February 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
July 9, 2026 at 5:20 AM
#OnThisDay 60 years ago Jack Brabham won the #GermanGP in a Brabham BT19, after pole man Jim Clark (Lotus 33) had crashed out uncharacteristically; 2nd & 3rd were the Cooper-Maserati T81s of John Surtees & Jochen Rindt. I’ve pictured Rindt because it was his first #F1 GP podium & it’s a fab pic.
August 7, 2026 at 5:55 AM
#OnThisDay 60 years ago Jack Brabham won the #GermanGP in a Brabham BT19, after pole man Jim Clark (Lotus 33) had crashed out uncharacteristically; 2nd & 3rd were the Cooper-Maserati T81s of John Surtees & Jochen Rindt. I’ve pictured Rindt because it was his first #F1 GP podium & it’s a fab pic.
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times - including in ’76, at Nürburgring, which race is most famous for Ferrari’s Niki Lauda’s fiery death-defying accident but also featured a faultless drive to victory from McLaren’s James Hunt (pic).
August 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times - including in ’76, at Nürburgring, which race is most famous for Ferrari’s Niki Lauda’s fiery death-defying accident but also featured a faultless drive to victory from McLaren’s James Hunt (pic).
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times - including #OnThisDay 50 years ago, at Nürburgring, which race is most famous for Ferrari’s Niki Lauda’s fiery death-defying accident but also featured a faultless drive to victory from McLaren’s James Hunt (pic).
August 1, 2026 at 10:04 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times - including #OnThisDay 50 years ago, at Nürburgring, which race is most famous for Ferrari’s Niki Lauda’s fiery death-defying accident but also featured a faultless drive to victory from McLaren’s James Hunt (pic).
Remembering Richard Seaman, born #OnThisDay in 1913. He raced for Merc from ’37 to ’39, winning the ’38 #GermanGP. If you haven’t already bought it, today would be a good day to buy my good friend Richard Williams’ (pic) excellent biography, #ARaceWithLoveAndDeath.
February 4, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Remembering Richard Seaman, born #OnThisDay in 1913. He raced for Merc from ’37 to ’39, winning the ’38 #GermanGP. If you haven’t already bought it, today would be a good day to buy my good friend Richard Williams’ (pic) excellent biography, #ARaceWithLoveAndDeath.
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. #OnThisDay in ’74, at Nürburgring, Clay Regazzoni led every lap in this stunning Ferrari 312B3 to win by 50.7sec over 2nd-placed Jody Scheckter’s Tyrrell 007. After the race Regazzoni led the championship chase, 3 points up on Scheckter.
August 4, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. #OnThisDay in ’74, at Nürburgring, Clay Regazzoni led every lap in this stunning Ferrari 312B3 to win by 50.7sec over 2nd-placed Jody Scheckter’s Tyrrell 007. After the race Regazzoni led the championship chase, 3 points up on Scheckter.
Dominant #GermanGP victory #OnThisDay in ’83 by René Arnoux, after the engine failure of team-mate Patrick Tambay, who’d taken the pole in the other Ferrari. What a gloriously brutal machine the 126C3 was - just look at that huge rear twin-wing, & at Hockenheim of all low-downforce places.
August 7, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Dominant #GermanGP victory #OnThisDay in ’83 by René Arnoux, after the engine failure of team-mate Patrick Tambay, who’d taken the pole in the other Ferrari. What a gloriously brutal machine the 126C3 was - just look at that huge rear twin-wing, & at Hockenheim of all low-downforce places.
July 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay (3 August) 5 times: ’52, ’58, ’69, ’75 & 2003. The ’75 race was won by Carlos Reutemann (Brabham BT44B). If you want to know what a beautiful & beautifully driven #F1 car looks like, here you go (pic taken by Rainer Schlegelmilch).
August 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay (3 August) 5 times: ’52, ’58, ’69, ’75 & 2003. The ’75 race was won by Carlos Reutemann (Brabham BT44B). If you want to know what a beautiful & beautifully driven #F1 car looks like, here you go (pic taken by Rainer Schlegelmilch).
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 6 times. #OnThisDay in ’81 Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won at Hockenheim, moving to within 8 points of #F1 drivers’ world championship leader Carlos Reutemann (Williams; pic), who DNF’d with engine failure.
August 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 6 times. #OnThisDay in ’81 Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won at Hockenheim, moving to within 8 points of #F1 drivers’ world championship leader Carlos Reutemann (Williams; pic), who DNF’d with engine failure.
July 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Serene concentration & total control: #OnThisDay 70 years ago Juan Manuel Fangio won the #GermanGP at Nürburgring, in this Lancia-Ferrari D50, from the pole, with fastest lap, leading all the way: a grand chelem. #AnorakFact: the German GP was also held #OnThisDay in ’73 & ’84.
August 5, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Serene concentration & total control: #OnThisDay 70 years ago Juan Manuel Fangio won the #GermanGP at Nürburgring, in this Lancia-Ferrari D50, from the pole, with fastest lap, leading all the way: a grand chelem. #AnorakFact: the German GP was also held #OnThisDay in ’73 & ’84.
