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HSCC SILVERSTONE FINALS 2024

Great racing for HSCC Finals weekend Report and image form Paul Lawrence Champions were crowned and epic victories were scored as the Historic Sports Car Club’s 2024 championship season finished in style at Silverstone over the weekend 12-13 October. Some outstanding racing took place as season-long battles were won and lost and it was in the weekend's second SDC Classic Formula For...

EDELWEISS BERGPREIS ROSSFELD BERCHTESGADEN 2024

Farewell to Rossfeld Words and pictures by Roman Klemm. Click to view Gallery In 2013, a group of enthusiasts around Achim Althammer from Freilassing came up with the idea of reviving the traditional Rossfeld hillclimb race in a historic form. At two-year intervals, racing engines roared again above Berchtesgaden, on the track that was one of the most feared mountain routes in Europe until ...

LIVE YOUR DREAM: WITH LAUDA'S MCLAREN-FORD MP4/1B

Live your dream: With Lauda's McLaren-Ford MP4/1b at the Grand Prix de Monaco Histroique Report and Images by Roman Klemm Two years ago, during the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, one of the British drivers in Historic Formula 1 approached me to ask if I could provide him with my photos. It was Mark Higson, owner of a perfectly restored McLaren MP4/1B. This year, we agreed...

SIT-IN-TEST IN CHAMPIONSHIP-WINNING DALLARA-OPEL 396 F3

Sit-in-Test in Championship-winning Dallara-Opel 396 F3 of Jarno Trulli Report by Roman Klemm, Images by Roman Klemm and Walter Falbesoner One of the biggest rising stars of motor racing in the mid-1990s was Italian Jarno Trulli. In 1995, with the support of Red Bull, the karting world champion got his first opportunity in older Formula 3 cars, only to win the German champio...

NORISRINGS SECRET SENSATION: LOTUS EUROPE GP5 - DRM

Norisrings Secret Sensation: Lotus Europe Gp5 - DRM Report and Images by Roman Klemm Old race cars are very expensive to restore and maintain. Both from a financial and technical point of view. It is therefore not surprising that those who have been in this scene for a longer period of time will find that they are following the same cars from event to event. Only exceptionally doe...

PARADE OF LEGENDS AT THE RED BULL-RING 2024

Parade of Legends at the Red Bull-Ring 2024 Report and Images by Roman Klemm The organizer of Austrian F1-Grand Prix traditionally offers "trips to the past" in its program. Although the quality of these events is decreasing year by year, let's be glad that “Project Spielberg” organizes these special "sweets" for the fans. They don't even think of building something s...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FRANZ WURZ

Exclusive Interview with Franz Wurz: "Charlie puts enormous pressure on himself" Report and Images by Roman Klemm Well, the name Alexander Wurz will probably mean something to F1 fans. The former F1 driver and Le Mans winner is today one of the most influential personalities of the F-Liberty circus. His sons Charlie (FIA-F3) and Oscar (CZ F4) are currently trying to follow his example....

SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL 2024

Annual historic racing jamboree celebrates Ayrton Senna Report and images from Ken Davies First run in 1990 with sponsorship from Coys auction house, the Silverstone Festival on 23-25 August; formerly known as Silverstone Classic, has grown into a British motorsport institution with something for every member of the family. Multifarious activities include pop music by current bands, a...

E-FUEL BMW PROJECT

E-Fuels: Will Common Sense Previal? Reportand Images by Roman Klemm, 22nd of June 2024 In June 2024 fans of Solitude Revival 2024 witnessed a world premiere: two-time world rally champions Walter Röhrl and Christian Geistdörfer competed there in two different cars powered by synthetic fuel from two different manufacturers. Pioneer of e-Fuel in motorsport: Royal ...

SIT-IN-TEST OF THE 1959 COOPER-MASERATI MONACO T49 SPORTS PROTOTYPE

Sit-in-test of the 1959 Cooper-Maserati Monaco T49 sports prototype Report by Roman Klemm As part of the quite successful event Red Bull-Ring Classics 2024 in Spielberg, I had the opportunity to learn the details of the oldest registered CanAm car on hand there and even sit in it: Mr. Kommerzielrat Egon Hofer from Salzburg told me about his Cooper Monaco T49, equipped with a Maserati e...

