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The Wolfman Cometh. These historic images of Walter Wolf from 1976 depict the Countach's much needed benefactor, with the prototype S. Wolf ensured that the Countach evolved into the car that was originally intended by his personal financing of the development of the model. These images were shot in Cannes, France and show Wolf with prototype number 1 (s/n 1120148). Words by © 2004 Joe Sackey

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GP Belgium 2001

George Harrison

George Harrison

The Wolfman Cometh. These historic images of Walter Wolf from 1976 depict the Countach's much needed benefactor, with the prototype S. Wolf ensured that the Countach evolved into the car that was originally intended by his personal financing of the development of the model. These images were shot in Cannes, France and show Wolf with prototype number 1 (s/n 1120148). Words by © 2004 Joe Sackey

Prost in his Renault just got away, leading teammate Arnoux and Jones in the Williams

Sponsor SingTel burns a glittering advertising lightshow after the race

Clark in his Lotus 33

Clark in his Lotus 33

Jack Brabham

The Wolfman Cometh. These historic images of Walter Wolf from 1976 depict the Countach's much needed benefactor, with the prototype S. Wolf ensured that the Countach evolved into the car that was originally intended by his personal financing of the development of the model. These images were shot in Cannes, France and show Wolf with prototype number 1 (s/n 1120148). Words by © 2004 Joe Sackey

By that time the youngest F1 entrant Mike Thackwell (19).

Demonstration lap of the new Ferrari F40, Nurburgring, 1988

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Williams' Maldonado

Ricchiardo's grid girl

The 'crossing' of the track fom above

Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin

Di Resta's grid girl

Actors and dancers unite for the show before the start

The mystic dragon flies over the grid before the Chinese Grand Prix

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

The Old Supreme Court Building, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber F1 Team cuts the curbs

An inflatable entrance to the paddock within the city's race track facilities

The inside of the Marina Mandarin Singapore Hotel

Dancers stand ready for the show before the race

Grid girls stand in line for the drivers parade

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

A short break between the sessions for the marshals

A Rolls-Royce parked in front of the Fullerton Hotel

Spectators with parasols wait in queues in front of the race track entrance

McLaren mechanics take care of the Pirelli pneus

Firework flowers mark the end of a hot race

Singapore, sculptures near by a bridge

Press parking lot guards

Shiny sousaphones of the Navy orchestra

Gilles Villeneuve's gloves

Airfield Oberschleissheim, Germany, 1962, Ferrari 250 GT California

Joakim Bonnier in the Porsche 804

Bruce McLaren, Solitude 1962, non-championship F1 race

Mike Parkes hold two fuel nozzles

Jim Clark in the Karussell

Lotus driver Jim Clark with team boss Colin Chapman during practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza 1966.

Enzo Ferrari sitting on the Monza pitwall during practice

Ginther pishing the brakes before "La Source", becoming more self-confident.

The engine of a Ferrari 312

Italian fans occupy Agip's advertising billboard as a temporary grandstand, Italian GP Monza 1968

Dan Gurney

A misty scenery at Nuerburgring's Klostertal turn during the German GP 1968

Taped driving shoes

Rallye Gemeinschaft Ulm entered this Porsche 911 S driven by Eberhard Sindel (D) and Dieter Benz (D)

A lonely car climbing the hill of the Zeltweg start/finish straight under a red "sun", the pit lane signal, Austrian Grand Prix, 1970

Jochen Rindt talks to his Lotus team-mate Miles

Timekeeping girls

Timekeeping girl

Vic Elford in his helmet

Spanish Grand Prix 1971 at Montjuich Park, a street circuit located on the Montjuich mountain in Barcelona. Fittipaldi's Lotus (red car) and Amon's Matra passing the "Mercat de les Flors".

Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude Guerie (F), Porsche 911 S

Rainer reflects in the rear mirror of Peterson's March, Dutch GP 1971

A easy-going group of British fans watching the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1972

Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi

Jody Scheckter talks to his team boss Ken Tyrrell (right)

Hollowed out gigantic Agip wall advertising panel

Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni enjoys himself

Ferrari driver and championship leader Niki Lauda, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1975

Roelof Wunderink, Spanish Grand Prix, 1975

TGC4

A body-painted promotional girl poses for the photographers with a Ferrari

A Nelson Piquet fan, Monza, 1984

Canadian beauties garant a warm welcome to everybody

TGC4

TGC4

Ayrton Senna, infront of the medical centre, after Martin Donnelly's severe accident during Saturday's qualifying

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Ross Brawn, technical director of the Benetton F1 team

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, 1993

Beidseitig hohe Leitplanken geleiten die Rennwagen durch die Massenet-Kurve zum Casino

Eddie Irvine and a sponsored girl, Monaco Grand Prix, 1998

Ferrari fan Silvio Ferri, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 2001

Alonso

Coulthard

The famous Singapore Marina Bay Sands Hotel with the world's highest swimming pool watches over the race track

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, in the pits

Rainer Schlegelmilch presents the work of his lifetime '50 Years of Formula 1 Photography' on the podium (with some of his portraits on the backdrop)

Race fans cheer before the race

The podium has a beautiful backdrop, a compilation of all F1 world champions - and Bernie

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, arrives in the paddock

A grid girls flanks the red carpet for the FIA

McLaren mechanics take care of the black gold

Used Pirelly tyres after the German Grand Prix

Grid girls smile for the drivers

links Sergio Marchionne. He is currently CEO of Fiat and also Chairman and CEO of the Chrysler Group. Rechts Maurizio Arrivabene the Vice President of Marlboro Global Communication & Promotion for Philip Morris

Drivers & team personnel attend the unveiling of the Frank Tamas memorial plaque by Niki Lauda

The Frank Tamas memorial plaque at the Hungaroring main building

Grid girls wait for the drivers

The marshals enjoy their weekend full of exciting motorsport

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in the Energy Station

A memory card helps the marshals to identify the race drivers

Austrian investor and racing driver Toto Wolff arrives in the paddock. He owns 16% of the shares of the Williams F1 Team and is named Executive Director of the team.

A Union Jack"Sheriff" walks in the fan area

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, runs the track

Red Bull chefs prepare a delicious lunch in four courses

The teams ship their goods directly to Bahrain

The grid girls walk away in line

Grid girls

Grid girls walk back from drivers parade

A devoted German fan

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Clouds above the Hockenheim 'Motodrom' during the race

German race fans comfortably sit behind the fence

A grid girls stands on the grid

Grid girls

The grid girls wait in line for the drives

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, arrives in the paddock

Rosberg's grid girl

The grid girls stand in line and hold their GP2 panels

The marshals have a quick lunch before the GP starts

British race fans walk in the woods to the Hockenheim race track

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

Fans from Down Under eagerly awaiting the drivers to spend a minute for giving autographs

Photographer Mark Thompson takes pictures of a Bahrain folklore show during drivers presentation

Rubens Barrichello's grid girl

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Sidepodcast.com: 'There's a marching band on the grid. They look very smart.'

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Alonso's Ferrari car is returned to pits after the race, ultra light with low fuel

Unused tyre walls

The grid girls walk in line on the grid (GP2 race)

The grid girls stand in line at the red carpet for the drivers parade

A rainbow stretches over the media parking in the evening

Grid girls hold the Formula One banner

Security check at the track gates

A balloon-shaped lantern in front of Singapore skyline

Sebastien Buemi and his father Antoine arrive in the paddock

Two laps to go for Sebastian Vettel

Grid girls

Spanish fans cheer from the stand

HRT team boss Colin Kolles

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Adrian Newey arrives at the paddock with his wife Marigold

Grid girls

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Grid girls

Vettel's grid girl

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Global F1 sponsor LG operates a large information tent in the fan area

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

Korean grid girls

The Korean grid girls pose for the eager photographers

And one more Korean grid girl

Healthy snacks wait for the marshals session break

The Korean grid girls are ready for the action

And another Korean grid girl

Two advertising ladies on the grid

Dancing acrobates wear colourful custumes during the on-track display before the race

Stock car F1 support race

Frank Williams talks to his driver Alan Jones

Phil Hill at the Nuerburgring 1962

Dan Gurney prepares for racing

Ferrari driver Phil Hill

Jim Clark

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Eau Rouge, Belgium Grand Prix, 1962

Before the start to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 1962, Jimmy receives practical advice from Lotus chief mechanic Jim Endruweit.

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Graham Hill, Monza, 1962

View at the pit straight and bottom of Eau Rouge, Belgium Grand Prix, 1962

Joakim Bonnier, Porsche

The Ferrari 250 GTO 3809GT of Kalman von Csazy (CH) and Karl Foitek (CH)

Herbert Linge adjusting his helmet

Innes Ireland at a bus stop in Monaco

Dan Gurney, Italian Grand Prix 1963, Monza

Ferrari mechanics push a Ferrari car

Swiss driver Jo Siffert

After retiring on lap 13 with engine problems, Swiss driver Jo Siffert comes back to the pits at the end of the race, sitting at the back of Ireland's BRP

TGC2

John Surtees cleans his goggles

Jim Clark

John Surtees, moments before the start

At the Le Mans start Mike Parkes leaps aboard the Ferrari 275 P2 that he will share with Frenchman Jean Guichet.

Dan Gurney

Guy Ligier

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini

Gurney

John Surtees Cooper-Maserati leads Brabhams Brabham-Repco and Rindts
Cooper-Maserati briefly, before Brabham overtakes Surtees to win.

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 312, driving through the Karussell, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1966

Italian drivers Lorenzo Bandini and Ludovico Scarfiotti (left hand), 1000km Nurburgring, 1966

John Surtees

Newcomer Jacky Ickx at his first Grand Prix in a F1 car

The Ferrari 275 GTB/2 of Helmut Felder (D) and Gunther Lohstraeter (D) lifts all four wheels at the Nurburgring, 1967

'Cowboy' Jack Brabham

Peter Mould (GB) on Abarth 1300 OT

'Il Commendatore' Enzo Ferrari, Monza 1967. In the background Mauro Forghieri (left).

Lorenzo Bandini

Two Italian fans in Monza's paddock 1967

Graham Hill, German GP, Nurburgring, 1968

Mrs. Stanley, wife of BRM owner Louis Stanley, at Dutch Grand Prix 1968

Vic Elford

The F1 drivers group up for a sponsor photo session

TGC2

Chris Amon, Ferrari 312

Monaco Grand Prix 1968

Graham Hill

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari

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Swede Joakim Bonnier in pits, Dutch Grand Prix, 1968

Graham Hill, a delighted winner of the Spanish Grand Prix 1968 at Jarama

Jack Brabham

Vic Elford

Ickx' Ferrari 312

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Jackie Stewart in Zandvoort, 1969

The Porsche P908L 028 #6 of Vic Elford (GB) and Richard Attwood (GB) retires in an accident after 75 laps

What has Gerhard Mitter done to deserve such a police coverage? ;)

The second placed Porsche 908 LH #025 (No. 7) of Porsche System Engineering, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), 1000km Monza 1969

Jochen Rindt (left) and Richard Attwood. Between them a journalist.

Jochen Rindt

Lotus driver Graham Hill prepares himself for the race

Bruce McLaren, McLaren-Cosworth M7C, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1969

Jackie Stewart

Simone, Jo Siffert's wife

The Porsche 908/02 018 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) was destroyed in practice session

Dunlop mechanics work on their tyres

Formula One car approaches the later "Loews" hairpin

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Winner Jackie Stewart

Spanish GP 1970: Ferrari driver Mario Andretti

Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt

Italian Ferrari driver Ignazio Giunti

Emmo with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Brabham mechanics prepairing Rolf Stommelen's car no 21, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Winner Jacky Ickx

Jo Siffert.

Australian Jack Brabham

At the start of the race Ickx's Ferrari caught fire and was destroyed after a collision with Jack Oliver's BRM, Spanish Grand Prix, 1970

Jacky Ickx humorously

Jochen Rindt

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx

World Champion of 1959, 1960 and 1966 Jack Brabham sits in his own Brabham-Cosworth BT33

Brescia Corse's Porsche 908/2 #23, driven by Giacomo Maioli (I) and Oddone Sigala (I)

Jackie Stewart, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1971

Siffert's Porsche mechanics wait for their next commitment

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B

Carlo Chiti (left) from Alfa Romeo

Andre Wicky's Porsche 908/2 #21, driven by entrant Andre Wicky (CH), Ernesto Brambilla (I) and Peter Mattli (CH), becomes tenth placed in overall finishs, forth in prototype classification

Jackie Stewart, Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 1971

Jo Siffert

Exact timekeeping at Martini Racing pits

Jacky Ickx

Race winner Jackie Stewart signs autographs

Jacky Ickx with his private motorcycle (Rainer's Porsche 911 in the background) after the Belgium GP 1972

Jackie Stewart in pits with his wife Helen

Italien Ferrari driver Arturo Merzario, followed by Redman (McLaren) and Lauda (March), German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1972

Nice view on a spectators aeria at the Jarama circuit

Jacky Ickx sits on pole position in a Ferrari 312B2

Ronnie Peterson, GP Monaco 1972

Mario Andretti, Ferrari 312B2

Graham Hill

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari

Clay Regazzoni

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari, closely followed by Stewart's Tyrrell

Brian Redman (GB)

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2

Louis Stanley and his wife Jean Baber of BRM

Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart. On the left is Luca di Montezemolo of Ferrari

Swiss BRM driver Clay Regazzoni

François Cevert

Chris Amon in a Tecno PA123

Ferrari runns only one car for Jacky Ickx, the new Ferrari 312B3, developed by Sandro Colombo, Spanish Grand Prix, Montjuich Park, Barcelona, 1973

Francois Cevert (F) in the Matra-Simca MS670B 03

Spanish GP 1974: Niki Lauda celebrates his first GP victory

McLaren pit crew celebrating Emerson Fittipaldi's victory

Belgian Lotus driver Jacky Ickx

Lotus driver Jacky Ickx

Marlboro advertising board

Spanish GP 1974: Niki Lauda celebrates his first GP victory

Patrick Depailler sitting in his Tyrrell

Jacky Ickx with Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman

Brazilian double Word Champion, Emerson Fittipaldi, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1975

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T, leading Depailler's Tyrrell during the early laps

Mariella Reininghaus, Niki Lauda's girlfriend

Niki Lauda, polesetter at the Nurburgring, German Grand Prix, 1975

Championship leader Niki Lauda, Ferrari

Ronnie Peterson, Spanish GP, Montjuich Park, 1975

Tyrrell driver, Frenchman Patrick Depailler

Niki Lauda

Ferrari driver and championship contender Niki Lauda in pits

James Hunt, Austrian GP, 1976

British McLaren driver James Hunt

Arturo Merzario, Italian "cowboy"

Ferrari drivers Clay Regazzoni and Nikii Lauda (right side)

World Championship contender Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2

German GP 1977: Niki Lauda

Race leader James Hunt is out of the Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1977

Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2

James Hunt, Belgian GP, Zolder, 1977

Ronnie Pererson in the Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth P34

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2

Niki Lauda, Ferrari driver

Ronnie Peterson, Austrian GP, 1977

British GP: Niki Lauda

German GP 1978: Niki Lauda

TGC3

Spanish GP 1978

Drying Lotus drivers overalls of Peterson and Andretti, German Grand Prix, 1978

Bernie Ecclestone being interviewed

James Hunt in the paddock

David Thieme

Alan Jones.

Renault rear wing reflecting sponsors in pits

The retired 1976 F1 World Champion and TV commentator James Hunt.