July 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Dick Gibson was born #OnThisDay in 1918. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 #F1 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: during the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
April 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Dick Gibson was born #OnThisDay in 1918. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 #F1 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: during the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
Remembering Manfred Winkelhock, who died #OnThisDay 40 years ago following injuries sustained the day before in a big shunt in the #Mosport1000km #WEC race, in a Kremer Porsche 962C. His last #F1 GP was therefore the #GermanGP, the previous weekend, in a RAM-Hart 03 (pic).
August 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Remembering Manfred Winkelhock, who died #OnThisDay 40 years ago following injuries sustained the day before in a big shunt in the #Mosport1000km #WEC race, in a Kremer Porsche 962C. His last #F1 GP was therefore the #GermanGP, the previous weekend, in a RAM-Hart 03 (pic).
#OnThisDay in ’80 Jacques Laffite won the #GermanGP in a Ligier JS11/15, elegant in French blue unadorned by Gitanes logos (tobacco branding being banned in Germany & the UK already in those days). This shot shows off its sliding skirts to good effect - to ground effect in fact.
August 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
#OnThisDay in ’80 Jacques Laffite won the #GermanGP in a Ligier JS11/15, elegant in French blue unadorned by Gitanes logos (tobacco branding being banned in Germany & the UK already in those days). This shot shows off its sliding skirts to good effect - to ground effect in fact.
July 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#OnThisDay in ’64 John Surtees won the #GermanGP for Ferrari, but the mood was sombre, for Dutch nobleman Carel Godin de Beaufort had crashed in practice & would die in hospital later on race day. Pic: his #F2 Porsche & Chevy Impala, at Kasteel Maarsbergen, his family seat.
August 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#OnThisDay in ’64 John Surtees won the #GermanGP for Ferrari, but the mood was sombre, for Dutch nobleman Carel Godin de Beaufort had crashed in practice & would die in hospital later on race day. Pic: his #F2 Porsche & Chevy Impala, at Kasteel Maarsbergen, his family seat.
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 6 times. #OnThisDay in ’81 Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won at Hockenheim, moving to within 8 points of #F1 drivers’ world championship leader Carlos Reutemann (Williams; pic), who DNF’d with engine failure.
August 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 6 times. #OnThisDay in ’81 Nelson Piquet (Brabham) won at Hockenheim, moving to within 8 points of #F1 drivers’ world championship leader Carlos Reutemann (Williams; pic), who DNF’d with engine failure.
Dick Gibson died #OnThisDay in 2010, aged 92. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: in the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
December 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Dick Gibson died #OnThisDay in 2010, aged 92. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: in the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
Serene concentration & total control: #OnThisDay in ’56 Juan Manuel Fangio won the #GermanGP at Nürburgring, in this Lancia-Ferrari D50, from the pole, with fastest lap, leading all the way: a grand chelem. #AnorakFact: the German GP was also held #OnThisDay in ’73 & ’84.
August 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Serene concentration & total control: #OnThisDay in ’56 Juan Manuel Fangio won the #GermanGP at Nürburgring, in this Lancia-Ferrari D50, from the pole, with fastest lap, leading all the way: a grand chelem. #AnorakFact: the German GP was also held #OnThisDay in ’73 & ’84.
Dick Gibson was born #OnThisDay in 1918. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 #F1 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: during the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
April 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Dick Gibson was born #OnThisDay in 1918. A hillclimber, he raced in 2 #F1 GPs: Nürburgring ’57 & ’58. #AnorakFact: during the ’57 #GermanGP Donavon Smith took a series of great colour pics, including this one of Gibson pushing his Cooper to a safe place after it had failed him.
Remembering Oswald Karch, born #OnThisDay in 1917. He entered one GP, the ’53 #GermanGP (pic), started by 34 drivers (the most in any championship GP - #AnorakFact). Karch qualified 34th in a Meteor-Veritas but retired on lap 11 with engine failure. He died in 2009, aged 91.
March 6, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Remembering Oswald Karch, born #OnThisDay in 1917. He entered one GP, the ’53 #GermanGP (pic), started by 34 drivers (the most in any championship GP - #AnorakFact). Karch qualified 34th in a Meteor-Veritas but retired on lap 11 with engine failure. He died in 2009, aged 91.
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. #OnThisDay in ’74, at Nürburgring, Clay Regazzoni led every lap in this stunning Ferrari 312B3 to win by 50.7sec over 2nd-placed Jody Scheckter’s Tyrrell 007. After the race Clay led the championship chase, 3 points up on Jody.
August 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The #GermanGP has been run #OnThisDay 5 times. #OnThisDay in ’74, at Nürburgring, Clay Regazzoni led every lap in this stunning Ferrari 312B3 to win by 50.7sec over 2nd-placed Jody Scheckter’s Tyrrell 007. After the race Clay led the championship chase, 3 points up on Jody.