDCJune 8, 2019June 8, 2019 Categories: Featured, News, Obituaries Leave a comment

The death of Robin Herd two days ago (June 6) was a sad moment for all those who worked with him, or, like many of our members, have driven cars designed and conceived by him. He was not only a charming man but someone who truly thought outside the box and gave up one seemingly…

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Niki Lauda

Emanuele Pirro on Niki Lauda

By F1 GPDCMay 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Categories: Featured, News Leave a comment

Grand Prix Drives Club President Emanuele Pirro knew Niki Lauda well and writes : The members of the GPDC are extremely saddened with the loss of a friend and our sincere condolences, on behalf of all the members, go to Niki’s family and close friends. That Niki was an exceptional person we already knew, but…

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