Williams crew at pitwall from left to right: Teammanager Jeff Hazel, Charlie Chrichton-Stewart, a Goodyear tyre engineer and Sheridan Thynne

HÈctor Rebaque

Walter Roehrl, Renault 5

Keke Rosberg

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari driver

Walter Roehrl, Renault 5

Gilles Villeneuve

TGC4

TGC4

Michael Schumacher of Ferrari

TGC4

Michael Schumacher shaving the curbs

TGC4

The swimmingpool area

TGC4

Fernando Alonso of Renault

Jarno Trulli

TGC4

TGC4

Mark Webber of Jaguar

Nigel Mansell, Williams-Honda, driving at high-speed across start/finish straight, Zeltweg, Austrian Grand Prix, 1986

World Champion Michael Schumacher

TGC4

TGC4

Nelson Piquet of Brazil

TGC4

Michael Schumacher in Ferrari pits

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Bernie Ecclestone talkes to Ron Dennis, Frensh Grand Prix, 1992

Dolly Buster

TGC4

The tifosi on Imola's fan hill build shelters against the rain

Fans supporting the local hero and 1994 World Champion Michael Schumacher, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1995

Michael Schumacher in seinem massgeschneiderten Rennschuh an der Boxenmauer

TGC4

Sebastian Montoya, son of Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya

Michael Schumacher, the old but again new F1 World Champion

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher during his meditation moments

Google exec wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

The track is invaded by Hungarian race fans during the podium ceremony

A lonely Ferrari races under a cloudy sky

New Red Bull sponsor Hanshin Shuhan promotes their products in the Energy Station, test driver Sebastien Buemi beats the wooden sake barrel

Sebastian Vettel smiles at the TV audience during an interview on Sunday noon

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Grid girls raise their panels

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann

A grid girl's lower back side

Hospitality: The Red Bull chefs prepare fingerfood in the Energy Station for a presentation of 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Ambulance on bicycles circulate in the rainy paddock

A grid girl

Drivers parade

An Italian VIP lady shows the V sign

Lewis Hamilton calibrates in McLaren pits

Alonsos Ferrari is returned to pits after qualifying

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, arrives in the paddock

Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team surprises the F1 world with a third grid position

Motivated Raikonnen fans wait in front of the paddock gates

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with team members and race visitors after a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren greets the fans

Mercedes AMG Petronas motor sport director Norbert Haug arrives in the paddock

The young Ferraristi and his proud daddy

Singapore's skyline watches over the illuminated track

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Grid girls carry drivers portraits in the paddock club

Mercedes GP team principal Ross Brawn

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

Driver Sebastien Buemi gives away sake from the barrel of new Red Bull sponsor Hanshin Shuhan

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Grid girls

Michael Schmacher chats with Sebastian Vettel before the drivers parade

Google exec Benjamin Sloss wins special Ferrari in charity auction for earthquake victims

The world's tallest Ferris wheel raises above the paddock

The young Ferraristi and his proud daddy

After the race, fireworks illuminate the sky above the waiting photographers

Maldonado's fans from Venezuela cheer from the stand after a victorious race of their idol

Dr. Helmut Marko arrives in the paddock

Australian rangers keep the security level high

Jaime Alguersuari looks forward to a cockpit in 2013

Grid girls become podium girls

A young Ferrari fan wearing ear protection

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, suffers of the high humidity of the air

Two pretty fans pose on the drop spot

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race fans invade the track after the finish

Bernie Ecclestone's motorhome overlooks the paddock

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

Rosberg fans proudly hold their banner

The tifosi-filled stand at turn one

Nearly the whole race track can be seen here during practice session

Bernie Ecclestone stands still on the grid amongst team members and race visitors to observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who deceased a week earlier

Race cars rush through turn one a few laps after the start

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

John Button, Jenson's father, arrives in the paddock

Grid girls line up for their deployment

The pretty German grid girls are lined up for the drivers parade, the snappers wait at the end

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren poses the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

The grid girls walk to the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The Formula One race drivers wave at the fans during drivers parade

A fully covered marshal protects against the rain

Sebastian Vettel's wax figure is presented in the paddock

BBC TV presenters and former race drivers Damon Hill and Johnny Herbert are separated from the cheering crowds by the pit wall fence only

On the grid with Sergio Marchionne, FIAT CEO and UBS vice president

Grid girls have long legs in Hungary

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, after Q3

An unhappy Ice man returns to Lotus pits after a finishing luckless Q1

A beautiful backdrop on the podium on Thursday shows the various F1 world champions

A startline marshal poses with her tools during a rain break

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

Triple Formula 1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Niki Lauda

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

During Rosberg's interview after his win, overwhelmed media is eager to find a good spot

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

The police shows off with a blue Lamborghini

Red lights in pits

Bernie Ecclestone poses with Jacky Ickx' wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Karthikeyan and Hulkenberg

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren waves at the world's media, flanked by second grid positioned Maldonado and Vettel as third on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, arrives in the paddock

The orchestra prepares on the grid for the national anthem

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus and jokes around with fellow countryman Kovalainen after drivers presentation

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx with his wife Khadja Nin

Second on the grid Pastor Maldonado, Williams, gives an interview after qualifying

A marching band takes care of the entertainment on the grid before the race cars appear

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, sits in his race car

A busy grid is cleared, the mechanics run to their pits

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nico Rosberg in front of daddy Keke (seems like he just made an embarrassing joke;)

Kimi Raikkonen's tattoo.

Nico Rosberg can afford a broad smile in front of his team mate's pits

The grid girls from Germany walk to the grid in Silverstone

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP

A VIP pass and a gold chain around a shaved neck

Red Bull chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer's communication devices

Grid girls

Fans watch the race on screen, the battle between the McLaren team mates is even more exciting due to the still wet main straight

A KERS warning signal in McLaren pits

The Paddock Bobby likes the new facilities

The bulky stuff and heavy lenses wait besides the grid until the photographers grab them on their way to turn one

Heidfeld's grid girl

Rosberg's grid girl

The Mercedes grand stand at the end of the main straight

The grid girls return from their chilled employment

Grid girls

The grid girls get their insructions

Grid girls

The Slovenian journalist Miran Alisic shows off with his historic Renault R4 in original Williams livery and his self made Senna helmet

A driver in the Lotus Ladies Cup Series shows up as a guest in Renault pits

After our arrival in Hungary, we cross the Margit chain bridge in Budapest under cold and rainy weather conditions and it stays pretty much like this for the whole race weekend (except Saturday as you will see.. :)

Mercedes GP mechanics in pits during the race

Ferrari mechanics in pits during the race

Lotus Renault pits

A female Renault mechanic in pits during the race

A grid girl holds the German national banner

Lotus Renault pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Williams pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Team Lotus pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT, is interrogated

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, leads Mark Webber

Grid girls hold the happy driver's portraits

Sauber pits

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey on the grid

Grid girls hold the drivers number boards

Third qualifier Jenson Button of McLaren is interviewed after qualifying

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Vettel's grid girl

Bruno Senna's grid girl

A red car advertises the second Korean Grand Prix

Button's grid girl

An incognito pit lane marshal

A Korean grid girl

A red car advertises the second Korean Grand Prix

A Korean grid girl's tattoo

The FIA Formula One officials congratulate their president Jean Todt to his birthday

The marshal's damp gloves wait in order to be worn for the practice session

Showy millionaire David Thieme from the Essex Overseas Petroleum Corporation. His Essex logos cover the Team Lotus. Italien Grand Prix, Monza, 1979.

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4

RenÈ Arnoux

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari driver

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini, German Grand Prix, 1962

Phil Hill (USA) with taped goggles in the Ferrari Dino 246SP #0790

Jim Clark (GB) in the Lotus 23 Ford entered by Essex Racing Team

Willy Mairesse, Belgium GP 1962

Graham Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Roy Salvadori speaks with John Surtees

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Joakim Bonnier in a Porsche 804

Bruce McLaren, Italian GP Monza 1962

Graham Hill enjoys a joke of Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Ferrari line up in the pits with driver Giancarlo Baghetti at the right

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Ricardo Rodriguez

Belgian Ferrari driver Willy Mairesse

Lorenzo Bandini

Jochen Rindt, Monaco 1963

Race winner John Surtees (GB) in the Ferrari 250P #0812

Three paddock beauties enjoy the sunshine in Monaco

Innes Ireland

Jim Clark

Jim Clark, Lotus: Pole position, fastest lap and victory at Reims, French Grand Prix 1963.

Innes Ireland, BRP-BRM MK 1

Jim Clark

Graham Hill at the start

John Surtees, Ferrari

Preparations for the start to the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, with polesitter Dan Gurney, Brabham-Climax BT7

Jim Clark

John Surtees of Ferrari.

Jack Brabham leading Jo Siffert through the old railway station hairpin

John Surtees, Ferrari driver

Lorenzo Bandini

American driver Dan Gurney, Monaco 1964

John Surtees in his Ferrari with engineer Mauro Forghieri (red hat)

Jim Clark

Pit stop for the Ferrari Dino 166 P: Lorenzo Bandini briefs Nino Vaccarella,
who goes on to finish the race in 4th place.

Ford GT40

Jack Brabham cuts La Source with his own Brabham-Climax BT11

Lorenzo Bandini in his Ferrari during practice

Formula 2 Lotus

Graham Hill prepares in pits, French GP 1965

A thoughtful Bruce McLaren sits on a wheel of his Cooper-Climax T77, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1965

Fan Wilfried Stummer appreciates an autograph from Jim Clark

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari, French Grand Prix, 1965

Jim Clark

Jochen Rindt, 1000km Nuerburgring 1966

Drivers briefing before the race, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1966

A rear view on the Ferrari 250 LM #55 (serial no. 5845), driven only during practice session by Arthur W. Swanson (USA) and Robert Ennis (USA)

Jack Brabham sliding through the Tarzan curve.

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Lorenzo Bandini in his Ferrari cockpit, Monaco Grand Prix, 1966

John Surtees on Ferrari, GP Belgium 1966

A Cooper-Maserati T81, GP Monaco 1966

The delighted winnig Chaparal team, Phil Hill and (at the right) Jo Bonnier, 1000 km Nurburgring, 1966

Scottish driver Jim Clark, Formula 1 World Champion 1963 and 1965

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Swiss driver Jo Siffert

Bruce McLaren in his new McLaren-Ford M2B, Monaco Grand Prix, 1966, it's the 1st race for a McLaren Formula 1 car.

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Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax

Managed crossroads traffic for the N¸rburgring's visitors

McLaren BRM engine

Denny Hulme.

Jackie Stewart used the BRM P83 with it's 3.0 litre H16 engine only during practice

Bruce McLaren

Belgian Jacky Ickx, Cooper-Maserati, drives through the Parabolica, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1967

Jim Clark

The chemistry is right between the two Scots Clark und Stewart - a chat in the pitlane.

Bruce McLaren, McLaren-BRM M5A, Italian GP Monza 1967

John Surtees jumps with his Honda RA273, German GP 1967

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in Jim Clark's Lotus 49

Jim Clark

Dan Gurney after winning the Belgian Grand Prix. On the right alongside him Jo Ramirez.

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Graham Hill in the new Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49

The Chaparral 2F (002) driven by Phil Hill and Mike Spence set the fastest practice time at the 1967 Nurburgring 1000 Kms and briefly led the race until the automatic gearbox broke, a familiar story during the season. The rugged construction of the Chaparral with its sturdy wing and struts is a stark contrast to the flimsy, skeletal rubbish that adorned F1 cars in 1968/9.

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

The Targa Florio pits at Cerda

Clark's Lotus-Cosworth 49

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in Graham Hill's Lotus 49

Gurney on his way to victory

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Jim Clark, Lotus driver

Jack Brabham and the remains of his icecream. He tries a new wind deflector to improve aerodynamics

Seventh placed Ford GT40 #1003 diven by Henri Greder (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi (F)

Marie-Claude Beaumont, 24h Le Mans, 1967

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 312/67 V12, Monaco Grand Prix 1967

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Lotus driver Graham Hill in his cockpit, Monza, Italian Grand Prix, 1968

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Louis Stanley and his wife at La Source

Rainer

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Jackie Oliver

Richard Attwood, BRM

Bruce McLaren behind Rodriquez' BRM heading towards the Mirabeau corner

Richard Attwood, BRM

Jochen Rindt

Ignazio Capuano's (I) and Ferdinando Latteri's (I) damaged Porsche 910 did not start after an accident in practice

View from Surtees' Honda at the grid, on pole position the Brabham-Repco of Rindt

Tifosi, Monza 1968

John Surtees at the Loews hairpin

Jochen Rindt

Chris Amon, Ferrari 312

Der schweizer Rennfahrer Jo Siffert wartet mit bandagierten Strassen-Schuhen auf seinen Einsatz.

Bruce McLaren on McLaren-Cosworth M7A, Spanish GP Jarama 1968

Bruce McLaren, McLaren Ford-Cosworth M7A, German GP Nurburgring 1968

Chris Amon's helmet is being guarded by the 'timekeepers'

Denny Hulme.

Ignazio Capuano's (I) and Ferdinando Latteri's (I) damaged Porsche 910 did not start after an accident in practice

Beltoise, Matra

A photographer.

A sad podium ceremony for Jacky Ickx because Honda driver Jo Schlesser crashed in third lap and died (as fourth F1 driver during the season).

Jochen Rindt

Matra driver Jackie Stewart poses for a photographer next to his car in the pits

Surtees' Honda RA301

Girl at the British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1968

Graham Hill, Lotus, cheques the tyre temperature

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Kurt Ahrens in a heatable warm-water-hose suit

French policemen muster in front of the fans towards the end of the 24 hours of the race

Jo Siffert, 1000km Zeltweg 1969

Jo Siffert in the Walker-Lotus passes the main grandstand at start/finish line

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Jackie Stewart chats with team principal Ken Tyrrell before the 1969 British GP

Patty McLaren and her husband Bruce McLaren in the pits

Vic Elford (GB)

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Porsche driver, the Swiss Jo Siffert

Innes Ireland becomes a victim of a joke

Stewart

Hans Herrmann

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Fans on the grandstand behind the memorial stone for the fatal race accident of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR driven by Pierre Levegh which killed 86 people in 1955

The winning Porsche 917 009 with Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) in pits

Jacky Ickx puts his hand on his heart

A snapshot of Formula 1 and sports cars fan remembrance in a litle Italian garage

Ferry Porsche and his wife Dorothea are walking through the pits at Cerda alongside many 908 Porsches, Targa Florio, 1969

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 908 LH 026 is being prepared in pits

Mike Hailwood.

24h Le Mans, 1970

Jochen Rindt, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Jochen Rindt puts his helmet on, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Pedro Rodriguez' (foreground with helmet) english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times in Monza, Italian GP 1970

Jo Siffert.

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Ninth placed Corrado Manfredini (I) and Gianpiero Moretti (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032 entered by Scuderia Picchio Rosso

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312B gains second podium place behind Jochen Rindt at the German Grand Prix 1970 in Hockenheim

Italian GP 1970

Piers Courage, Belgian Grand Prix, 1970

Kurt Ahrens sits in the later winning Porsche

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Barbro Peterson keeps the times of her husband Ronnie

Silvio Moser in a selfmade Bellasi-Cosworth. The swiss driver built his own chassis, drove 5 times in 1970 and once in 1971.

Later German Grand Prix winner Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his Lotus-Cosworth 72C

Lotus Team meeting

Barbro Peterson performing a soft drink can opening during timekeeping

British Lotus driver John Miles

Bruce McLaren finishes as runner-up in his penultimate race, becoming second of te Spanish GP in Jarama 1970

An exhausted winner of the German Grand Prix, 1970: Jochen Rindt and his happy Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (left)

Grand Prix winner Jackie Stewart at Jarama podium

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren Ford-Cosworth M14A

Drivers women meet for coffee party in pits

Ferrari of Clay Regazzoni

Spectators enjoy the rare sun beams

Swiss driver Jo Siffert gets his BRM P160 refueled, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1971

Porsche 908/2 009 #29 driven by Andre Wicky (CH) and Max Cohen-Olivar (MOR)

Interserie Hockenheim 1971: Franz Pesch, Ferrari 512M (Gelo Racing Team)

The Matra of Chris Amon.

Jo Siffert takes a nap in pits

Jackie Stewart, Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 1971

Clay Regazzoni (CH)

24h Le Mans 1971: A Porsche 917K at dawn

Jackie Stewart signs autographs after his victory at Montjuich Park, Spanish Grand Prix, 1971

On-track flag presentation of French boyscouts, 24 h Le Mans, 1971

Rolf Stommelen, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, 1971

Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B2 is being pushed to its 2nd position on the grid

Ronnie Peterson's helmet on his March front wing

Belgian Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1971

Mario Andretti, Ferrari

Race winner Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Cosworth 003, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1971

Frank Williams beside his driver Henri Pescarolo

Jacky Ickx sitting on his Ferraris front wheel before the start

Ronnie Peterson, STP March 711 Ford-Cosworth

Well prepared ...

