New Finds

Newly acquired images - period obscurities to recently taken photographs. We’re always on the look out!

PALM TREES IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA - Selim Lawrence 'Laury' Schell powers his 5000cc Delahaye along the tree lined drive. He was married to pioneering female racer Lucy O'Reilly Schell and Father of F1 racer, Harry.

DISGORGED FROM THE TRANSPORTER - Five Ferrari 156 'Sharknose's' wait in the Monza paddock before the fateful Italian Grand Prix in 1961.

VON TRIPS REFUELS HIS OWN CAR - Under the watchful gaze of Ferrari Designer Carlo Chiti, with co-driver Phil Hill behind. The number three Dino 246 SP failed to finish in 1961.

WHAT A PORTRAIT - Rindt stares pensively before the start of the 1970 Eifelrennen held at the Nurburgring. The Austrian won from Derek Bell and Rolf Stommelen.

CARRYING THE NUMBER '1' - Clark drove the green and yellow stripe Lotus 33 at the Aintree '200' held around the race course circuit just outside of Liverpool in 1964, setting Fastest Lap.

SUCH A COOL LIVERY - Stuck guides the Dauer 962 LM to a third place finish around Le Mans in 1994. The car was in fact a street-legal version of the dated Porsche 962.

PODIUM IN THE 'GREEN HELL' - Gendebien powers his way through the fearsome Nordshleife during the 1961 1000 km race in his Ferrari Dino 246 SP that he shared with von Trips and Ginther.

EAST GERMAN GRAND PRIX - A great 'action' image of Agostini tipping in to one of the Sachsenring corners. He won the 500cc race, winning his fifth consecutive Championship.

'KANSAS CITY FLASH' - A super portrait of the bespeckled American, Masten Gregory, seen here resting on the rudimentary pit counter at Monaco in 1960, where he failed to qualify.

POLE POSITION AND FASTEST LAP - Despite this, Clark in his Lotus 48, still finished a lap behind race winner Jochen Rindt during the Grand Prix Automobile de Pau in 1967.

BATTLE SCARRED - Moss sits pensively in the stone chipped Jaguar D-type where he and Peter Walker finished fourteenth after over seven and a quarter hours of racing amongst the hedgerows of Northern Ireland.

SPORT LEICHT - This historically important Porsche set records at Montlhery before being driven, bugs and all, to the Paris Salon de l'Automobile in September 1951. Behind is a 550 Coupe in the shadow of the mountains.

ENTERED BY PORSCHE AUDI - 1970 Le Mans winner, Herrmann, teamed up with Rudi Lins for the 12 Hour race at Sebring and retired after just twenty-eight laps of the two hundred and forty-eight completed by the winner.

WINNER IN THE STREETS - Rindt, entered by Roy Winkelmann Racing won the prestigious Grand Prix Automobile de Pau in 1967 against opposition including Brabham, Hulme, Stewart, Hill and Clark.

TOTAL CONCENTRATION - Despite the focus, Clark was one of the first to retire at the 1967 Indy 500, due to Piston failure. He did, however, win the 1965 running of the event.

SPORTING A 'NEW' RED BELL HELMET - Redman, partnered with Jo Siffert, tries a new helmet at the 1000 km race held at the Nurburgring in 1970. His usual white helmet had his name in black and Union Jack's.

RUNNER-UP - Hill finished second to Jack Brabham at the Aintree '200' held in April 1964 around the race course circuit close to Liverpool. The P261 was powered by a 1.5 Litre V8 BRM engine.

HEROIC DRIVE - Hawthorn, partnered by Bueb, lost twenty-one laps at the start with a cracked fuel line, but commendably finished sixth, albeit twenty laps down on the winners, Ecurie Ecosse.

THE SNOUT OF THE SHARK - Ginther's Ferrari 156 'Sharknose' sits in the pits at a wet and windy Aintree before the start of the 1961 British Grand Prix. He started on the front row and finished third in a Ferrari clean sweep.

FORMATION FLYING - Did he or didn't he? Fangio leads teammates Moss, Kling and Taruffi. Did he allow Moss to win his home Grand Prix? Even Moss was never sure. They did, however, take the first four finishing positions.

A COUPLE OF POINTS AROUND THE STREETS - McLaren started a lowly eleventh at Monaco in 1969, but drove flat out to finish fifth and one place behind his teammate, Hulme in the M7A.

