Scuderia Toro Rosso By F1 GPDCJune 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Categories: News Tags: F1, f1gpdc, Franz Tost, Scuderia Torros Rosso Leave a comment F1GPDC President Howden Ganley and club members thank Franz Tost, Team Principal of Toro Rosso in Faenza, for a truly memorable visit to the factory and the freedom to truly grasp the science and technology of a modern Grand Prix team. TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Founders – Part 1 – Louis Chiron By Graham GauldJuly 22, 2015September 30, 2016 Categories: Articles, Founders, Hide from News Tags: chiron, f1gpdc, founder, monaco There is a famous photograph, taken on the stairway of the hotel in Villars, Switzerland when the Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix F1 (now the Grand Prix Drivers Club) was formed. The nine racing drivers pictured are all dressed in suits with ties and handkerchiefs in their top pockets. Gentlemen drivers representing… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
GPDC: Tribute to Jules Bianchi By F1 GPDCJuly 22, 2015October 28, 2015 Categories: News Tags: bianchi, f1gpdc, jules On July 18, 2015, Jules Bianchi’s legendary and infectious smile was lost forever, just a few days before his 26 birthday on August 3. [Row][Column] Our thoughts go out to Jules’ parents Christine and Philippe, as well as his sister Mélanie, his brother Tom and his grandfather Mauro. The Grand Prix Drivers Club is immensely… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Howden loses his Record. By F1 GPDCJuly 20, 2015August 3, 2015 Categories: News Tags: F1-GPDC, f1gpdc, Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers Club, Ganley At the Le Mans 24 Hour race this year a little bit of history was made when Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley became the first New Zealanders to finish on the podium for forty three years. [Row][Column] Bamber along with Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Tandy won the 2015 race in the Porsche 919 Hybrid. Brendon… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Were Those the Days ? By Graham GauldJuly 6, 2015October 27, 2015 Categories: Hide from News, Into the Gauld Mine Tags: F1-GPDC, f1gpdc, Formula 1 Grand Prix Drivers Club, Graham Gauld In some ways I feel sorry for the modern enthusiast who tunes in and watches all the Grand Prix races so easily available on television. They know the names of the drivers, absorb the guarded interviews, and know what they look like but have no chance to see their heroes in the flesh. So grand… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Should Grand Prix Cars be Styled? By Graham GauldJuly 1, 2015October 27, 2015 Categories: Hide from News, Into the Gauld Mine Tags: 721 March, colani, f1gpdc In these days of highly advanced, computer-controlled, aerodynamics, where a 5cm twist of a winglet can save thousands of a second, the idea that a grand prix team would bring in a “stylist” to design a grand prix car is ridiculous but it happened in the 1980s with a small German team. Rolf Stommelen, the… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
A Bitter Pill for Phil By Graham GauldJune 27, 2015October 27, 2015 Categories: Hide from News, Into the Gauld Mine Tags: f1gpdc, Hill, Modena, Phil We are used to great champions who have retired but are still recognised wherever they go. Sometimes it doesn’t happen, however. [Row][Column] For example a few years ago my partner Jane and I had reason to be in Modena which meant, of course, we covered all the usual haunts. We bumped into the late Jean… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
Haunting the Holy Halls By F1 GPDCJune 2, 2015August 4, 2015 Categories: News Tags: f1gpdc One of the very special highlights of the Grand Prix Drivers Club general assembly held in Stuttgart came on the second day when the members were taken to one of a number of venues around Stuttgart where Mercedes store their enormous collection of historic cars that are not on public display. It is said they… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares
GPDC General Assembly Stuttgart By F1 GPDCJune 1, 2015August 3, 2015 Categories: News Tags: f1gpdc, Porsche Over the weekend of May 28-31 the Grand Prix Drivers Club held their General Assembly meeting in the Mercedez-Benz Museum in Stuttgart with the re-election of Howden Ganley as President of the Club and Emanuele Pirro and Teddy Pilette as Vice-Presidents. [Row][Column] Apart from the Assembly itself various visits were organised including both the Porsche… TweetSharePinShare0 Shares