Ronnie Peterson, March

Ronnie Peterson

Siffert's Porsche mechanics wait for their next commitment

1000 km Monza 1971: Derek Bell in the winning Porsche 917K 004/017

Helmut Marko (A)

A Porsche mechanic carries a fire extinguisher on his back

Ronnie and Barbro Peterson in the ppits

Jackie Stewart meditates in pits

Derek Bell, Tecno PA123

Race winner Jacky Ickx (B) concentrates on the race ahead in his Ferrari 312PB #0882

BRM driver Helmut Marko, Monaco Grand Prix, 1972

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72D Ford-Cosworth

Brian Redman (GB)

Briton Graham Hill

Frenchman Francois Migault in a Connew PC1 during the Austrian GP 1972. The contructor of this car, Pete Connew, was a former mechanic of John Surtees, the car was used only two times.

Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72D, Italian GP, Monza, 1972

Jacky Ickx

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 721X, Belgian GP Nivelles-Baulers 1972

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi

Henri Pescarolo

Ronnie Peterson

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B2, German GP, 1972

Ronnie Peterson

Swedish drivers meeting - Ronnie Peterson and Reine Wisell

1000km Nurburgring: Jacky Icky, Ferrari 312PB

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 721G, Italian GP Monza 1972

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari

Clay Regazzoni (CH) in the Ferrari 312PB #0882

Peter Revson

Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B2 in the paddock

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari driver

Nap brake behind the tyre wall

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson waits in his cockpit during a practice session

Niki Lauda, BRM P160E

Mike Beuttler, March

Talented Brit Mike Beuttler close to the end of his F1 carreer in 1973

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi

Photographers, amon them H. P. Seufert (blue coat) and Josef Reinhard (red coat)

Peter Revson in his McLaren-Cosworth M23

Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham-Ford, Austrian GP, Zeltweg, 1973

Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell-Cosworth 006, Italian GP 1973

The 1972 World Champion, Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72

Swede Ronnie Peterson, Lotus 72, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1973

Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell

Helen Stewart

Driver Marie-Claude Beaumont

François Cevert

The storage yard of the Goodyear racing tyre service, Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder, 1973

James Hunt, Hesketh

Brit Ian Ashley, coming dircetly from Formula 2, moves this Token RJ02 in two races in season 1974 only and drives further races in 1975-1977

Swedish driver Bertil Roos drives his only F1 race in a Shadow-Cosworth DN3 as replacement for the receded Brian Redman who declared the F1 became too hectical …

Richard Robarts driving the Iso-Williams FW02 during practice for the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp, 1974. He had a chance to race but team mate Tom Belso crashed the 2nd Williams heavily in practice and so Frank Williams handed over Robarts's car to the Dane.

Carlos Pace, Brabham

Dutch GP 1974

Hesketh airbox

Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi of McLaren

Ronnie Peterson in the Lotus-Cosworth 76, Spanish GP Jarama 1974

James Hunt plays a cricket match, British GP Brands Hatch 1974

Australian Larry Perkins during his first F1 assignment in an Amon-Cosworth AF101, replacing regular driver Chris Amon who recovers from an illness

Polesetter Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell-Ford

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B3

Frenchman Patrick Depailler finishes 2nd and gives Tyrrell a one-two victory at the Swedish Grand Prix, Anderstorp, 1974

Tom Pryce, Shadow DN5

Swiss Clay Regazzoni

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T, leades the race after 9 laps

James Hunt, Hesketh-Cosworth 308, French GP 1975

Sunday morning: Ferrari polesetter Niki Lauda at his car in the pitlane

Both Shadow's lead the race but spun off in the difficult changing weather conditions

Ronnie Peterson in a calm moment

Rainy British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1975

British fans supporting James Hunt

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T

Niki Lauda, Ferrari driver

Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

Tom Pryce, Shadow Ford, Austrian GP 1975

Niki Lauda, Austrian Ferrari driver and championship contender

Niki Lauda in the new Ferrari 312T

Alan Jones, Hill GH1 Ford-Cosworth

Carlos Pace, Brabham-Ford Cosworth

Swiss Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312T

Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus

The major talking point at Jarama: The six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 entered for Patrick Depailler

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2, after Pflanzgarten

Championship leader Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2

British McLaren driver, James Hunt

John Watson in his Penske PC3 at the Spanish GP 1976.

Jacques Laffite, Ligier-Marta

Dutch driver Boy Hayje only attended this single event in 1976 on a Penske PC3 Ford-Cosworth of F & S Properties

James Hunt, McLaren M23, leads Watson's Penske

The polesetter for the US Grand Prix at Long Beach, 1976, Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni

James Hunt

James Hunt

Ronnie Peterson

McLaren team mates Jochen Mass and James Hunt

Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

John Watson, Penske-Ford Cosworth

German GP 1976: Clay Regazzoni in his Ferrari jumping in the drop down after Pflanzgarten during practice

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, Formula 1 World Champion 1975

Gunnar Nilsson

The two Lotus drivers Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson

Alex-Dias Ribeiro on March-Cosworth, 1977, German GP, Hockenheim

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell

Gunnar Nilsson in his Lotus-Cosworth in front of Lauda's Ferrari

Ronnie Peterson, Tyrrell-Ford, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1977

Austrian Ferrari driver and championship leader Niki Lauda

Briton Rupert Keegan in the Penthouse Rizla Hesketh 308E

Niki Lauda

Jody Scheckter, 1977 Spanish GP

Niki Lauda

Gunnar Nilsson

Niki Lauda, French Grand Prix, Le Castellet, 1978

John Watson

Alberto Colombo in the ATS-Cosworth during practice for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama, 1978. In his three F1 missions for ATS he could not qualify once for a race.

Keke Rosberg, Theodore

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Gilles Villeneuve

The Rondeau M378 with a Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 engine, driven by Jean Rondeau, Bernard Darniche and Jacky Haran, gaines 9th place overall and wins the GTP 3.0 classement at the 24h Le Mans 1978

Canadian Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve

Colin Chapman, Lotus owner, during a slightly rainy practice session, French Grand Prix at Paul Riccard

Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve

Joungster Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian Ferrari driver in his 1st full F1 season, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, 1978

Rubens Barrichello in his Ferrari

Michael Schumacher

BMW being serviced

Podium ceremony with cheering crowds of mechanics

James Hunt, Formula 1 World Champion of 1976, wearing a leg cast following a skiing accident

Argentinian Carlos Reutemann, Williams Ford-Cosworth FW07B

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312 T5

Jacques Laffite, Ligier, passes the distroid Williams of Championship leader Jones. Practice for the Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1980

During Sunday morning warm-up Ligier driver Jacques Laffite takes along his seat as he is about to swich to his t-car, Italian Grand Prix, Imola, 1980

South African Jody Scheckter, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Fernando Alsonso, Renault

Alain Prost, McLaren-Cosworth

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T5

Michael Schumacher, from BILD newspaper already claimed as World Champion the 7th time

Mike Thackwell, Arrows Ford-Cosworth A3. The young 19 year old New Zealander failed to qualify.

Brazilian Brabham driver, Nelson Piquet

Lotus driver Nigel Mansell

Fernando Alonso after qualifying

Jean Ragnotti

Media Centre

ATS driver and Abba drummer Slim Borgudd

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Williams and Brabham team bosses: Frank Williams and Bernie Ecclestone (also head of FOCA)

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Keke Rosberg, Williams-Ford FW08

Brands Hatch, British Grand Prix, 1982

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Nelson Piquet

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Riccardo Patrese, Brabham-BMW

Jarno Trulli leading the field during safetycar phase after Satos engine blow up

Elio de Angelis

Niki Lauda, McLaren driver

Michael of Ferrari

Fernando Alonso checking the back of his Renault

Derek Warwick, Renault

Patrick Tambay, Renault

Olivier Panis of Toyota

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Ralf Schumacher of BMW Williams

Tyre pressure control on Senna's Lotus, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1986

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Michael Schumacher cutting the edge

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Lotus-Honda driver Ayrton Senna, Hungarian Grand Prix, 1987

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A Foster girl appreciating a rare ray of sun

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Gerhard Berger talks to Ayrton Senna, McLaren

Gerhard Berger, driving his McLaren-Honda trough La Rascasse followed by Donnelly's Lotus, and Foitek in the Onyx. Monaco Grand Prix, 1990

Derek Warwick in the cockpit of a Lotus-Lamborghini

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Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda

Start of the Japanese GP 2004 in Suzuka

British Grand Prix weekend and the local hero Nigel Mansell, Silverstone 1992

A Ferrari F93A at tunel exit

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

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Ferrari driver Ivan Capelli

Ivan Capelli, Ferrari

Williams no. 1 driver, Alain Prost. Behind him his teamboss Frank Williams

The 1994 World Champion Michael Schumacher at the 1995 season opener, the Brazilian GP at Interlagos, Sao Paulo

French Grand Prix, 1995: Michael Schumacher, Benetton, talks to his engineer Pat Symonds

Nick Heidfeld

The real Start of the season

Kimi Raikkonen puts a fluffy balaclava on

Renault joining wet practice session on friday

The Schumacher brothers get together after Qualifying

Pasquale Lattuneddu, FOM, Formula One Management, French Grand Prix, 2003

Safety car: one of many caution periods

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Tunnel exit

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's mastermind Dr. Helmut Marko

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez comes in for a pit stop

Track marshals sweep the tarmac during the qualifyings rain break and try to clear the track from disturbing puddles

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Senna's former manager Julian Jakobi with his protege Buemi

... with Hamilton's manager Didier Coton. He's also known for his management of former McLaren driver Hakkinen.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Photographers position themselves between the grid girls before the drivers come to the drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock

Lotus' Jerome d'Ambrosio substitutes Grosjean for one race

After the start accident, the race cars drive carfully through turn one

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, celebrates his 300 Grand Prix anniversary

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso answers questions to the media

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing returns from drivers parade in a historic car

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

After the start accident, the marshalls quickly clean the track

The safety car on a checking lap

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, emits sparks on the front wing of his race car in the turn

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, takes the short cut at turn one

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier chats with FIA race observer Herbie Blash

Bernd Maylaender's safety car helmet

Charles Pic, Marussia

The real Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Hollywood actors Liam Cunningham and Michael Fassbender have fun together on Monaco's grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sauber's happy Sergio Perez

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The German national football team visits Mercedes GP in Monaco - Niki Lauda watches Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm

The grid girls pose for a stewardess group photo

Chinese actress / model / writer Celina Jade on the grid besides her star's race car, Vettel started filming with her for a martial arts short film of Red Bull sponsor Infiniti

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

A confident looking FC Bayern fan Nico Rosberg phones home

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier takes a pleasant phone call

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pat Fry, Ferrari's technical director, comes from the Friday press conference

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Hamilton's grid girl

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The Ayrton Senna memorial dismisses the race fans at the track gates

rainer: "so sieht's scharf aus"

Union Jacks are waved for Lewis Hamilton

Pastor Maldonado of Williams arrives in the paddock with his girlfriend Gabriella Tarkany

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Peter Sauber

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda interviews Michael Schumacher who managed to gain second grid position

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The fastest three runners line up after the qualifying's rainy prolongation

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Red Bull race driver Mark Webber poses for a sunglasses advertising photo

Matteo Bonciani, FIA media delegate

Ferrari mechanics guard Alonso's race car on first grid position

Matteo Bonciani, FIA F1 Head of Communications

Michael Schumacher returns to pits in a rescue car after a slight accident on practice

Michael Schumachers Mercedes car suffers heavy gearbox problems and forces him to retire

Norbert Haug signs the condolence book at the Sid Watkins memorial, the 'Prof' died a week earlier

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lotus Renault team principal Eric Boullier in front of his motorhome

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks in the paddock (with cautious photographer Mirko Stange)

Sir Frank Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

A busy grid before the race starts

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali chats wit Red Bull's Christian Horner

Skid marks on the track

Michael Schumacher receives good wishes for the race from Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton is picked up by the Medical car, becoming excluded from qualifying after his McLaren car failed to make it back to the pits at the end of the session

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa's Ferrari passes a full roofed stand during a rain session

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The truck with the drivers starts for the lap of honour

Ferrari's pit traffic lights

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg in the lead

Sir Frank Williams

Caterham mechanics watch the race in pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes was the only car to retire in the race with a loose wheel nut, the team got fined for an unsafe pit stop release.

A happy pole setter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes waves at the audience after his successful qualification

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid before the race with one of his helpers

Formula 1 World Champion of 1996 Damon Hill arrives in the paddock

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Press people seek shelter under the parasols during a cloudburst

Sir Frank Williams watches the practice action with his team in pits

Romain Grosjean enjoys his view into Lotus pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Renault, pardon, Lotus 'Iceman' Kimi Raikkonen, gives an interview

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The grid girls clear the track iin line

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari returns from his lap of honour after the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Blue hour above Monaco's harbour

Sebastian Vettel's sign of honour in Red Bull Racing pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

... siehe davor

Timo Glock of Marrussia (former Virgin) F1 team

a close-up on a Caterham race car

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn talks to an engineer on the grid

McLarens Jenson Button shows confidence after Q3

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton discusses with an engineer in McLaren pits

Williams F1 driver Bruno Senna answers questions

Sauber physio Jo Leberer holds the parapluie for travel agent Lynden Swainston

A cooler fan blows white clouds, chilling a grid girl with a German national banner

McLaren's Tyler Alexander

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug is delighted about the historic victory

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Maldonado

A grid girl holds the FIA banner besides the safety car before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Workers remove the "Johnny Walker" advertising from the barriers after the race

The race drivers enjoy the drivers parade and wave at their fans

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes passes a full stand during a rain session

The pretty German grid girls get ready for the drivers parade

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A bald-headed Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve pays a visit to the circuit named after his legendary father Gilles

Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO) signs some VIP charity tickets from Mario Andretti for the upcoming US GP in Austin

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives autographs on Sunday morning

A motorised police officer marvels at 'Mr. E's car pass stickers

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

mit Andy Latham, Lewis renningenieur

Nico Rosberg, Nico Hulkenberg and Jenson Button joke around before they go to the parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Niki Lauda signs the condolence book at the Sid Watkins memorial, the 'Prof' died a week earlier

Race cars in line during the Hockenheim Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mario Andretti, Formula One World Champion 1978, speaks with Niki Lauda

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, is reflected in his physio's sunglasses during an interview on the grid with Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race fans invade the Hockenheim track during the podium ceremony after therace

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernd Maylaender sits for a short break in the safety car

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Heikki Houvinen walk to the pits under Monaco's castle on the 'Rocher'

'Faces for Charity' was a great success for the supporting Red Bull team in raising funds for the 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Hamilton's grid girl poses in front of the McLaren race car

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel shows his famous finger in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Daniel Ricciardo's helmet

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen in Lotus pits after a hot ride in practice session

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, during a boring Friday session rain break

Piles of yellow (soft) Pirelli tyres are prepared at Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in a thoughtful mood before the race

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

Nico Rosberg being welcomed by His Highness Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa

Fernando Alonso executing his profane-religious rites

Renault's Flavio Briatore, always prepared to joke back

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW26 launch

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW26 launch

All drivers line up on a rostrum for the drivers presentation, this time not going around the track

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica prepares for racing

Felipe Massa inspects the track on Thursday afternoon

Mobile ambulance on bicycles

Sir Frank Williams in the pits

A Red Bull VIP poses with his favourite drink

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing , enters the new 'International Straight'

Drivers parade

The drivers parade can continue with Alonso on board

A grid girl

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn jokes around with McLaren's Whitmarsh

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A red signal needs explanation at Ferrari pits ;)

Grid girls

Grid girls

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Team Lotus principal Tony Fernandes at the pitwall

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug

Standing on the strip

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fans from Japan express their devotion to Michael Schumacher

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Nick Heidfeld's helmet bears the winning drawings of a design contest

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The field goes around turn one and heads Mercedes arena, Hamilton in the lead

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, between railing and billboards

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A happy McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The Nuerburg sits enthroned above the satellite dishes of the TV combound

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Race winner Hamilton returns from his McLaren mechanics to parc ferme through a bunch of photographers