WINGED BEAUTY - Hawthorn finished a distant fifth in his Jaguar D-type behind four Aston Martin DB3S's. Here he leads Les Leston in the Connaught who was not classified.

LEAPING HIGH - Aghini and co-driver Farnocchia get airborne at Porto in 1992. They failed to finish in their Delta HF Integrale, but did they miss the remote controlled camera on the gravel?

SCUDERIA FILIPINETTI - English driver pairing Sutcliffe and Harper dive in to the 'Esses' surrounded by Ford, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and another Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe at Le Mans in 1965.

STARTING FROM THE FRONT ROW - Brabham started just behind eventual race winner Graham Hill at Monaco in 1965, but retired shortly before half distance with engine issues.

CLASSIC COMBINATION - Ickx, partnered by Brian Redman, powers through the Ford chicanes at Le Mans in 1973. They retired shortly before the end in a race won by Pescarolo and Larrousse in their Matra-Simca MS670B.

CALM BEFORE THE STORM - Belgian, Paul Frere qualified really well in sixth, but retired after just four laps due to a loose wheel. Behind Frere sit the Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 625 and 500.

NEARLY HALF WAY - Bandini has just completed forty-eight circuits of the one hundred lap race and is seen here taking the Station Hairpin on his way to the second step on the podium.

ENTERING THE KARUSSELL - Jacky Ickx eases the mighty 312B2-72 in to the banked concrete hairpin during the 1972 Grosser Preis von Deutschland. Spectators and campers line the Test Hill in the background.

DAMP SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS - Hurtling in to Eau Rouge, Clark steers his Lotus 25 up the hill during the 1963 Grand Prix. Clark started from a lowly eighth position, but won emphatically by nearly five minutes!

1-2-3 FOR AUTO UNION AG - The mighty 6.0 V16 powered the C type to a clean sweep at the Grosser Preis der Schweiz in 1936 at the Bremgarten, with Rosemeyer winning from Varzi and Stuck (seen here).

NEARING THE END - Hulme started eighth and finished in the same position. Here he is on lap ninety-one rounding the Station Hairpin. Surtees is shown as second at this stage, but ran out of fuel to eventually finish fourth.

CLASSIC LE MANS - Ickx sits patiently in the Gulf sponsored GT40, while Team Manager David Yorke overseas fluid replenishment. Ickx and Jackie Oliver won in front of a record crowd of 400,000!

LAUDA POWER SLIDES HIS 312T2 - He finished a distant fifth at the Grand Prix de France, held at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois in 1977. He still won the Championship.

ECURIE NATIONALE BELGE - Belgians, Bianchi and Langlois von Ophem finished fourth overall, second in class at the 1964 running of the 1000 km race held at the Nurburgring in their 250 GTO/64.

MARSILIO PARSOTTI - Racing under the pseudonymn "PAM", Parsotti with co-driver Uberti won their class at the Will Stenger Trophy held at the Nurburging in 1969. Clearly three wheels are faster than four!

LEAKING FUEL FROM THE VICTORIOUS FERRARI - Olivier Gendebien, with teammate Phil Hill, won the prestigious 1962 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans. Fortunately enough fuel made it in to the tank.

RETIREMENT, BUT STILL FINISHED FOURTH - Fagioli retired 'his' car with a broken connecting rod, but jumped in the number sixteen W25C of Hermann Lang to take fourth place at the Bremgarten in 1936.

ALL WOMEN CREW - They finished fourteenth, fourth in class during the 1964 Tour de France. The car is now owned by Samuel Robson Walton, the heir to the fortune of Walmart, the world's largest retailer.

STRIEZEL STUCK - 'Stuckie' owes his nickname to his Godmother, who noticed a resemblance to a yeast plait (Silesian: Striezel)at his baptism! Here he tames the 320 Turbo at Hockenheim in 1980.

EXITING THILLOIS -A trio of Porsche 904 Carrera GTS's head towards the start-finish line at Reims-Gueux during the 1964 Tour de France. In order, they finished fourth, fifth and a DNF.

'THE WORST CAR I EVER DROVE' - According to Warwick, the Toleman TG181 was the worst car he had driven in his illustrious career. He's seen here exiting 'Casino' during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend of 1981.

