The #FrenchGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. So here’s Ronnie Peterson, in a Lotus 72E, en route to victory, at Dijon, #OnThisDay in ’74: an archetypal image of what made ’70s #F1 so utterly magical. #DabOfOppo

One of #F1’s GOATs, a winner of 25 F1 GPs & 3 F1 drivers’ world championships, Niki Lauda died #OnThisDay 7 years ago. Instead of a Ferrari or a McLaren, in which he won so much, I’ve chosen to illustrate him in a bit of a dud, the ’79 Brabham BT48, because it was so utterly gorgeous. #DabOfOppo

The #FrenchGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. So here’s Ronnie Peterson, in a Lotus 72E, en route to victory, at Dijon, #OnThisDay in ’74: an archetypal image of what made ’70s #F1 so utterly magical. #DabOfOppo

Remembering the great Dan Gurney, who passed away at the age of 86 #OnThisDay 7 years ago. Pic: great driver (Gurney), great car (Eagle T1F), great circuit (Zandvoort), great year (’66), great car control (obviously). #DabOfOppo

Remembering the great Dan Gurney, who passed away at the age of 86 #OnThisDay 8 years ago. Pic: great driver (Gurney), great car (Eagle T1F), great circuit (Zandvoort), great year (’66), great car control (obviously). #DabOfOppo

#OnThisDay 50 years ago, at Kyalami, Niki Lauda (Ferrari) completed a hat-trick of #F1 GP victories, having previously won at Interlagos in January & at Watkins Glen in October ’75. The high-airbox 312T is a thing of great beauty IMHO. #DabOfOppo

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Just imagine how cool it would be if today, #BoxingDay, an #F1 race were taking place in South Africa. Well, that’s what happened #OnThisDay in ’61, albeit it was an F1 race of non-championship status. Jim Clark won, from Stirling Moss (pic) in 2nd, both in Lotuses. #DabOfOppo

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