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa at the Dunlop hairpin exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A queue of cars roars over the clean side of the track

The Slovenian journalist Miran Alisic shows off with his historic Renault R4 in original Williams livery (and his self made Senna helmet:) - and the strict man on the left is the creative hope for Slovakia's motor racing, Martin Trenkler

Hungarian McLaren fans express their hot love for the team

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull Racing pits

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey listens to a gesticulating Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey talks to Sebastian Vettel

A female VIP guest checks her digital achievements

Race fans love the track invasion during the podium ceremony

Webber is pushed backwards into Red Bull pits

Drivers on the parade truck

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is surrounded by photographers and TV crews as he departs to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull Racing drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber wave at their fans during drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Press conference with Timo Glock, Sebastien Buemi, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg

A motivated Jarno Trulli jumps from the drivers parade vehicle

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone gives Ferrari's Felipe Massa a squeeze

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel salutes his fans during drivers parade

Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso enjoys the drivers parade

Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes enjoys the drivers parade

Renault's engineers sit at their pitwall command centre

Toro Rosso mechanics in pits during the race

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed after qualifying

Race fans make their souvenir photos

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team enjoys the drivers parade

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's Mark Webber rushes to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his PA Britta Roeske

Force India mechanics in pits during the race

A Ferrari fan banner on a stand

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, answers questions to the press

Rosberg's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after the Korean GP

Green flag, Senna in the field passes the pit boards

Another friendly grid girl

Fresh double F1 champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Petrov's Renault on the grid

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh

Sergio Perez does stretching exercises before the race under the eyes of Sauber F1 Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn and his manager

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gives an interview

Red Bull Racing Team boss Christian Horner

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A group photo with Korean VIPs on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Welcome to the Formula One Village

The colourfully inked arms of a Pirelli mechanic

Cuervo (Sauber's Tequila sponsor) advertising girls

The six different Pirelli tyre mixtures on display

On the driveway from the race track to Sao Paulo city

Race fans cheer for the drivers parade

Nelson Piquet's Brabham BT49 is already well packed for transportation after the honoury lap before the Brazilian GP

Mercedes Grand Prix team principal Ross Brawn

Ferrari mechanics guard their Ferrari car's rear against curious views on the grid

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Alan Jones in the new Williams FW07

Ligier driver and Championship leader Jacques Laffite together with Williams team boss Frank Williams, Long Beach, 1979

The procar series race: Niki Lauda, BMW M1

South Africa's Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T4

The 1978 World Champion Mario Andretti, Lotus 79, Austrian Grand Prix, 1979

Monaco GP 1979: Jody Scheckter, Ferrari driver

Ligier driver Jacky Ickx, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1979

Jacky Ickx's wife Catherine

Jody Scheckter

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4

Championship leader Jody Scheckter, Ferrari

Patrese crashes in the Tarzan-corner

Rene Arnoux.

Clay Regazzoni, German GP 1979

Ligier driver Patrick Depailler leading team-mate Laffite during the first laps of the race

In Monza 1962, a thoughtful Jim Clark sits on the pitwall behind his Lotus 25, he will retire later in the race.

Jim Clark (GB) in pits with the Lotus 23 Ford, entered by Essex Racing Team, he retires soon in an accident after 11 laps of the 1000km race at the Nuerburgring in 1962

Ferrari's reigning World Champion Phil Hill in the pits

Jo Siffert on Lotus-Climax 21, Belgium Grand Prix, 1962

Pit stop for the Porsche 718 WRS of Graham Hill and Hans Herrmann with team manager Huschke von Hanstein keeping an eye on things.

Australian's double World Champion Jack Brabham, Lotus Climax 24, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Jim Clark (GB) in a Lotus 23 Ford, entered by Essex Racing Team, retires in an accident after 11 laps of the 1000km race at the Nuerburgring in 1962

Sara speaks to her husband Ricardo Rodriguez

Jim Clark rushes towards Eau Rouge in his Lotus 25 - the yellow stripe yet missing. Belgian Grand Prix 1962 at Spa-Francorchamps.

Scottish driver Jim Clark in his Lotus 25, Belgian Grand Prix 1962, Spa-Francorchamps

Jack Brabham

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962: The German race ace Peter Nocker (1963 European Touring Car Champion) wins in his Ferrari 250GT SWB (s/n 1917GT)

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini

Mexican brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodriquez (right)

Masten Gregory (Lotus-BRM No. 38) has qualified himself alongside Innes Ireland (Lotus-Climax No. 40) on the 3rd row of the grid

During the drivers briefing in Monza, Jimmy stands in front of a smoking Innes Ireland and Graham Hill - still in good mood.

Carel Godin de Beaufort uses the 'comb tool'

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962

Masten Gregory

John Surtees

Roger Masson's (F) turned-over RenÈ Bonnet AÈrodjet LM6 Renault

On lap 78 Jim Clark's gearbox locked up. Disappointed he reports to Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, who came running, about the reason for his retirement, Monaco Grand Prix, 1963.

Joakim Bonnier

Richie Ginther (USA) takes over from Graham Hill (GB) while spectators watch the driver jump into the car. The Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

A totally exhausted Edgar Barth (DDR) gaps for breath at Porsche pits. He just had to push his and Herbert Linge's (D) Porsche 718 WRS (047) back to pits for the last few 100 metres because it lost a wheel. No help was allowed by racing rules!

Lorenzo Bandini

Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Ferrari driver

Heini Walter, Ferrari 250GTO driver (in entry list only) talking to Herbert Mueller

Graham Hill in a BRM P61 on the 1st row of the grid for the French Grand Prix 1963 in Reims

Race winner Jim Clark and second placed Bruce McLaren celebrate their victory with huge flower bouquets on podium, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1963

Jim Clark before the race - an additional plaster stripe under his nose protects against raised gravel

Innes Ireland, Spa-Francorchamps 1963

Formula Junior driver Jochen Rindt, Monaco 1963

The Ferrari 250 GTO (3809GT) #48 driven by Karl Foitek (CH) and entrant Kalman von Csazy (CH) is being refueled

Bruce McLaren

Jim Clark

Few seconds before the start Jim Clark prepares to race, plasters shall keep off airborne sand.

Phil Hill

Dan Gurney driving through the railway station hairpin

A driver's 'survival kit' on the second seat

Third placed team John Surtees (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I) on Ferrari 330P #0822

Race winner Jim Clark in his Lotus-Climax 25, during the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort 1964

Dan Gurney (USA)

Monte Carlo's legendary gentleman driver Louis Chiron being interviewed

Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Ferrari driver, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1964

After a fuel battle, with many cars finishing the race without a drop of petrol, Bruce McLaren gains 2nd place, having lost the 1st place to Clark on the last few meters, while running out of fuel

Richie Ginther in his Honda passes the Zandvoort dune landscape

Dan Gurney jumps in the Brabham-Climax BT11 during the German Grand Prix, 1965 - and becomes third placed

1st appearance of the Honda Formula 1 racing team at Monte Carlo, 1965

Jim Clark

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The new World Champion Jim Clark, a worthy winner of the German Grand Prix 1965, his sixth victory of the year

Graham Hill after talking the chequred flag to win the GP

Jim Clark prepares for racing.

Jim Clark

Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Graham Hill, in the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 275 P2 that he shares with BRM team-mate Jackie Stewart, at the Suedkehre.

Denny Hulme

Jackie Stewart (GB)

Carroll Shelby's Ford GT40 GT/104 driven by Chris Amon (NZ), Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Phil Hill (USA)

Lotus 33

Richard Attwood

Team principal Rob Walker talking to his driver Jo Siffert

Graham Hill with a customised rain visor, French GP 1965

Chris Amon.

Bruce McLaren in his new McLaren-Ford M2B, Monaco Grand Prix, 1966, it's the 1st race for a McLaren Formula 1 car.

Jim Clark used the new Lotus 33 BRM V8 only during practice. Next to him with the red helmet stands Peter Arundell.

Jim Clark getting out of his car during practice for the 1966 German Grand Prix

Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini (I), Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1966

Jim Clark sits in the new Lotus 33 BRM V8. Next to him with the red helmet stands Peter Arundell.

Jim Clark and Peter Arundell beside in the new Lotus 33 BRM V8. The car was only used during practice.

Austrian Jochen Rindt in his Cooper Maserati T81 in the Monza pits

Jim Clark having fun with a toy Lotus in paddock.

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari Dino 246

Jack Brabham at pits, Monza 1966

Race winner Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 leaves the two Cooper-Maseratis behind, German GP Nuerburgring 1966

Jim Clark used the new Lotus 33 BRM V8 only during practice. Next to him with the red helmet stands Peter Arundell.

Jochen Rindt topless

Dan Gurney aviates his Eagle-Climax T1G past the remains of a crashed touring-car at Bruennchen.

Jackie Stewart

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John Surtees, winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 1966

Race winner Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 leads in front of Jim Clark on Lotus-Climax 33, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

The Ferrari Dino 206 S #008 driven by Richie Ginther (USA), at the wheel, and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)

Brabham driver Denny Hulme talks to team mate Graham Hill's wife Bette in the pits.

Jack Brabham (middle), Brabham team owner and driver

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in Graham Hill's Lotus 49

Thoughtful looking Monaco Grand Prix winner Denny Hulme in a race that had seen Bandini's horrifying accident

Start

Gordon Spice on a Morris Mini-Cooper 'S'

Actress Shirly McLaine

Phil Hill's Chaparall and Surtees' Lola Aston Martin have yet to move off their marks

Lorenzo Bandini, Monaco, 1967

Julien Vernaeve (B) and Clive Baker (GB) lead the rear of the field with a MGB no. 107, closely followed by no. 108, Joachim Kamousin (D) on Alfa Romeo Duetto and car no. 1, John Surtees (GB) in the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101

Bruce McLaren's McLaren-BRM M5A under inspection in pits, Monza 1967

Jim Clark celebrates his victory on the rostrum of the 1967 British Grand Prix

Australian Jack Brabham

Chris Amon, Ferrari

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Herbert M¸ller (CH)

Jim Clark celebrates his victory on the rostrum of the 1967 British Grand Prix. At the far right Keith Duckworth of Cosworth and Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman.

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Dan Gurney

Denny Hulme (NZ) awaits the start signal

A young fan siting on a "Lynton Money" bag in the pits

Phil Hill (USA) and Mike Spence (GB) drive the large-winged Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F002 CZV-659 until the gearbox brakes after 10 laps

Jim Clark

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in Gramham Hill's Lotus 49

Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) on Ford GT40 #1009

Phil Hill

Enzo Ferrari and Bernard Cahier

John Surtees in his Honda leading Bruce McLaren, Chris Amon and Jochen Rindt into Parabolica

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Graham Hill, Lotus-BRM 33

John Surtees in his Honda.

A confident looking Jackie Stewart sits on the wheel of his BRM P83 on the grid

Ludovico Scarfiotti (I)

"Il Commendatore" Enzo Ferrari

Rico Steinemann (CH) on the steering wheel of a Porsche 906 LH 153

A damaged Ford besides the track

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Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 312

John Surtees, Honda

Hans Herrmann (D)

Despite Jimmy does the fastest lap in practice at Spa 1967, he becomes only sixth placed in the race.

British Lotus driver Jim Clark jumps at km 12,9 between Kesselchen and Mutkurve

French policemen have their lunch around a vintage Renault car

Couples in love: Piers and Sally Courage, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1968

Graham Hill

The crowd wants to get as close as possible to attend the podium ceremony for Grand Prix race winner Denny Hulme

Race winner Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49B, GP Monaco 1968

Photographers hide behind the new barriers to get a better shot

Before the German Grand Prix 1968, Jo Siffert appreciates an informal lap on a bike

A spy view at the engine of Ludovico Scarfiotti's (I) and Gerhard Mitter's (D) Porsche 907 030 which ran at practice only

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren-Cosworth M7A during a practice session for the Monaco GP 1968. He will collide in the first lap of the race with Jackie Oliver.

Lotus driver Graham Hill

Porsche 908 013 #33 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Jochen Neerpasch (D) arrives third after 24 hours and becomes second in prototype classification

Dunlop mechanics prepare tyres in the paddock

Using his Dunlop wet tyres to maximum effect in pouring rain, Jackie Stewart leads the German Grand Prix in his Matra Ford-Cosworth MS10

Jochen Rindt on Brabham-Repco BT24

The Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ, driven by Pietro Lo Piccolo (I) and Salvatore Sutera (I), entered by Scuderia Pegaso, wins in the S1.6 classement (33rd overall)

Jackie Stewart, Matra Ford-Cosworth MS10, without his rear wing during rainy practice session

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari

John Surtees

Rainer

Graham Hill in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth

Jochen Rindt, GP Monaco 1968

Jochen Rindt becomes third placed with a Brabham-Repco BT26

Ickx, Jacky, portrait, joy, podium

Autodelta's Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-018 driven by Carlo Facetti (I) and Spartaco Dini (I)

Winner Jackie Stewart on the podium with third placed Jochen Rindt receives the trophy for his greatest Grand Prix victory

Bruce McLaren through the "Lowes" hairpin

Belgian Jacky Ickx, Ferrari, drives through La Source, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix, 1968

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Groupshot of all drivers for a German main sponsor (ROWENTA lighters)

Porsche 908 013 #33 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Jochen Neerpasch (D) arrives third after 24 hours and becomes second in prototype classification group SP

Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx have fun on the grid before the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, 1968

Jochen Rindt, Lotus, on the grid

David Hobbs (GB)

Jo Siffert in front of the Porsche 908 LH 026 in pits

Jo Siffert, Porsche driver

Chris Amon in his Ferrari

Porsche 908/2 004 driven by Willy Kauhsen (D) / Karl von Wendt (D), during qualification by Jo Siffert (CH)

Jochen Rindt, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49B, ran fourth early on but retired because the twisting circuit made him sick

Graham Hill

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman with Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart

Works Porsche P908/2 018 #4 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) becomes second placed

The remains of the Abarth 1300 SP after practice session, not happen to be raced by Toine Hezemans (NL), Erich Bitter (D), and Dieter Quester (A)

Hans Herrmann in a relaxing moment at pits

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Jo Siffert does not start with this Porsche P908L 024 #T, photo was taken during the practice session

Second placed Jackie Stewart jumps with the Matra-Cosworth MS80 at Nurburgring's 'Bruennchen'

Denny Hulme

Stewart

Piers Courage in his Brabham BT 26A coming in to land at “Brünnchen”
watched by the crowd.

The four-wheel-drive Lotus 63 of engineer/driver John Miles

Marta mechanics and Stewart's wife Helen

Brian Redman (GB) in a partly water-cooled racing overall

Austrian Jochen Rindt, Lotus, on the grid before the start

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Race winner Graham Hill on Lotus-Cosworth 49B, Monaco GP 1969.

Before the start of the French GP at Clermont-Ferrand 1969: Graham Hill (Lotus driver) and Piers Courage walking through the grid.

Jochen Rindt jumps with his Lotus-Cosworth 49B at Pflanzgarten

Jochen Rindt, Lotus

Porsche team-mates Brian Redman and Jo Siffert

Bruce McLaren in the cockpit of his McLaren-Cosworth M7A, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1968

Marta mechanics having lunch

Vic Elford, Cooper-Maserati T86B

Vic Elford, one of the best allrounders of his time, in a McLaren M7B which was entered only once

A thoughtful Jacky Ickx at the Nuerburgring in 1969

Jack Brabham on a Brabham-Cosworth BT26A heads to the Casino square, Monaco GP 1969.

The Willy Kauhsen (D) / Karl von Wendt (D) Porsche 908/02 011 (no .5) climbs up to Nurburgring's 'Karussell'

Race winning Porsche 908 driven by Gerhard Mitter and Udo Schuetz (D)

Graham Hill, Lotus

Race winner Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49B

Porsche company's Chief Development Engineer Helmut Bott (front right hand) keeps times for the winning prototype group SP (overall second placed) Porsche P908L 031 #64 driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Gerard Larrousse (F)

Austrian Jochen Rindt, Lotus

Race winner Jackie Stewart, Matra-Cosworth MS80, Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 1969

Corrado Manfredini (I) and Luciano Selva (I) on Porsche 907 2.2 #022 or #030, being watched by a local spectator on a donkey

Graham Hill jumps with his Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1969

Race winner Graham Hill on Lotus-Cosworth 49B, Monaco GP 1969.