NO FEWER THAN ELEVEN FERRARI 512 S STARTED LE MANS 1970 - This one was entered by Scuderia Filipinetti and drivers Herbert Muller and Michael Parkes. They lead the 917 K of Hobbs and Hailwood.

STARTING THE 1962 TARGA FLORIO - Photographer and part time racing driver, Paul Cahier, takes the start before handing over to his illustrious teammate, Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg, who became President of the FIA.

SWEEPING IN TO THE STADIUM - The BMW M1 was and still is an absolute classic. Here Schurti hustles the M1 to sixth place at the Internationales AvD Deutschland Trophee in 1980.

DISTINCTIVE COLOURS OF ROB WALKER RACING TEAM - The navy blue with white stripe Brabham BT11 of Jo Siffert takes the Station Hairpin during the 1966 Grand Prix de Monaco.

WHAT A REAR - The iconic Porsche 917 K sits on the pit apron before the start of the 1970 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans. A bearded Denis Jenkinson is seen making notes to the front of the car.

RED LEATHER HELMET IN RED ALFA ROMEO - Nuvolari raced the Tipo B/P3 with proven 3.2 litre engine and Dubonnet independent front suspension. He finished fifth behind two Mercedes-Benz and two Auto Union's.

A TRIO OF ASTON MARTIN'S - The three DB3S's of Salvadori, Collins and Parnell finished in this order at the 1955 British Grand Prix Support Race held at Aintree in 1955. Formation flying!

WELL HE'S CERTAINLY TRYING - Vita, with co-driver Dongarra, put a wheel in the gully, but keep the power on and escape being stuck during the 1992 running of the Rallye Sanremo.

VON EBERHORST AND ROSEMEYER OVERSEE THE DEBUT OF THE GREAT NUVOLARI - Designer and lead driver make sure that the diminutive Italian gets all the advice he needs before his debut on the Bremgarten in 1937.

SLIDING THROUGH THE 'GREEN HELL' - Rolf Stommelen and Georg Loos started fourth for the six hour Touring Car race held at the Nurburging in 1969, but failed to finish due to an accident.

BANKROLLED BY THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY - Philippe de Henning & Dudley Wood finished third in class, seventeenth overall in their Spice SE87C at the 480 km race held at Brands Hatch in 1989.

ITALIAN STALLIONS - Aghini and co-driver Fornocchia won the Rali Vinho da Madeira in 1992 aboard their Martini sponsored Lancia Delta HF Integrale. A beautiful setting for a rally.

LAND SPEED RECORD HOLDER - Don, in his beautiful Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 leads Brian Lewis, 2nd Baron Essendon, in his Talbot during the International R.A.C. Tourist Trophy held at Ards, Northern Ireland.

SECOND ROW START - Despite this, 'Mr Monaco' Graham Hill won this 1969 race around the Principality streets. This was his fifth and final race victory in Monaco out of seventeen F1 race starts.

'BIRDCAGE' ATTACK - The Riola brothers retired on the penultimate lap of the 1962 Targa Florio in their Scuderia Nettuno entered Maserati Tipo 60. Here they pass the Sicilian crowds on the grassy bank.

LOOK, NO HANDS - Finnish pairing of Alen and co-driver Kivimaki negotiate a tight hairpin high above the Monte Carlo harbour. They failed to finish after an accident.

ANOTHER HAIRY BEAST - Ex-F1 driver Ertl corners his Ford Capri 111 Turbo ahead of Klaus Niedzwiedz in his identical D & W Zakspeed Team entered Turbo in the Hockenheim Motodrom.

QUADRUPLE MATRA-SIMCA'S - In the foreground is an MS680, followed by the winning MS670C, an MS670B and the third placed MS670C. Pescarolo and Larrousse won in the number seven at Le Mans in 1974.

CHASED BY THE EVENTUAL WINNER - Bandini guides his Ferarri 1512 around the tight Station Hairpin ahead of eventual race winner Graham Hill in his BRM P261. Hill won by over a minute.

'FLUNDER' (FAT FISH) - Porsche developed an ultra-lightweight open cockpit (Spyder) of the 908/02 in 1969, with two distinctive body shapes. This one, an aerodynamic wedge shape, was nicknamed 'Flunder'.