INTERVIEW WITH LUCIANO CRESPI

Interview with Luciano Crespi Report by Roman Klemm You hail from a motorsport dynasty – tell me about it. Yes. You can imagine that when I was very little I could see and feel the monoposto cars, Tulio my father is one of the pioneers of motorsports in Argentina, and the largest builder of monopostos in Latin America, he has already manufactured more than 2,500 cars. ...

The unique Melkus-Wartburg Type 59 at Brno Revival 2024

The unique Melkus-Wartburg Type 59 at Brno Revival 2024 Report by Roman Klemm Well, it seemed that every nut in the paddock of the successful Brno Revival had its own interesting story - so one had to choose from this huge offer... I actually chose to write about the Melkus-Wartburg Type 59 a month before Brno, at the Solitude Revival, where this car struck me for the first time . There ...

PRE-66 F1 CARS AT BRNO-REVIVAL

F1 for cars built before 1966 at Brno-Revival: The Coopers would be delighted Report by Roman Klemm Charles and his son John Cooper were considered pioneers in the construction of rear-engined single-seaters. Jack Brabham's World Championship titles and young Bruce McLaren's top results proved them right in the late 1950s, and soon their solution was copied by the entire F1 c...

CLIVE RICHARDS AND HIS LOTUS REIGNED SUPREME IN F-JUNIOR IN BRNO

Clive Richards and his Lotus reigned supreme in F-Junior in Brno Report by Roman Klemm The organizer of the historic Formula Junior championship, Mr. Duncan Rabagliati, could be relied upon. He brought a large field of 17 cars of his mostly British and Northern European participants to Brno. At the start of the Lurani Trophy for Formula Junior Cars International Championship there were 5...

CLASSIC FORMULA 1 AT THE BRNO GRAND PRIX REVIVAL

Classic Formula 1 at the Brno Grand Prix Revival: This is what the "F1 Czech Grand Prix" could have looked like... Report by Roman Klemm Tens of thousands of fans came to the Brno Circuit to see one thing in particular: the return of classic Formula 1 (cars from 1967-1985) to the Czech Republic. A dozen absolutely sensational cars of the "golden era" of this class, with absolut...

MONACO HISTORIQUE 2024 - SENNA TRIBUTE

Senna-Tribute as part of the 2024 Grand Prix de Monaco Historique By Roman Klemm Former rivals, motorsport-youngsters, relatives, Prince Albert II. and fans remembered the 30th anniversary of the death of 3-time world champion Ayrton Senna as part of the historic Monaco F1 Grand Prix. The pre-event program actually announced the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Senna's sens...

MONACO HISTORIQUE 2024 - PART 2

Monaco Historique 2024 – Races of Series D to G Report by Roman Klemm Series D – F1 Grand Prix cars from 1966 to 1972 Starting with the more modern and faster F1 cars from 1966-72, the organizer extends the length of the race to 12 laps. Although only 16 participants registered for Series D, there were several big "names" among them: genial F1 designer and excellent r...

MONACO HISTORIQUE 2024

Monaco Historique - Races of Series A to B By Roman Klemm 12th of May 2024 Series A race - Pre-war Grand Prix cars The oldest cars that raced at the Monaco Historique this year were cars from the beginnings of the event, built between 1926 and 1936. This class has been omitted several times by the organizing ACM because of its danger - but what would the races a...

HSCC TO MARK 50 YEARS OF SUPER SALOONS

50 years of Super Saloons By Paul Lawrence The 50th anniversary of the creation of the Super Saloons category will be a key celebration at this year's Croft Historic Festival and Weekend Show on 10-11 August.The Historic Sports Car Club will once again be coordinating the racing element of this spectacular event, and the club's Historic Modsports and Special Saloons Series will be one of th...

DEJA VU MONTE CARLO 2024

Winter stages in the summer Report from Peter Barker Crews in a variety of cars, both classic and modern, enjoyed the latest tour of Monte-Carlo stages, organised by Dr Beatty Crawford and his team, led by Frank Scanlon. Irish co-driving legend Beatty now lives in Bandol, France so he has knowledge of the local roads and suitable accommodation. Fine weather graced the four-day Deja ...



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