Jacky Ickx.

Alan C. Smith (GB) and Nick Faure (GB) on Triumph TR5

Winning prototype group SP (overall second placed) Porsche P908L 031 #64 driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Gerard Larrousse (F)

Porsche 908/2 001 #11 driven by Masten Gregory (USA) and Richard Brostrom (S) becomes fourth placed

Jo Siffert, Monaco GP 1969

Swiss driver Jo Siffert being interviewed for a documentary F1 movie

Jack Brabham driving Stommelen's Brabham during practice

Jochen Rindt with his Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, Italian GP Monza 1970

The start of the Belgium GP 1970 at Spa-Franchorchamps

Barbro Peterson keeps her husband Ronnie's times (you can see Ronnie's helmet in the foreground) together with Siffert's wife Simone in March pits during the German GP weekend 1970

Jo Siffert (CH) chats with a french journalist

Bruce McLaren (left) and teammate Denny Hulme in pits, Spanish GP Jarama 1970

Ignazio Giunti (I) in the second placed Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Denny Hulme in the pits

Alex Soler-Roig

Pedro Rodriguez

Queue of cars at 1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch

Bruce McLaren on McLaren-Cosworth M14A passes the burning wrecks of Jack Oliver's BRM and Ickx's Ferrari during the Spanish GP Jarama 1970, becoming second placed.

Enzo Ferrari speaks with a french journalist

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari

Jochen Rindt

Porsche 908/2 #50, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A)

Jochen Rindt in the cockpit of his winning Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

In qualifying no-one could beat Jacky Ickx's time. Pedro Rodriguez did get his BRM to within two-tenths of the Belgian Ferrari driver while Regazzoni (2nd Ferrari) snatched third grid position from Stewart's March. Giunti is 5th in the 3rd Ferrari.

Barbro, the wife of Ronnie Peterson

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni at his debut F1 race, the Dutch GP 1970 in Zandvoort

Nina Rindt, wife of Jochen Rindt, during the qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Saturday

Later race winner Jochen Rindt sits relaxed in the cockpit whilst the Lotus mechanics work on the engine of the Lotus-Cosworth 72C, Hockenheim 1970

Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Pedro Rodriguez, BRM P153 out of Eau Rouge

Nina Rindt - Jochen's wife - in the Lotus pits during Saturday's qualifying, behind her sits Lotus boss Colin Chapman.

Rolf Stommelen reflects in the rear mirror of the Alfa Romeo T33/3

Enzo Ferrari with his engineer Mauro Forghieri

Enzo Ferrari with race engineer Mauro Forghieri

Pedro Rodriguez

Champioship leader Jochen Rindt getting out of his Lotus 72, watched by Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl (left), mechanic Herbie Blash (far left) and Colin Chapman (sitting beside the car). Cooling fans are attached above the brake discs.

Winner of the British GP 1970, Jochen Rindt

Jo Siffert walks back on the track after retiring with oil pressure failure

Jackie Stewart

Gijs van Lennep (NL), 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Vic Elford

Reinhold Joest (D) in the Porsche 917K 022 entered by Team Auto Usdau

Jacky Ickx discusses the times with team boss Peter Schetty in Ferrari pits during the 1000km Monza 1971

Auguste Veuillet's Porsche 908/2 026 #3, driven by Claude Ballot-Lena (F) and Guy Chasseuil (F), becomes second placed in prototype classification

Francois Cevert, Tyrrell

Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari cockpit

German GP 1971: Clay Regazzoni

Rolf Stommelen in the cockpit of a Surtees-Cosworth TS9, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, 1971

Racing fans in Spa

Francois Cevert during practice in the Tyrrell pits

Winning Porsche 917K.

Raindrops on Jo Siffert's helmet at grid

Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude GuÈrie (F) on a Porsche 911 S

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch at "Flugplatz", Nurburgring, German Grand Prix, 1971

Martini Porsche driver Helmut Marko waits for his turn

Jo Siffert on Porsche 917K 014/029, 1000km Spa 1971

Inside a Ferrari cockpit, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1971

Richard Attwood and Pedro Rodriguez of the winning Porsche team. It was Rodriguez last win before his fatal accident two weeks later at the Norisring (Germany). It was also Porsche's last win in the 5-litre Group 5 cars.

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 56B, powered by the Pratt & Whitney turbine

Vic Elford (GB) puts his balaclava on

Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari cockpit

Swiss driver Jo Siffert with German journalist and race car driver Richard von Frankenberg

Interserie Hockenheim 1971: Georg Loos, McLaren M8E Chevrolet (Gelo Racing Team)

Jo Siffert (CH) in John Wyer's Porsche 908/03 012

Jo Siffert

Cevert fighting with his Tyrrell, closley behind him Jo Siffert, BRM.

Rolf Stommelen, as rain wiped out the Thursday qualifying.

Start of Austrian Grand Prix 1971

Francois Cevert, Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth

Jacky Ickx

Fans watch the line-up in pitlane of J. W. Automotive Engineering's sportscars: #17 Jo Siffert's (CH) and Derek Bell's (GB) Porsche 917L 045, then #18 Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Jackie Oliver's (GB) Porsche 917L 043/044, in front later second placed #19 Porsche 917K 031 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert M¸ller (CH)

Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni

Dutsh GP 1971: Clay Regazzoni crinkled his Ferrari in the wet

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) scratches the banking with the edge of the Porsche 908/03 013 entered by J. W. Automotive Gulf Porsche

Mario Andretti, Ferrari

Swede Ronnie Peterson, STP March

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Ferrari driver Mario Andretti (USA)

Tony Dean's Porsche 908/2 #68, driven by Tony Dean (GB) and Bob Brown (USA), becomes fourth placed

Ronnie Peterson, March 721G

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

Mario Andretti's Ferrari 312B2 is being refueled in pits during a practice session

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

Erwin Kremer (D) in his own Porsche 911 S

Howden Ganley, BRM P180, Monaco Grand Prix, 1972

Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari

Swedish March driver Ronnie Peterson

Reinhold Joest's second placed Porsche 908/3 008 #7, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Gerhard Schueler (D)

Jackie Stewart waits for his run-out during practice

Race winner Emerson Fittipaldi

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, Monaco Grand Prix, 1972

Third placed Ronnie Peterson (S) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

Ronnie Peterson

Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart, French Grand Prix, 1972

Graham Hill

Tony Dean's Porsche 908/2 #68, driven by Tony Dean (GB) and Bob Brown (USA), becomes fourth placed

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, winner of the 1972 German Grand Prix

Brian Redman, McLaren-Cosworth M19A, French GP Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72

Ronnie Peterson with Howden Ganley

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Ronnie Peterson, March 721G

Brian Redman surrounded by women

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 72D

Brian Redman looks through a professional camera

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson, on the left Peter Warr

Helen Stewart, Jackie's wife

François Cevert zoomy

Mike Beuttler, March 731 of the Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie-Durlacher Team

George Follmer (USA) retired with the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5, entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, after 6 laps in an accident

Swedish driver Reine Wisell in a March-Cosworth 731, entered by Clarke-Moraunt-Guthrie-Durlacher-Team, drove only this race as replacement for injured regular driver Mike Beuttler

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312PB

Jackie Stewart concentrates on the upcoming Dutch GP

Argentine Brabham driver Carlos Reutemann

Race winner Brian Redman (GB) jumps at the Nuerburgring in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Niki Lauda

Emerson Fittipaldi talking to his Lotus engineer Ralph Bellamy

Jacky Ickx

timekeeping

Jackie Stewart in his Tyrrell during rainy practice, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1973

Henri Greder (F) hands over seats to Marie-Claude Beaumont (F) on the Chevrolet Corvette 194679-S-706401 entered by Greder Racing Team

Jacky Ickx

Arturo Merzario, Ferrari

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson waits in his cockpit during a practice session

A Ferrari V12 engine

The Mirage M6 Ford cars are being assembled in Gulf Research Racing's hired garage

Jackie Stewart

John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Gerry Birrell (GB) jump to victory in T3.0 group with the Ford Capri RS (sixth overall)

Brian Redman (GB)

Second placed Francois Cevert on Tyrrell-Cosworth 006, French GP 1973

Jean-Pierre Beltoise in a BRM P160E

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Jacky Ickx

Emerson Fittipaldi, the 1972 F1 World Champion

Arturo Merzario, Ferrari

Christina de Caraman-Chimay, girlfriend of Tyrrell driver Cevert, relaxes in the sun

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312 PB

Clay Regazzoni

Emerson Fittipaldi on Lotus-Cosworth 72E, French GP Paul Ricard 1973

Tyres with hand-cut grooves are being cleaned for the next session

Lotus mechanics around Fittipaldi's car

Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham-Ford

Ford's working area in paddock

Brazilian Carlos Pace, Ferrari

Arturo Merzario, Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni celebrates his Nürburgring Grand Prix victory. Left to him finishing second is Jody Scheckter. On the right you can see the minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate and vice-chair of the federal CDU party Helmut Kohl.

Ken Tyrrell at pitwalll

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B3

Swedish driver Reine Wisell only attended at his home race in 1974 season as substitute for permanent driver H.-J. Stuck, who fought at that time in Hockenheim for the title of the F2 European championship.

Emerson Fittipaldi in the McLaren, Teddy Mayer at his side

Clay Regazzoni in his Ferrari during a wet practice session

Denny Hulme, McLaren

Jacky Ickx, Lotus 76

Derek Bell, 24hrs Le Mans 1974

Tyrrell driver Patrick Depailler

German March driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

"Striezel" Stuck

Argentinian Carlos Reutemann, Brabham

Lotus drivers Ronnie Peterson (no. 1) and Jacky Ickx.

Derek Bell with an unknown beauty in the pit lane before the British Grand Prix, 1974

Ronnie Peterson

2nd lap of the 1974 Belgian Grand Prix at Nivelle: Race leader and polesetter Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B3, closely followed by Fittipaldi (McLaren) and Scheckter (Tyrrell). Behind them performing a nice drift is Lotus driver Peterson, under pressure from Lauda, Hunt and Pace.

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell

Jacky Ickx, Lotus

Emerson Fittopaldi, McLaren driver

Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren Ford-Cosworth M23

Ian Ashley (born in Wuppertal/Germany 1947) in the 2nd Williams FW03 Ford-Cosworth during practice. He had a big accident at Pflanzgarten and suffered serious ankle injuries. It has been his sole Grand Prix in 1975.

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Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T

Frenchman Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth

Alan Jones, Hill GH1 Ford-Cosworth

Dutch driver Roelof Wunderink, Ensign

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell-Cosworth 007

Brabham driver Brazilian Carlos Pace

Jacky Ickx

Vittorio Brambilla, March Ford-Cosworth 751

James Hunt, Hesketh

Tony Brise with his team boss Graham Hill before the Italian GP in Monza 1975. Two month later they will both die in a plane crash.

Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni chats with Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone (right) and Carlos Pace, Belgium Grand Prix, Zolder, 1975

Chris Amon.

Reutemann finishes 2nd behind Niki Lauda (middle) and ahead of Clay Regazzoni (both Ferrari)

Brazilian Carlos Pace, Brabham

Polesetter Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T

James Hunt, Hesketh

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus

Regazzoni's Ferrari 312T

Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi in an '75 season Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth 007. The Italian attends four races under the entrant Scuderia Gulf Rondini (which was never again heard of afterwards).

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell

James Hunt

Swedish Lotus driver Gunnar Nilsson

James Hunt takes a quick cigarette after qualifying for pole position, Austrian GP, 1976

USA-West GP 1976

Niki Lauda (Ferrari) leading James Hunt (McLaren)

Niki Lauda, Ferrari, gets himself ready for practice session

Ronnie Peterson in his oversteering March, followed by Mario Andretti in the Lotus

Belgian driver Patrick Neve, Ensign Ford-Cosworth N176. It's his 2nd F1 race in the '76 season, this time as a substitute for the injured Ensign driver Chris Amon. French Grand Prix, Le Castellet, 1976.

Niki Lauda, Ferrari

Carlos Pace, Brazilian Brabham driver

Alastair Caldwell, McLaren's team manager, cleans the grid from dirt, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1976

Austrian Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2, passes the start/finish line, French Grand Prix, Circuit Paul Ricard, 1976

Tyrrell garage: Niki Lauda is still present in an advertising at the Austrian Grand Prix. Two week ago he had an almost fatal accident on the Nurburgring.

Carlos Pace on Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312 T2

Brazilian Carlos Pace

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Niki Lauda, Ferrari

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

James Hunt, Austrian GP Zeltweg 1977

Rupert Keegan in the 1977 Hesketh

Hans-Joachim 'Striezel' Stuck

Ferrari, Carlos Reutemann at the back

Spanish driver Emilio de Villota in a previous season McLaren M23

Jody Scheckter, Wolf Racing

Niki Lauda, sitting in his Ferrari, US Grand Prix West, Long Beach, California, 1977

McLaren Ford-Cosworth

Jody Scheckter in his Wolf Ford-Cosworth

Gunnar Nilsson ready to race

Jody Scheckter, Wolf WR1

Arturo Merzario in a Shadow-Cosworth DN8

Not qualified Suede Conny Andersson in his Stanley BRM

Gunnar Nilsson, JPS Lotus Ford-Cosworth

Gilles Villeneuve

Tyrrell driver, Frenchman Patrick Depailler

Jean-Pierre Jarier, ATS

Gilles Villeneuve

Didier Pironi

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312 T3

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1978

Race leader Mario Andretti, Lotus 79

Jochen Mass, ATS Ford-Cosworth

Alan Jones, Williams

Mario Andretti, Lotus 78

Jacques Laffite

Mario Andretti in the new Lotus 79. The ground-effect car had it's successful debut two weeks ago at the Belgian Grand Prix by winning the race.

Jody Scheckter, Wolf Racing

Dr. Mario Theissen of BMW with a bunch of his fans

Same procedure ... all drivers together

Fernando Alonso and his crew

Juan Pablo Montoya

Many colorful fans attended the first round

Alan Jones.

Sadness on the face of Mark Webber after the race

The beautiful bachside of a Renault car

Brazilian Nelson Piquet, Brabham, contender for the campioship in the 1980's season

Brabham team principal Bernie Ecclestone with McLaren team principal Teddy Mayer in Monaco's open pitlane

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Southafrican Desiree Wilson, one of the very few female drivers in F1, drove the Williams FW07 just in this single event. For many years she participated at races of the English Aurora series in which old F1 were used as an own series group.

Williams-Ford FW07B driver Alan Jones (AUS) comes down the finishing straight. The skirt beneath the car can be seen.

Alain Prost, McLaren-Cosworth

Ralf Schumacher expressing an unknown thought

Warming up the tyres was not really necessary

Jabouille's Renault in the pits during practice, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1980

Jenson Button of BAR Honda

Alan Jones in his Williams.