AMONGST THE RHODODENDRONS - Tabaton and co-driver Caliro pass the in bloom Rhododendrons at the Rali Vinho da Madeira. The italians failed to finish due to an accident, but their teammates won.

SOLAR PRODUCTIONS INC. - This was the original film car used for the classic Le Mans film starring Steve McQueen. The Porsche 908/02 'Flunder' completed 282 laps compared to the winner's 343.

FRENCH DUO - Clarr and co-driver Fauchille take a tight hairpin above the glitter of Monaco during the 1981 Rally Automobile de Monte Carlo where they finished a creditable fourteenth in their Opel Ascona i2000.

TAKING THE CHEQUER - Pescarolo and Larrousse won the 1974 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans in their Matra-Simca MS670C, with the third placed sister car of Jabouille and Migault flanking their right hand side.

A MAGICIAN IN THE PYRENEAN STREETS - Hill actually retired with gearbox issues in his Lotus 48, but he still managed to put on a good show, seen here holding off Jean-Pierre Beltoise.

ADDICTED TO MORPHINE - Italian, Achille Varzi, was known as the chief rival to Tazio Nuvolari and is seen here at the Bremgarten in 1934, the year he won both the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia. Legend!

BMW-ALPINA-KAUFBEUREN - Mineif and Koob tried in vain during the Will Stenger Trophy, a six hour race held on the Nordschleife in 1969, crashing out before the finish.

ROTARY POWERED SIGMA - In 1974, the MC74 was the first non-US or European engine and chassis to finish the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They pass a stricken N.A.R.T. Ferrari 365 GTB/4.

FIGHTING THE PAIN BARRIER - Lang, shared his W25C with Luigi Fagioli to claim fourth place in 1936 at the Bremgarten. He couldn't hold the wheel, suffering from a broken little finger on his right gearshift hand.

TRAINING IN THE 'T' CAR - Fangio, together with teammate Castellotti, finished second in their Ferrari 860 Monza at the Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen, held at the Nurburgring in 1956.

TEAM SCHNITZER - Team Boss and Sportscar driver, Walter Brun, drove this brutish BMW 320 Turbo to third place at the Internationales AvD Deutschland Trophee held at Hockenheim in April 1980.

ONE LAP DOWN IN SIXTH - Kautz finished one lap down in sixth at the Grosser Preis der Schweiz. The race was a success for Daimler Benz AG, as they took the first three places with Caracciola winning from Lang and von Brauchitsch.

VICTORY IN JUST OVER ELEVEN HOURS AND TWENTY-SIX MINUTES - Double F1 World Champion for Ferrari won for Scuderia Lancia in the gorgeous D24 at the 1954 Mille Miglia.

COLD BUT SUNNY - Kankkunen and co-driver Piironen kick up the snow in a village high above Moanco during the 1992 Rallye Automobile de Monte Carlo, where they finished on the bottom step of the podium.

STARTING FROM THE FRONT ROW - Bira started alongside Prix de Berne winner Richard Seaman, but failed to finish due to a broken valve rocker arm. Here he is under the watchful gaze of the army and police.

DRIVING TO THE START - Bonnier, in the driving seat, with co-driver Vaccarella, descend the hill to line-up before the start of the 1962 Targa Florio. Behind them is a gorgeous Ferrari 250 GT SWB.

FILM STAR LOOKS - Not too much is known about this super portrait of a handsome Hector Abate Daga, awaiting the 'off' before the Formula Libre race held at Parana, Argentina in 1957.

BMW-FALTZ-ALPINA-TUNING - The very colourful 'Batmobile' of Werner Schommers in the Motodrom at Hockenheim for the Preis der Schweiz, held in August 1974.

DREAM TEAM - English driver teamed up with ace mechanic Giulio Ramponi and his formidable Delage 15S8. This combination won the 1936 Prix de Berne held at the Bremgarten. In the background is Bira's ERA.

FRENCH DRIVERS, FRENCH CAR, FRENCH CLASSIC - Allez les Bleus, Larrousse avoids the kerbs at the Ford Chicane shortly before the end of the 1973 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans.

THE DEBUT OF A LEGEND - Nuvolari made his first race start for the German Auto Union team and looks visibly pleased with himself. He finished fifth in a car shared with Bernd Rosemeyer.