The 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones and two Toyota-girls, Long Beach, US-West Grand Prix, 1981

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Ralf Schumacher of BMW WIlliams

Australian World Champion Alan Jones, Williams Ford-Cosworth FW07C

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari driver

Nelson Piquet, Brazilian driver for Brabham

Gilles Villeneuve

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari

Mario Andretti, Alfa Romeo

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in the pits talking to Ferrari's Sporting Director Marco Piccinini, French Grand Prix, Dijon, 1981

Australian World Champion Alan Jones, Williams Ford-Cosworth FW07C

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari

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Canadian Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve at La Rascasse, Monaco Grand Prix, 1981

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari

Keke Rosberg of Finland

Rubens Barrichello performing a pitting test during free practice

Michael Schumacher entering parc ferme after his honoury lap

Rubens Barrichello beeing overtaken by his team Michael Schumacher in the first corner during practice

Brazilian Nelson Piquet in the updated Brabham-BMW BT52B, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1983

Brabham principal Bernie Ecclestone at pit wall. Next to him his team manager Herbie Blash

Fernando Alonso zoomy

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The well-known Schumi fist

The BMW.Williams teams's lucky pig

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First chicane

Ralf Schumacher on the green island

Michael Schumacher entering the parc ferme

Jenson Button

Michael Schumacher

Alain Prost in his McLaren-TAG Porsche MP4, French Grand Prix, 1986

Mechanics work on the 1.5 turbo charged Benetton-BMW B186 of Fabi and Berger, Hungaroring, 1st Hungrian Grand Prix, 1986

Local hero Juan Pablo Montoya

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Johnny Dumfries, Lotus-Renault

Michealin engineers adjusting their temperature sensors

Michele Alboreto, Ferrari, Hungarian Grand Prix, 1987

Nelson Piquet in the Williams pits. Behind him his girlfriend

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Ferrari mechanic signaling from pitwall

Gerhard Berger

Alain Prost, McLaren

Michele Alboreto, Larrousse-Lamborghini

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Martin Donnelly's Lotus crashed after a suspension failure on Friday practice

Later winner Rubens Barrichello driving "A TOY" to pole position

Fourth qualified Felipe Massa in front of the fantastic chinese architecture - designed in Germany

Renaults new challenger Jacques Villeneuve

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Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Alain Prost, Williams-Renault

Williams-Renault drivers Damon Hill and Alain Prost

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Benetton's technical director Ross Brawn with Michael Schumacher

Oliver Beretta in a Larrousse-Cosworth

Gerhard Berger in Ferrari pits, Spanish Grand Prix, 1995

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Jacques Villeneuve, Williams-Renault

Jan Magnussen in his Stewart-Ford

Ein Routinestopp von Michael Schumacher zum Reifenwechsel und Betanken seines Ferrari F300

Monaco Grand Prix, 1998

Brazilian GP, 2000: Michael Schumacher in the Ferrari pits

Rubens Barrichello passing the Hotel de Paris

Playboy Eddie Irvine flirting with the actual Miss Germany in Hungaroring paddock

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's World Champion

Hungarian GP 2001

German Mercedes VIP guests in paddock, Hockenheim Grand Prix, 2001

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Sunday morning: photographers awaiting paddock celebrities

Takuma Sato in the green

Schumacher passing the chequered flag

Ralf Schumacher

Pit stop of Jarno Trulli

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus with Lotus, after two years absence and finishing 10th place in WRC

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, ends a rainy session with a walk back to pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, returns from the drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel and his physio Heikki Houvinen enter the paddock in the afternoon

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Before the drivers parade, TV presenter Niki Lauda shakes hands with Force Indias Nico Huelkenberg

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, returns from the drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gets ready on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Lotus F1 team's replacement for Grosjean, Jerome d'Ambrosio

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schmacher chats with Sebastian Vettel before the drivers parade

Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel spreads some words of wisdom before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

John Surtees visits the grid before the Silverstone Grand Prix

Fans of Michael Schumacher wait for action

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with a broken front wing, at tunnel exit

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug proudly carries the trophy for the winning constructor

Double Formula One World Champion (1972 & 1974) Emerson Fittipaldi

Sebastian Vettel's helmet in the shade besides an unusual seventh grid position before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Air bags?

A side view at the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour in Monaco, after a long day with much hospitality

Jenson Button, McLaren

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sam Michael, former technical director at Williams, now improves the team of McLaren

Jenson Button of McLaren signs autographs during drivers parade

Kimi's Lotus-Renaultis prepared on the grid at fourth position

A wounded Sauber pit crew mechanic is transported to the ambulance

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A high view at turn one

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, prepares for the action

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lotus Renault test driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who will take Grosjean's seat at the next GP in Monza

A fortunate concidence put Pastor Maldonado of Williams on pole position on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael and Ralf Schumacher's former manager Willi Weber visits Spa for the occasion of Michael's 300 Grand Prix anniversary celebration (he presently manages Nico Hulkenberg and Naomi Campbell)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

UBS branded turn one 'La Source' shortly before the race start

A track marshal proudly poses with his little breakdown truck, a toy from 'Cars'

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna spins his Williams at the start and follows the field though a cloud of dust and debris

A Gulliver-like Nico Rosberg advertises at the race track

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Raikkonen

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Jacky Ickx' ears

Romain Grosjean looks at the screen in Lotus pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Alonso

Jenson Button walks with Pedro de la Rosa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, practises launches in the rain at pit lane exit

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

HRT's Karthikeyan after the race

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

On race day, the stands are full of fans

Maldonado's Williams-Renault is being prepared on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, walks to the drivers parade

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

The steering wheel of a Sauber C31-Ferrari

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on the podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, Il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, jumps over the curbs

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony and Jenson Button gives autographs

Kimi Raikkonen on his way to drivers parade

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

A view from the paddock roof

Race fans invade the track after the podium ceremony

Photographers shoot the drivers on their way to the truck

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The steering wheel of a Mercedes race car

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A devoted English pit lane marshal expresses his confidence

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari walks to drivers parade

Nico Rosberg explains the countless buttons and switches of the updated Mercedes steering wheel

TV camera permit stickers pile up throughout the season

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A worried looking Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing at 11th position on the grid

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Polesetter Fernando Alonso hugs fifth positioned Nico Huelkenberg in parc ferme after qualifying

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

The steering wheel Schumacher's Mercedes F1 W03

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The annual season starting photo session with a group shot of all drivers together

Mercedes race driver Nico Rosberg gives an interview after his epic victory

Pastor Maldonado gets ready for action

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes his helmet off on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

'Ice man' Kimi Raikkonen is back in the circus with Lotus, after two years absence and finishing 10th place in WRC

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the red lady for a ride on a sunny Saturday morning

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, during drivers parade

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

Sun sets above the desert in Abu Dhabi

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

The race drivers walk to the drivers parade - Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

F1 drivers chat on the parade truck

Hamilton's spouse Nicole Scherzinger arrives in the paddock with actor Will Smith

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg's helmet

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Monza celebrates 90 years of racing with Bernie Ecclestone, il Direttore dell'Autodromo (left) Enrico Ferrari and Carlo Edoardo Valli, presidente dell'Automobile club di Milano (with moustache)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, walks back to pits after retiring with alternator problems

Red Bull Racing mechanics sit in pits, watch the exciting race and wait for their deployment

Lotus Renault pits (with Romain Grosjean in the car at the back)

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Ron Howard, Hollywood director of the movie 'Rush'

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 Renault greets the fans during the drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael and Ralf Schumacher's former manager Willi Weber visits Spa for the occasion of Michael's 300 Grand Prix anniversary celebration (he presently manages Nico Hulkenberg and Naomi Campbell)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the grid before the race

Jacky Ickx shakes hands with Ross Brawn

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Charles Pic, Marussia

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives last instructions before the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

All Mercedes cars jamming the pit lane after qualifying

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

'Bernie Avenue' leads directly to the track

A grid girl sponsored by the Australian airline Quantas

Lotus F1 team's replacement for Grosjean, Jerome d'Ambrosio

Felipe Massa gives an interview in the Ferrari press office

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, walks to the drivers parade

Third placed Hamilton comes to parc ferme after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Race winner Sebastian Vettel looks exhausted but happy in parc ferme after the night race

The steering wheel of a Ferrari F2012 in race trim

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso, (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button enjoy the action on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

German Timo Glock of Marussia F1 team gives autographs on Sunday morning

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Paul di Resta, Force India

Actor Will Smith is giuded through the paddock on Sunday morning

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fans crowd the open pitlane on Thursday afternoon

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

A very happy second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team celebrates his achievement on the podium after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme after achieving a historic goal for Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Jacky Ickx and his wife Khadja Nin in the paddock

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo

Happy second qualifier Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, smiles after gaining a front row position at qualifying for tomorrow's race

Brazilian marketing expert and lawyer Fabiana Flosi walks on the grid in Monaco

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez of the Sauber F1 Team checks the practice times

Charles Pic, Marussia

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen gives autographs on Sunday morning

Fernano Alonso quickly gives an autograph on his way to the pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, quickly puts a large gap in between himself and chaser Massa

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso's helmet is prepared besides the grid

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren signs T-shirts of eager fans on Sunday morning

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx gives an interview in the paddock

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren gives a thumbs-up after qualifying

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, is interviewed on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Nico's stored tyres behind a truck in pits

A lonely Marussia Virgin enters the long straight during Friday afternoon practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, concentrates on the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Michael Schumacher on his way to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The Red Bull Racing pitwall command center

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes ready and is seated in his race car before the start of the Spanish GP

Parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

A young Mercedes fan in Monaco

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

The Mercedes Grand Prix pitwall command center

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus puts his helmet on before the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

The hand of Maria Teresa de Filippis - first woman in F1, in 1958 on Maserati

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The steering wheel of a Ferrari race car

That's what a snapper calls a boobie trap ;)

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton gives interviews to eager media representatives

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, at the tunnel exit

Bernie Ecclestone

Heikki Kovalainen watches how his retired Caterham race car is towed away

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Racing legend Jackie Stewart poses with two pretty police officers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, goes training

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gets hie gear ready before the race, his physio Heikki gives shade besides the hot grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, speaks with his race engineer Andy Latham on the grid before the race

Red Bull's chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer

German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glock chat on their way to drivers parade

Damon Hill, former BRDC president and Formula One World Champion in 1996

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher in Mercedes pits

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Chinese Alonso fans on the stand

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, concentrates before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher's helmet besides the second grid position

Caterhams new driver Vitaly Petrov gives autographs on Sunday morning

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Fernando Alonso looks bored in Ferrari pits

Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel gives autographs on race day

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP is chased by TV cameras

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

FIA president Jean Todt talks with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Triple F1 World Champion (1975, 1977 & 1984) and RTL TV presenter Niki Lauda

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on the podium after the German Grand Prix

The board shows a large advantage for race leader Jenson Button

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walks after he got airborne on first turn after a few laps of the race

Charles Pic, Marussia

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton puts his helmet on before the race

Alonso's fans occupy the hill at he last turn

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari behind Caterham's Kovalainen

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in front of Raikkonen's Lotus

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sauber driver Perez' helmet is prepared

Ferraris Felipe Massa gives autographs on Sunday morning

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren of Great Britain

Photographer Callo Albanese enjoys peeking into Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, following Webber and di Resta

Podium ceremony after a spectacular night race - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel as winner in the middle, on the left second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, on right hand third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer

Jenson Button of McLaren gets ready for the drivers presentation

Lewis Hamilton's fans cheer with a 'la ola' for their idol on a roofed stand during the qualifying's rain break

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock with IOC President Jacques Rogge and his wife Anne before the British Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nigel Mansell talks with John Surtees

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Mercedes' Michael Schumacher

Three drivers walk to the FIA scales after qualifying - Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The Williams F1 Team pitwall command center

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Third grid placed Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Felipe Massa of Ferrari passes a stand full of race fans

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Helen Stewart

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren returns from his lap of honour after the race

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A Toro Rosso race car under cover

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham on his way to drivers parade

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Romain Grosjean signs the cap of a fireman

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes during a rain break

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

A surprising but well deserved second placed Sergio Perez of Sauber F1 Team approaches parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

Williams' Patrick Head watching the free practice data

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher, Toyota

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Stirling Moss and legendary John Surtees prepare an interview for BBC

Jenson Button after Q3

On the grid: Kimi Raikkonen with earphones

Jenson Button is being interviewed, looking confident despite having qualified on sixth grid position

Brazilian Felipe Massa looks at his times screen, French Grand Prix, 2008

Wladimir Klitschko smiles despite the ambivalent weather conditions

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Flavio Briatore, his team boss in his rookie times

FIA president Max Mosley under his ubrella on the grid

Saturday morning accident of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

British race fans watch the marching band on the grid

A fan captured a lot of booty in Silverstonhe: a Force India-Mercedes engine cover from the season 2008

A friendly police woman helps to secure the Energy Station

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg is reversed to Mercedes GP pits after practice

HRT owner Jose Ramon Carabante visits the pitwall command center

Winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a relieved interview after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo replaces Karthikeyan at HRT

Second placed Sebastian Vettel answers many questions after the race

As part of the F1 60th annual celebration, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso drives two laps in Froilan Gonzalez's Ferrari 357 F1 which scores the first victory for Ferrari in Silverstone 1951

The friendly policemen protect the pretty Red Bull employees with their helmets, presumably getting a perfect capuccino in return

Jaime Alguersuari's helmet in different design evolution states

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey checks his records on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

HRT team boss Colin Colles protests against the cold weather

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner in the pits

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso takes a sshortcut over the lawn

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The Red Bull bouncers guard their vehicle well

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Rubens Barrichello practises stops at Williams pits

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Rubens Barrichello is well prepared for a chilled round on the Nuerburgring

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

The Ferrari pit crew waits for Massa

After qualifying, polesetter Mark Webber waves for the media in parc ferme

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of his team mate

Sebastian Vettel freezes a bit on his way to the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

A young Ferrari fan shows his signed treasure

Lewis Hamilton's pit board signals position one leading by 2,7 seconds

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, greets Rainer at the pitlane entrance

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso feels cold on his way to the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The grid girls take their positions under Moko's surveillance

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leaves parc ferme after gaining a fourth place on his home GP, leading the championship with 216 points, 77 ahead team mate Webber (139)

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, overtakes Vettel

Anthony Hamilton

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Alex Wurz, co-commentator for the Austrian ORF TV station and F1 advisor

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A busy HRT mechanic pulls a tyre train from Pirelli to his garage

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP third driver, in the pit lane on Friday morning

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP third driver

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Alonso's Ferrari car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A McLaren mechanic dries the pit stop spots

A grid girl

Paddock Club guests watch the busy pit lane (Kobayashi, Sauber) from above

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso walks through the paddock

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of the water park's slide pipes

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button in McLaren pits

Race cars in line - Petrov, Buemi, Barrichello and Alguersuari head to the last corner

A grid girl holds the Union Jack

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Italian Grand Prix 2011

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Teo Chee Hean (SIN) Deput Prime Minister of Singapore with Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon present the winner's and constructor's trophies after podium ceremony

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel gives a champagne shower to Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon during podium ceremony

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, practises pit stops

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with his team mate Mark Webber and Jenson Button after the race in parc ferme

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Safety car and medical car do their laps

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of McLaren's Hamilton

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his victory with a 'Vettel finger' in parc ferme

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy during podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions to BBC's Brundle

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso at Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his 9th victory of this season after the race in parc ferme

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso at Ferrari pits

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

A busy grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel kisses his trophy during podium ceremony

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

After qualifying, McLaren's Hamilton and Button return from the scales

Race winner Sebastian Vettel answers the media's questions after the podium ceremony of the Korean GP

Petrov's Renault on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on the podium after winning the Korean GP

A Korean grid girl proudly wears the F1 icon

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Safety car driver Bernd Maylaender has his own fan club

A pretty pit lane marshal blows the pipe

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, descends from drivers parade truck

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel teases Fernando Alonso before the Thursday press conference

Schumacher's Mercedes car is being returned to pits after a collision during the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with his race engineer in Red Bull Racing pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, looks forward to an exciting race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shortly before the race

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin in Red Bull Racing pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, descends from drivers parade truck

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton sits besides Vettel and Alonso, answering questions during a press conference

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, descends from drivers parade truck

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

After qualifying, Petrov on Renault arrives in the parc ferme

Nico Rosberg chats with his physio Daniel Schloesser and his PR manager Georg Nolte in front of the Mercedes GP pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Second placed Lewis Hamilton answers the media's questions after the Korean GP

The large Indian key-visual welcomes the spectators on Sunday morning

FIA and Formula One banners wave in the desert wind

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel in a technical discussion with his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin

McLaren CEO Ron Dennis speaks with his new employee Sam Michael, who leaves his position as technical director at Williams yet empty

Salvatore organises the office behind the Ferrari Media motorhome

Bernie Ecclestone browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany) for which he wrote the foreword, and Pasquale points at a very memorable photo

Adrian Sutil's brother drops the idea of growing as much hair as his father

Austrian GP 1979

Championship leader Jody Scheckter in the Ferrari pits. Next to him with headphones on is Mauro Forghieri

Carlos Reutemann, Lotus 79 Ford-Cosworth

Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve in the pits during practice for the Italian GP at Monza

Rene Arnoux and Jean-Pierre Jabouille of Renault.

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T4, through the Rascasse hairpin

Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve in his Ferrari 312T4 during practice for the Italian GP at Monza

Jan Lammers in the Samson sponsored Shadow Ford-Cosworth DN9 during practice for the Monaco GP 1979. He failed to qualify for the race.

Goodyear executives Robert Lobell and Alan Ockene meet in Hockenheim paddock

A Renault RS 11 V6 Turbo

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, the winner of the French Grand Prix. It was Renault's first victory and the first for a turbocharged engine, an important point in F1 history.

Jody Scheckter, US West GP, Long Beach, 1979

German GP 1979: German ATS driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T4

Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi F5A

Masten Gregory, Monza 1962

Carel Godin de Beaufort, Porsche 718

Polesetter Graham Hill, BRM

The start to the 1962 Solitude Grand Prix, polesetter and later winner Dan Gurney in a Porsche 804 with starting number 10 in front

Jack Brabham, Lotus

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Jim Clark (GB) in a Lotus 23 Ford entered by Essex Racing Team

Huschke von Hanstein sits in pits

Ricardo Rodriguez' wife Sara keeps the times of her husband

Hans Herrmann (D) prepares on the grid for the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1962, later he will become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Briggs Cunningham's (USA) damaged Jaguar E-type Lightweight S850664 5115 WK awaits service in pits and gains 9th position after 24 hours

Innes Ireland, Reims 1963

Umberto Maglioli

Edgar Barth (DDR) has to push his and Herbert Linge's (D) Porsche 718 WRS (047) back to pits for th last few 100 metres because it lost a wheel. No help allowed by racing rules!

Jim Clark retires with gearbox problems of his Lotus

Richard Attwood (GB) and David Hobbs (GB) have parked the damaged Lola Mk 6 GT Ford besides the track

The Ferrari 250 GTO (3809GT) #48 driven by Karl Foitek (CH) and entrant Kalman von Csazy (CH)

Jim Clark retires with gearbox problems

Willy Mairesse (B) gets a helping hand while he awaits his stint.

Graham Hill's BRM P61 engine stalled on the grid and is beeing pushed at the start of the French GP, Reims 1963

Willy Mairesse (B) being led by a Croix Rouge helper, with fire wounds after his accident in the Ferrari 250P (0812) which he shared with John Surtees

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Austrian Jochen Rindt, driving the Formula Junior Cooper T59 for the team Ecurie Vienne, Monaco, 1963

On lap 78 Jim Clark has to stopp his Lotus with a locked up gearbox while leading and is out of the race

Richie Ginther at the grid, starting from 4th position

Briggs Cunningham's (USA) repaired Jaguar E-type Lightweight S850664 5115 WK gains 9th position after a service in pits

Jack Brabham, Lotus-Climax 25, Monaco GP, Monte Carlo 1963

Jim Clark in front of Monaco's old railway station

Surtees on the grid just before start. Behind him Brabham (14), Bandini (4) and Ginther (8).

Full grandstand at start/finish straight

Tony Maggs and Innes Ireland exchange drivers seat during the 24 Heures du Mans 1964

John Surtees, Ferrari, in front of the railway station, Monaco Grand Prix 1964

Start for the 1000km Nuerburgring, 1964

Graham Hill (GB)

Nino Vaccarella (I)

Swiss Formula 3 driver in a Brabham-BSC: Silvio Moser

Bandini's Ferrari being pushed out of the pits.

Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax 25, Monaco Grand Prix, 1964

Carel Godin de Beaufort, Porsche

British driver Innes Ireland, one of the most colorful drivers of his generation

Swiss Formula 3 driver Silvio Moser

Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1965

Jackie Stewart listens carefully during the drivers briefing before the Italian GP at Monza in 1965

Starting from 1st grid position, Chris Amon, Ford MK II no. 2, takes the lead, followed by Bob Bondurant's and Bruce McLaren's other Fords (no. 7 and no. 1). John Surtees, Ferrari no. 19, has a weak start.

Le Mans 24h 1965: John Surtees (GB) sits in the Ferrari 330 P2 #0828

Italian Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 1512, leads later race winner Graham Hill on BRM P261 and John Surtees' Ferrari through the Station hairpin, Monaco GP 1965

Race winner Jochen Rindt (A)

Graham Hill in pits

This is the Giancarlo Baghetti/Mario Casoni Ferrari Dino 166P (0834) with an unusual coupe roof. It only lasted 2 laps before retiring with engine problems.

Ford GT40

Jochen Rindt, Cooper-Climax, drives through La Source

Jim Clark celebrating his win and the World Championship at the Nurburgring Grand Prix with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman (above left) and a mechanic (left).

Hill in the lead, followed by Ginther (Honda), Clark (Lotus) and Gurney (Brabham).

Jim Clark, Colin Chapman and Jackie Stewart joke around before the German GP 1965

Jim Clark

The Ferrari 275 GTB/C #9027GT of Pierre Noblet (B) and Claude Dubois (B) in front of third placed Ford Mk II #1016 driven by Ronnie Bucknum (USA) and Dick Hutcherson (USA)

Everybody awaits Jim Clark in pits

The destroyed Ford GT40 #1040 of Peter Sutcliffe (GB) and Dieter Spoery (CH)

George Harrison, Monaco Grand Prix, 1966

The new BRM H16 engine was used in practice only on Jackie Stewart's BRM P83 chassis

Jochen Rindt on Cooper-Maserati T81, Belgium Grand Prix 1966, Spa-Franchorchamps

French policemen guard the remains of Richard Holquist's (USA) Ford GT40 #1029 which was not repaired in time before the race has started

Jack Brabham wins the British GP, Brands Hatch 1966

Jackie Stewart with an "on board" camera

Jackie Stewart aviates his BRM 261 past the remains of a crashed touring car at Nuerburgring's Bruennchen.

A thoughtful Jackie Stewart before the German GP 1966

Jochen Rindt, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

Jim Clark, World Champion 1963 and 1965 with Lotus.

Bob Bondurant, BRM

Jim Clark drifts in his Lotus 33 through Tarzan curve.

Austrian Jochen Rindt, Cooper-Maserati T81, in his 1st Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, 1966

Race winner Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 overtakes Jim Clark on Lotus-Climax 33, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

Graham Hill, Ford Mk II, takes the early lead and pulls away after the 1st lap

Chris Amon's Ferrari 312/67 V12 receives technical surgery

Podium ceremony of ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Patrick McNally and Mike Garton gained first position in group P1.3 (18th in overall placings) in their Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd.

Mike Spence( GB) in the no. 7 Spence/Hill Chaparral 2F Chevrolet

Jackie Stewart and his wife Helen enjoy a calm moment at the pitwall in Monaco, 1967

The Surtees/Hobbs Lola-Aston Martin T70 Mk 3 (SL73/121) seen here was 13th fastest at Le Mans. It has an interesting non-standard tail but only lasted 3 laps before the engine expired.

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Targa Florio 1967: Phil Hill's (USA) and Hap Sharp's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001 retires with a tyre puncture

Jim Clark clearly expresses his pleasure about the best practice times in Monza 1967, in the race he only manges to gain 3rd position.

Bruce McLaren, McLaren-BRM

Pitstop of Henri Greder's (F) and Jean-Michel Giorgi's (F) Ford GT40 #1003 (car no. 130)

The retired Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F002 CZV-659 of Phil Hill and Mike Spence, Nuerburgring 1000km 1967

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman with his driver Jim Clark.

Ford driver Dan Gurney (USA) posing with Bardahl (lubrication products) girls

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in Graham Hill's Lotus 49

Race winner Jim Clark on the podium besides Keith Duckworth, constructor of the successful Cosworth engine.

Jackie Stewart, BRM P83, driving out of the pits with spinning wheels

Podium ceremony of ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Patrick McNally and his co-driver Mike Garton gained first position in group P1.3 (18th in overall placings) in their Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd.

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The winning Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 driven by Udo Sch¸tz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

Ferrari driver Chris Amon

John Surtees receives the trophy after his victory of the Italian GP, Monza 1967. He hugs Lorenzo Bandini's wife Marghareita on the podium.

British GP, Silverstone 1967

75 cars started the Nurburgring 1000 kms and this picture starts with the 17th fastest Ford-France Ford GT40 (1003) of Henri Greder/Jean-Michel Giorgi that will finish 5th. Alongside is Heini Walter's Ferrari 250LM (5905) that he shared with Peter Ditzler and the number 82 Team VDS Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ 2 of Serge Trosch/Teddy Pilette. Two more Ford GT40s follow, the Ed Nelson/Peter de Klerk 1009 and Colin Crabbe's 1021 with its distinctive roof blister to accommodate Crabbe's height, co-driven by Roy Pierpoint. Further up the line can be glimpsed Paul Vestey's dark blue Ferrari 275GTB/C (9035) the ex-Maranello Concessionaires 1966 Le Mans car.

Tish Amon wates for her husband Chris Amon in Ferrari pits, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1967

Lorenzo Bandini sitting in his Ferrari 312 on the grid, Monaco Grand Prix, 1967

The two Scotsmen Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark chat before the start of the British Grand Prix 1967 in Silverstone.

Jim Clark, Lotus, followed by Denny Hulme, Brabham

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Jurgen Neuhaus (D) on Porsche 911 S entered by IGFA

Jo Bonnier (S) in the Alfa Romeo T33

A happy Jim Clark presents his winner's trophy

Jim Clark and Keith Duckworth

Jackie Stewart besides his BRM with Lotus driver Graham Hill on the grid before the British Grand Prix, 1967

Dan Gurney on his way to victory.

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The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine in the Lotus 49

The Alfa Romeo T33 of 'Geki' (I) and Nino Todaro (I)

Jacky Ickx' (B) and Richard Attwood's (GB) Mirage M1 Ford 10001 in pits, further the Lotus 47 Climax 47/GT/16 of Julian Sutton (GB) and Hugh Dibley (GB)

The customised cockpit of a waiting Alfa Romeo T33

A last exchange of words with Colin Chapman before the practice session.

Jochen Rindt beside the Maserati V12 engine of his Cooper car

Graham Hill at the British GP 1967

Jim Clark and a friend, Kate Eccles, have a chat on the pitwall on a practice day

Denny Hulme, Nuerburgring 1967

John Surtees in his Honda

Porsche 908 016 #32 driven by Gerhard Mitter (D) and Vic Elford (GB) becomes disqualified for illegal repair

Jackie Stewart, Matra Cosworth MS10

The Clerk of the Course for the Monaco Grand Prix Louis Chiron in discussion with Bruce McLaren, Monaco 1968

Lucien Bianchi, Cooper-BRM, passes a strip tease bar advertising special rates for the race weekend, Monaco GP 1968

Ludovico Scarfiotti's (I) and Gerhard Mitter's (D) Porsche 907 030 which ran at practice only

Graham Hill, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1968

Belgian GP 1968: Ferrari mechanics

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra MS11, GP Monaco 1968

Jackie Stewart, Matra-Ford, Belgian Grand Prix, 1968

Jim Clark, Lotus 48

The Porsche 908 #014 of Joe Buzzetta (USA) and Scooter Patrick (USA) overtakes Phillippe Farjon's Porsche 907 2.2 006 driven by Herbert Linge (D) and Robert Buchet (F)

As Jack Brabham, 8th on the grid, in the foreground retires with a blown up engine, Jackie Oliver's Lotus takes the lead at the start

Ken Tyrrell bending down to Jackie Stewart

French grand Prix, Rouen, 1968: British driver Piers Courage, BRM, passes the remaining debris of Jo Schlesser's Honda. The Frenchmen had crashed on lap three and died (as fourth F1 driver during the season).

Vic Elford's Cooper-BRM T86B retires after two laps of the Italian GP 1968 with broken brakes

Mario Casoni (I) and Giampiero Biscaldi (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-026 in front of Carlo Facetti's (I) and Spartaco Dini's (I) Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-018

Graham Hill in the Gold Leaf Team Lotus 49B races through the mist and the rain at the Suedkehre en route to second place.

Photographers hide behind the new barriers to get a better shot

A leading Jacky Ickx on Ferrari has to refuel in pits just a few laps to go and becomes third placed only in the end, Italian GP Monza 1968

French policemen line up at Le Mans grid under the race clock.

Bruce McLaren getting new tyres while Chris Amon's Ferrari is about to leave the pits.

Winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Graham Hill in the Lotus-Cosworth 49B

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A relaxed Jacky Ickx

Swiss driver Jo Siffert

Jackie Stewart flies in the Matra-Cosworth MS80, German GP, Nurburgring, 1969

Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver smile for the press

British Grand Prix, Silverstone 1969: Jack Brabham attends the race as a guest as he is still out of action with a broken ankle, suffered in a testing crash three weeks ago

Swiss Jo Siffert sits in the cockpit of his Porsche 917 009

Swiss driver Jo Siffert in the Walker Lotus

Porsche company's Chief Development Engineer Helmut Bott watches a pit stop of the winning prototype (overall second placed) Porsche P908L 031 #64 driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Gerard Larrousse (F)

Porsche 908 LH 030 #23 is being refueled

The works Porsche P908/2 018 #4 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) gains second place in the 1969 1000km Nuerburgring

Graham Hill in front of Piers Courage through Becketts.

Jochen Rind, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49C, performing a nice 4 wheel drift through the fast Copse Corner

Kurt Ahrens jumping with his Brabham-Repco BT24 V8 at Nuerburgring "Bruennchen"

GÈrard Larrousse (F) and Dieter Spoerry (CH) swap the driver's seat of the Porsche 911 T and become second in the GT+1.6 class (11th overall)

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 49B, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1969

Women sit on the pitwall at the 1000km Zeltweg endurance race

The Porsche 908 LH 027 of Udo Sch¸tz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) is being prepared

John Surtees, BRM, Monaco Grand Prix, 1969. The high rear wings used on the cars were baned by the CSI after the first practice.

Jo Siffert's helmet

Second placed Porsche 908/02 #013 driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Umberto Maglioli (I), entered by Porsche System Engineering

Two mechanics carry three tyres

The Porsche 908/02 007 of Vic Elford (GB) retires by accident in practice

Jochen Rindt and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman speak with mechanic Eddie Dennis

The Duke of Metternich shows the trophy of winner Jacky Ickx, German GP 1969

First placed works Porsche P908/2 006 #1 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) wins after 44 laps

Vic Elford awaits his appearance

Jo Siffert, Lotus

A mechanic sits on a toolbox in pits

GÈrard Larrousse (F) and Dieter Spoerry (CH) swap the driver's seat of the Porsche 911 T and become second in the GT+1.6 class (11th overall)

Vic Elford's (GB) Porsche 908/02 #007 was destroyed in practice

Sandro Munari's (I) and Rauno Aaltonen's (SF) Lancia Fulvia HF F&M Special 8183401238 gains first position in the P1.6 group (27th overall)

Shortly before the start of the race

Jo Siffert qualifies with the Porsche 908 LH 029

French marching band cheers up the spectators before the race start

Vic Elford, one of the best allrounders of his time, in a Cooper T86B which was entered only once by Colin Crabbe Antique Automobiles

Graham Hill on his victory lap

Graham Hill, Lotus-Ford

Additional ice helps to cool down the engine

Chris Amon, Ferrari, during 1st practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, 1969

Porsche 917 #004 entered by Porsche System Engineering, driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) - DNP, David Piper (GB) - DNP, DNS: Hubert Hahne (D), DNS: Dieter Quester (A)

Graham Hill, Lotus, Monaco 1969

Just an italian girl?

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M7A, heads towards the Casino square, Monaco GP 1969

Presentation at the Hockenheimring 1969: Drivers Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriquez anticipate the launch of the Porsche 917

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren-Cosworth M7C, next to him on the left is his team manager Teddy Mayer. The dangerous high wings are still attached to the cars during the first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, 1969.

Jo Siffert's (CH) helmet waits for him on the roof of the Porsche 917K #004/017 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Ronnie Peterson

Graham Hill in his Walker Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Newcomer Ronnie Peterson in a March Ford-Cosworth 701 from entrant Colin Crabbe

Walker-Lotus driver Graham Hill checks the tyre pressure

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx talking to Mauro Forghieri on the grid

Porsche 908/2 #44, Gerhard Koch (D) / Hans-Dieter Dechent (D)

Australian Tim Schenken in a De Tomaso-Cosworth 505, he replaced Brian Redman for the rest of the season 1970 and attended 4 races for Frank Williams.