A SMASHING PERSEPCTIVE - Geier's Mercedes-Benz W25 is in the foreground at the Bremgarten in 1934. This was the 'reserve' car for the Grandes Epreuves, although Geier did go onto race, sharing Caracciola's similar W25.

ENTERED BY PRINCE CHULA OF SIAM - Bira started on the front row for the 1935 Prix de Berne and finished second to teammate Richard Seaman, both in ERA B's. No wonder he looks happy.

A 'SPEEDSTER' SPEEDING THROUGH THE VILLAGE - The 'locals' make the most of every vantage point, as a 356B Carrera 'Speedster' passes through. Rosinski and Nicol failed to finish.

THE WINNING FERRARI - The gorgeous Dino 246 SP of race winners Mairesse, Rodriguez and Gendebien sits on top of the Ferrari race transporter at the end of the 1962 Targa Florio.

LEADING BEFORE THE DISASTER - Fangio and teammate Moss were leading the ill-fated Le Mans 24 Hours of 1955, until the cars were withdrawn at 01:45 on Sunday morning following the horrific accident.

ACCORDING TO ENZO FERRARI, MOLL WAS THE FIRST 'SENSATIONAL' DRIVER OF THE SCUDERIA - he won first time out at Monaco, but suffered a DNF at Montreux. He died two months later.

COBRA ROAR - Bob Bondurant (in car), together with Phil Hill retired on the ninth lap of the 1964 Targa Florio in their Shelby Cobra 289 Roadster.

RED BUGATTI - Nuvolari entered a T59 under his own name at the Grand Prix de Monaco in 1934, but was assisted by the Automobiles E. Bugatti team mechanics.

REFUELLING THE 'BIRDCAGE' - The Riola brothers failed to make the finish of the 1962 Targa Florio. Julius Weitmann captured this moment in the pits during the race.

DISASTER AT MONZA - Despite the crowd yelling their support for Varzi on the parade to the grid, he retired shortly after completing his fourteenth lap, due to a broken piston and engine fire.

SCUDERIA SANT'AMBROEUS - This Italian team was founded in Milan in 1951. This GTO was registered CN 110711, chassis number 4675GT and is believed to now reside in the USA.

THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DRIVER OF THE LEGENDARY GROUP B ERA - Salonen won the World Rally Championship in 1985. Here he is in the Finnish forests during the 1000 Lakes Rally of 1983.

TOP TEN FINISH - Pucci perches on the pit wall while his Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia entered 356B Carrera Abarth GTL gets re-fuelled. Both Pucci and co-driver Edgar Barth won the Targa Florio in differnet years.

SWISS HILL CLIMB - A competitor negotiates a sharp left in his open top Bugatti. What price for this car now and does it still survive?

REIGNING WORLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPION - Peter Collins drops the clutch during a British League meeting, Leicester v Belle Vue. He is just one of seven British World Champions, since inception in 1936.

BRITISH PAIRING IN FINLAND - Rally legend and former World Champion Colin McRae, together with co-driver Derek Ringer, finished ninth at the 1000 Lakes Rally in their Subaru Legacy RS.

TYRE CHANGE AND REFUEL - World renowned press photographer, Paul Cahier (white shirt and helmet) holds the refuelling can, whilst teammate Metternich gets a helping hand up on to the pit wall.

THE WINNERS LAURELS - Seaman started on the back row of the twenty-three car grid in his Whitney Straight Ltd. entered MG K3 Magnette. This was Seaman's first international victory, all the more impressive in an 1100cc car against 1500cc competition.

COMPLETE LINE-UP - The four 'Works' cars, together with the 'T' car (in the foreground) for reserve Louis Chiron await the start of the Grosser Preis der Schweiz in 1936. Herr Neubauer surveys his team, seen in the middle of the image.

A WIN AROUND THE STREETS OF MONACO - Hulme took victory in 1967 at Monaco , before another win at another iconic circuit (Nurburgring) and the Formula One World Championship at the end of the year.

DESIGNED AND BUILT BY ALPINE - Funded and powered by Renault, The A442 raced at Le Mans in 1976, '77 and '78, culminating in victory at La Sarthe in 1978 for drivers Pironi and Jaussaud.

ZOLLER "DOPPELKOLBENMOTOR' - Called "Split-Single" in English, it was a variant of the two stroke engine with two cylinders sharing a single combustion chamber. This car was rebuilt with bodywork inspired by the W25.

HEAT TWELVE - Aussie Billy Sanders leads Englishman Terry Betts during the first leg of the Speedway Star British League KOC Cup in 1976. Ipswich 'Witches' won the two legged affair handsomely.

REFUELLING DISASTER - Bira lost time in the pits. The team had installed a quick filling apparatus, but the pressure pump failed resulting in the mechanics having to use churns.

KEEPING UP THE DUST - Spanish pairing Sainz and Moya won the Rothmans Rally New Zealand around Auckland in 1992, on their ay to winning the Championship. The car was entered by Toyota Team Sweden.

THE START OF THE SECOND DONINGTON GP IN 1936 - Parnell starts from pole (left to right), with Mclure, Clarke and Cholmondeley-Tapper alongside.

A PICNIC BEFORE THE PRIX DE BERNE OF 1937 - Hans Steiner took this super portrait of Mme. Rose-Itier who finished ninth during the first Heat at Bremgarten.

ABARTH TEAM LINE-UP - A super photograph of the 'Works' Fiat-Abarth 1000 team cars, taken before the Alitalia Cup, the 3 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance in 1962.

GESIPA RACING TEAM - Michel Weber finished second in his Porsche 917 Spyder to Brian Redman in his Sid Taylor Team Castrol entered BRM P167. 'Interserie' really was a who's who of the day.

MENACING BLACK DELAGE - Seaman won his third consecutive Prix de Berne at the Bremgarten in 1936. He won be over a minute and set fastest lap.

SLIDING THROUGH THE DUST AND GRAVEL - Kankkunen and co-driver Piironen won the 1992 Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto, as captured by ace photographer, Colin Taylor.

PROBLEMS FOR THE OUTDATED ALFA ROMEO - Sommer pushed his car exhaustingly to the pits, where the car was repaired and he re-joined to rapturous applause.

RACE TACTICS - Collins in black cable knit sweater chats to Team Manager Romolo Tavoni before Collins went on to win the British Grand Prix in 1958.

TOURIST TROPHY WINNERS - Hawthorn (in the car), together with Maurice Trintignant won the 1954 Tourist Trophy held on the Dundrod road course in Northern Ireland.

FOURTH ROW START, PODIUM FINISH - Hans Stuck drove his Auto Union C to third at the Grosser Preis der Schweiz held at the Bremgarten in 1936.

FIRST ROUND OF THE 1960 F.I.A. WORLD SPORTS CAR CHAMPIONSHIP - Bonnier (in the car) finished third with Graham Hill at the opening round in Buenos Aires.

TAKING THE STATION HAIRPIN - Surtees sweeps in to the tight hairpin having started from the front row. He retired after sixteen of the hundred laps due to transmission failure.

PRESS CAR - The Porsche 356 is acknowledged as being the first Production Car for Porsche and this 356B Super 90 Cabriolet is one of about seven hundred produced. Not a bad car with which to tour the 1962 Targa Florio.

IN DEPTH DISCUSSION - Driver Nuvolari chats intensively with Auto Union designer Eberan von Eberhorst before the 1938 Grosser Preis der Schweiz.

SUCH A COOL PHOTO - The Ivory Coast village children watch in awe as rally winners, Shinozuka and Meadows guide their Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 through the dirt.

EXITING THE FORD CHICANE - Swiss pairing, Steinemann and Spoerry finished second at the 1968 Vingt Quatre Heures du Mans in their Porsche 907 'Langheck'.

HAUNTED VARZI - At this time, Varzi was already addicted to Morphine. During practice the team manager Feuereissen raided Varzi's hotel room to find his girlfriend Ilse and drugs.

LIFTING A FRONT WHEEL - Baghetti, together with co-driver Lorenzo Bandini, finished second in their Dino 196 SP to their teammates Mairesse, Rodriguez and Gendebien at the 1962 Targa Florio.

DAIMLER-BENZ AG CLEAN SWEEP - Von Brauchitsch finished third behind teammates Caracciola and Lang at the Grosser Preis der Schweiz held at the Bremgarten in 1937.

CANTERBURY CRUSADER - Ted Hubbard leads overall Qualifying winner Mel Taylor at Rye House Stadium in 1980.

MULLER MADE A TARDY START HAVING NOT FITTED HIS STEERING WHEEL - However, he recovered to seventh in the heat and fourth in the final results.

FOURTH PLACE FINISH - Astra entered this Lancia Delta HF Integrale on Pirelli tyres, as opposed to the Michelin tyres used by the 'Works' Martini team.

WINNER OF THE PRIX DE BERNE - Giuseppe Farina won the first heat at the Bremgarten in 1939, which comprised the Prix de Berne and then finished seventh in the final, behind the Grandes Epreuves cars.

GETTING COMFORTABLE - Nuvolari gets acclimatised to the Auto Union C before his first race start for the German team at the Bremgarten in 1937.

GINTHER LOOKS ON HELPLESSLY - Stewart passes the American at the Station Hairpin on his way to winning the Grand Prix de Monaco in 1966 in the BRM P261.

ROSEMEYER LOOKS CONCERNED - Whilst Bernd finished third in 1935 at the Grosser Preis der Schweiz, he lost second to Fagioli because of a huge slide at the 'Eymatt' turn.

GORGEOUS ZAGATO - Tagliavia and Garufi took their beautiful Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sport Zagato to eighteenth place overall, eighth in class at the 1962 Targa Florio.

RARE COLOUR TRANSPARENCY - Fastest lap for fourth place finisher Kling at the 1954 Grosser Preis von Deutschland/Grand Prix d'Europe. kling was listed as a 'reserve' and so started twentieth and last.

OOPS! - Simon and Tavano managed to recover this alloy bodied 250 GT SWB back to the pits at the 1962 Targa Florio. This car was repaired and now competes in historic motor sport.

LOOKING A LITTLE LIKE A SCENE FROM 'THE GREAT GATSBY' - 'Gigi' Soffietti is flanked by what looks like his Manager and his 'Moll'. Soffietti drove his red Alfa Romeo Monza at the 1934 Grand Prix de Montreux.

ZAGATO BODIED LANCIA - Frescobaldi and Federico won their class at the 1962 Targa Florio, finishing eighth overall in their Jolly Club entered Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato.

STUNNING FERRARI 250 GT SWB BERLINETTA COMPETIZIONE - This car sadly failed to make the start of the 1962 Targa Florio. Driven by a well respected lady, Ada Pace and Sicilian Nino Todaro.

A STUNNING CAR - Ickx and Schetty's 512 S heads the line-up of beautiful streamlined cars built for the 1970 World Championship with a 5.0 litre V12.

REFUELLING THE MASERATI 'SUPERCAGE' - The Tipo 64 was nicknamed the 'Supercage' with an upgraded frame using smaller light alloy tubes and was designed by Franco Scaglione.

WHAT A BRUTE - Niedzwiedz tried to tame his D & W Zakspeed Team entered Ford Capri 111 Turbo at Hockenheim in 1980, but suffered an accident.

SWEEPING THROUGH THE HILLTOP VILLAGE - Sala and co-driver "Kim" finished fifteenth overall and sixth in class at the Targa Florio of 1962, which was run over ten laps of a seventy-two kilometre circuit.

APPREHENSION BEFORE OVER SEVEN HOURS OF RACING - Strahle and Hahnl, Jr. were disqualified at half distance due to an unsafe vehicle.

A SMILING VICTOR - Englishman Davis won the 1964 Targa Florio in a Porsche 904 GTS with Italian Antonio Pucci. Davis is flanked by the Porsche mechanics.

DISAPPOINT AT BRANDON STADIUM, COVENTRY - Gordon Kennett wins his first heat, but failed to make the rostrum for the British Final of 1979. Peter Collins won from Michael Lee and Dave Jessup.

ICONIC GTS - Entered by Scuderia Sant'Ambroeus, this particular GTS retired with a broken chassis. The number eighty-four GTS in the background finished second.

MAYS ENJOYS A WINNERS CIGARETTE - The ERA (R3A) is adorned with the winner's garland. ERA made their international debut at the 1935 Eifelrennen on the Nurburgring.

CRESTING DRUIDS - Japanese clothing brand, taka-Q, were a prominent feature on the Toyota sportscars of the late eighties and early nineties. Here Dumfries & Watson ran out of fuel six laps from the finish!