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, Spanish GP Jarama 1970

Jochen Rindt meets Lotus team boss Colin Chapman just after his victory (his 4th in a row, 5th overall that season so far) in the 1970 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits on Porsche 908/03 #010

The winning Porsche 908/03 #008 of Jo Siffert (CH), at the wheel, and Brian Redman (GB)

Helen Stewart keeps the lap times of her husband Jackie

Jo Siffert through the La Source hairpin

Jochen Rindt's wife, Nina

Jacky Ickx sitting in his Ferrari

Pedro Rodriguez

Nina Rindt waiting for her husband Jochen to pass by. Hi died in an accident at Parabolica just moments after this picture was taken, Italian Grand Prix ,Monza, 1970

Ronnie Peterson in a March-Cosworth

Jochen Rindt sits in his new Lotus 72

Porsche driver Jo Siffert (CH) celebrates his victory at the Ardennes podium, Behind him on the left Brian Nelson (GB) winner in the S2.0 class and Rudi Lins (A) winner in the P3.0 class

The Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/146 of Teddy Pilette (B) and Gustave Gosselin (B) is being prepared in paddock

Jacky Ickx out of his Ferrari pits during practice

Jo Siffert, March

John Wyer keeps times in pits at Le Mans 1970 with his wife

Pietro Lo Piccolo (I) and Salvatore Calascibetta (I) on Ferrari Dino 206 S Spyder 022

#34, Donald Healey Motor Co, GB, Healey SR XR37 - Repco 740, drivers Roger Enever, GB and Andrew Hedges, GB

Piers Courage (GB) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Lotus driver Jochen Rindt

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Jochen Rindt, Lotus 70 Ford-Cosworth

Porsche fans show their support

Ignazio Giunti (I), at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC. The picture offers a stunning view to the picturesque country side.

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #5, driven by Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Helmut Marko (A) becomes second placed in prototype category

Jo Siffert (CH) in pits with his Porsche 908/03 010

Whilst George Eaton on BRM P153 (no. 3) is pushed through pitlane, Andrea de Adamich's McLaren-Alfa Romeo M14D waits for preparation in the pits besides Denny Hulme who already sits in his McLaren-Cosworth M14A

Ronnie Peterson, March Ford-Cosworth

Henri Pescarolo (F) in the Matra-Simca MS650 02

Italian GP 1970: Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni passes the chequered flag to win his 1st Grand Prix

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Rolf Stommelen in a Brabham-Cosworth BT33, covered with fire distinguisher spray from passing an accident at another corner after the start of the Spanish GP 1970

Pit stop ends for the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Ronnie Peterson in his March from above

Ferrari garage, Italian GP Monza 1971

Rainer reflects in the rear mirror of Ickx' Ferrari, Monaco Grand Prix, 1971

Ronnie Peterson, March 711 Ford-Cosworth

Race winner Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth 003 at Montjuich Park 1971.

Gijs van Lennep being interviewed

Grooved tyres for the Monaco GP start 1971

Jean Max in a March 701 at the French Grand Prix, 1971, his only race for the Frank Williams Team

The second placed Ferrari 312 PB #0878 of Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH) in pits

John Fitzpatrick, Ford Escort

Fifth placed Toine Hezemans (NL) on Alfa Romeo T33/3

Jo Siffert (CH)

Ferrari mechanics in pits

The Dutchman Gijs van Lennep drove sporadically on F1 events, here once the Surtees-Ford TS7 entered by Stichting Autoraces Nederland

Helmut Marko behind the wheel of the Porsche 917K #030, 1000km Zeltweg 1971

Clean refueling at Alfa Romeo pits

Dechent's winning Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Moet & Chandon prepares a promotional glass pyramid on a Goodyear tire

Andrea de Adamich with glasses

Clay Regazzoni (CH) during a rainy practice in the Ferrari 312 PB #0878

Vic Elford enjoys a cigarette after winning the 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

Rolf Stommelen (D)

Jackie Stewart, Francois Cevert and team principal Ken Tyrrell discuss the situation in detail

Chris Amon (left) and Jackie Stewart celebrating their 3rd and 1st place at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Derek Bell

Reine Wisell, Lotus-Cosworth 72D

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi during rainy practice

Eventual winner of 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans: Porsche 917K #22 driven by Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep.

Mary Elford, wife of Vic Elford

Claude Haldi (CH) and Paul Keller (CH) on a Porsche 911 S, in front of Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude GuÈrie (F)

Porsche 908/2 #7, driven by entrant Ernst Kraus (D) and Dieter Basche (D)

Jo Siffered in his Porsche 917K 014/029

Ronnie Peterson approaches his March on the grid surrounded by photographers.

Mary Elford (Vic Elford's wife) reads the newspapers

Sylvain Garant (F) and Pierre Greub (CH), Porsche 911S

Ford-Cosworth V8 engine

1000 km Monza 1971: Gerard Larrousse (F) waits to get behind the wheel of the semi-works Martini-Porsche 917K #020

Race winner Peter Gethin celebrates his victory on the podium. Next to him his BRM team boss Louis Stanley and Lorenzo Bandini's wife Margherita Freddi. Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1971

Skip Barber in his March 711 entered by the Gene Mason Racing Team. The American driver attended 4 F1 races in 1971 season. In his ever 1st Formula 1 race he failed to qualify. Monaco Grand Prix, 1971.

Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Cosworth 003, Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 1971

Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni waiting at timekeeping spot

Jo Siffert

Ronnie Peterson (S) chats with Ferrari team-mate Brian Redman (GB)

A Ferrari 312 PB is being pushed through the pitlane

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari

Winning Ferrari 312PB #0888 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Mario Andretti (USA)

Tired race fans take a nap on their car

Race fans

Ronnie Peterson (S) in the third placed Ferrari 312PB #0886

European Touring Car Championship, Grand Prix Brno 1972, Gerold Pankl, BMW Alpina, BMW 2002

Ferrari 312PB #0894 driven by Ronnie Peterson (S) and Tim Schenken (AUS)

Jackie Stewart jumps with the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 during practice at Nuerburgring Pflanzgarten 1972

Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0884

Ronnie Peterson (S) chats with Ferrari team mate Brian Redman (GB)

Porsche 908/03 Nr. 7 finished second - driven by Reinhold Joest, Gerhard Schueler and Michel Weber

John Wyer

Early laps: Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni, currently in 2nd position, leads championship contender Fittipaldi (Lotus), Hulme and Reutemann.

Spy view at the engine of Dieter Glemser's (D) and Alex Soler-Roig's (E) Ford Capri RS 2600

Jacky Ickx (B) in the winning Ferrari 312PB #0882

Rolf Stommelen, Eifelland 21/March 721 Ford-Cosworth

Tired race fans take a nap on their car

Weigel's Porsche 908/2 #6, driven by Hans-Dieter Weigel (D) and Helmut Krause (D), retires in lap 244

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Jacky Ickx (B), Ferrari

Niki Lauda, BMW Alpina, BMW 2800 CS, European Touring Car Championship, Grand Prix Brno 1972

Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, currently in 5th position in front of Revson, Amon and Hailwood

Can-Am, Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer (USA), Porsche 917/10 TC

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus

Jacky Ickx (B) in the winning Ferrari 312PB #0882

Mike Hailwood in his Surtees-Cosworth TS9B

Rolf Stommelen, Eifelland

Winner Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus. Next to him on the right is his teamboss Colin Chapman.

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus 72D Ford-Cosworth

Brian Redman (GB) during practice on the Ferrari 312 PB #0884

François Cevert on a rainy track

Jackie Stewart

Cevert's Tyrrell-Cosworth 002 is equipped with an experimantal cooler exhaust during the 1972 Italian GP weekend

Reinhold Jˆst (D) and Claude Haldi (CH) drove this Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Martini Racing Team

Jackie Stewart on Tyrrell-Cosworth 006, Italian GP 1973

Ensign driver Rikky von Opel

François Cevert (F) / Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

James Hunt, Austrian GP 1973

Lotus mechanics around Emerson Fittipaldi's car

Dieter Glemser, Ford Capri RS 2600 LW

Second placed Ferrari 312PB 0896 #16 driven by Arturo Merzario (I) and Carlos Pace (BR)

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M23, spun and looses 3rd race position after a wild ride over the curbs in the first chicane.

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973: Winner Mark Donohue on the podium

Driver Marie-Claude Beaumont

Carlos Pace, Surtees-Cosworth TS14A, in front of later race winner Jackie Stewart in a Tyrrell-Cosworth 006

Just after the start of the Austrian Grand Prix 1973: Revson has failed to get off the line causing a jam in the midfield. Mike Beuttler damaged his car and his March puts down oil on the track while the field heads onto the first bend.

The Ferrari 312 PB #0892 of Tim Schenken (AUS) and Carlos Reutemann (RA)

A zoom of Fittipaldi's Lotus

Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell leads Peterson, Lotus, Rascasse corner, Monaco Grand Prix, 1973

The Ford Capri RS of Dieter Glemser (D) and Jochen Mass (D) retire after 23 laps with a broken camshaft, 1000km Nuerburgring 1973

19. Internationales ADAC-1000 km-Rennen auf dem N¸rburgring 1973

Herbert M¸ller (CH) watches the incoming cars in pitlane

Jochen Mass' destroyed Surtees-Cosworth TS14A is towed away after a mass crash following the start of the 1973 British GP in Silverstone

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Muller (CH) drove the Martini Racing Team Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0686 R7 to fourth position

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312PB on the way to formation lap

The naked engine of an Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

A strike of the photographers in the pitlane kept the drivers away from their cars and IRPA president Bernard Cahier explains the situation to March boss Max Mosley, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1973

Ronnie Peterson, 6hrs Nuerburgring 1974

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari 312B3, in the pit lane during rainy practice session

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Winner Emerson Fittipaldi, 2nd place for Niki Lauda (left)

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson in the pits during wet practice session

1972 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi talks to McLaren team boss Teddy Mayer (right)

French GP 1974: Ronnie Peterson, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 72E

Jacky Ickx, Lotus

Graham Hill

James Hunt's helmet

Leader of the race, Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren, followed by Niki Lauda, Ferrari

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 72E

Jacky Ickx at Lotus pits

McLaren driver Emerson Fittipaldi, next to him teamboss Teddy Mayer

Later team owner Gerard Larrousse drove just two races in this Brabham Ford BT42 entered by Scuderia Finotto

Jody Scheckter

Jacques Laffite, Williams

Southafrican Ian Scheckter in a Williams FW03, elder brother of later F1 World Champion Jody Scheckter, drove on this event instead of the regular driver Arturo Merzario who was on strike because he rated the car as not competitive.

Start of the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort

A McLaren-Cosworth M23 is being prepared, Belgium GP Zolder 1975

The remains of Williams Cosworth of Ian Ashley after he crashed heavily at Pflanzgarten and sustained serious ankle injuries. A marshal carries Ashley's helmet

Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren M23 Ford-Cosworth

Niki Lauda

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus 72E Ford-Cosworth

March drivers Lella Lombardi and Vittorio Brambilla, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1975

Clay Regazzoni sits in the Ferrari 312T, Monaco Grand Prix, 1975

Winner Vittorio Brambilla and 2nd placed James Hunt, Austrian Grand Prix 1975

Carlos Reutemann, Brabham

Jackie Stewart demonstrates the power of a Ford touring car during the French GP weekend

Niki Lauda

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell

Word Champion of 1972 and 1974, Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren-Ford M23

Monaco 1975: McLaren driver Jochen Mass (in his cockpit) jokes around with Mike Hailwood who had left Formula 1 after being injured badly at the 1974 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

Austrian Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T

Ronnie Peterson, March Ford-Cosworth

Race winner James Hunt on McLaren-Cosworth M23 besides the track, Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 1976

James Hunt, McLaren, leads John Watson, Penske

The 1975 F1 World Champion, Niki Lauda, Ferrari

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T2, German GP 1976

Alan Jones

James Hunt

Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, drifts through Druids Bend

The Brazilian Ingo Hoffmann drove 4 races in the 1976 season for the Copersucar team of Wilson Fittipaldi, the older brother of Emerson.

Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312T2, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1976

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Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell P34

Jacques Laffite had just finished 2nd. The best result so far for the newcomer French team Ligier

USA-West GP 1976

The second start after Lauda's terrific accident.

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

Niki Lauda, starting from 2nd position on the grid in the No. 1 Ferrari, has a bad start and drops down the field

Ferrari 312T

German GP 1976: Ferrari drivers Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda debate during Sunday morning warm-up

Niki Lauda, Ferrari driver

Local hero James Hunt jokes around with Roger Penske (right) and Jody Scheckter

Emilio de Villota (Spain) in his Brabham BT44B at the Spanish GP 1976, drove only this one race in this season. The older Brabham was used by RAM-Racing team with changing drivers.

James Hunt, McLaren Ford-Cosworth M23 in front of Nilsson's Lotus

Swiss driver Loris Kessel in a Brabham BT44B, set in by RAM Racing. Kessel drove five Grand Prix for RAM in the 1976 season.

Larry Perkins in the Boro Ensign Ford-Cosworth during practice

Keegan in his Hesketh with RizLa+ tobacco rolling papers and Penthouse Magazine as striking sponsors

USA-West GP 1977: Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2, behind him Jochen Mass of McLaren

American Mario Andretti, Lotus driver, delighted after his victory at the 1977 USA-West Grand Prix, Long Beach, California

James Hunt

Jochen Mass

After his fellow-countryman Ronnie Peterson, Swedish Lotus driver Gunnar Nilsson signs on the girl's shirt too

Niki Lauda is being interviewed in Ferrari's garage, United States GP Long Beach 1977

USA-West GP: Niki Lauda

Jochen Mass

Austrian Hans Binder in a Surtees-Ford with durex ad

James Hunt

Unofficial starter Hans Heyer retires with a broken gear linkage in his Penske-Cosworth after nine laps, (note exceptional sponsor livery)

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell-Ford P34

The British fans celebrate their beloved victorious local hero James Hunt

Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi FD04

Anders Olofsson in a Ralt RT1, Formula 3, Monaco 1977

Anders Olofsson in a Ralt RT1, Formula 3, Monaco 1977

New Ferrari driver, Argentinian Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2

James Hunt

Patrick Head and Frank Williams

Hector Rebaque's Lotus 78 in front of Derek Daly's Ensign

Ronnie Peterson

Lotus team mates Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson, British Grand Prix. Brands Hatch, 1978

Héctor Rebaque could not pass the pre-qualifying in his private right now damaged Lotus-Cosworth, a towrope hangs on its rear side. Only 20 cars were allowed on Monaco's grid back then.

Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault

Two weeks after Mario Andretti's debut victory with the dominant Lotus 79, the team has now brought two of the cars to Jarama.

Keke Rosberg leading Emerson Fittipaldi

Start of the 1978 Spanish GP Jarama

Mario Andretti in the new Lotus 79, only used during practice

Mario Andretti and his Lotus 79, best car of the 1978 season so far

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 79, German GP Hockenheim 1978

Patrick Tambay

Ronnie Peterson and his wife Barbro in the Lotus pits.

Michael Schumacher pitting

Ralf Schumacher getting ready for the race

First corner after the start

David Coulthard cutting the grass

Eddie Cheever

Ken Tyrrell (Tyrrell), Bernie Ecclestone (Brabham team owner and FOCA spokesman) and Jackie Oliver (Arrows), discussing dissensions between the FISA and the FOCA

Aiguns on the pitlane

Felipe Massa, Sauber

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

Ralf Schumacher, BMWWilliamsF1

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter (right)

Patrick Depailler, Alfa Romeo

Alain Prost, McLaren-Cosworth

Michael Schumacher passing the Sakhir Tower

The Fittipaldi team with their drivers Emerson Fittipaldi and newcomer Keke Rosberg

USA-West GP 1980

The start: Michael Schumacher braking into the first corner

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Before formation lap

Michael Schumacher on turn 1

With 4 laps to go Gilles Villeneuve takes the lead from Alan Jones' Williams to win the race.

Eliseo Salazar, March-Cosworth

Siegfried Stohr, Arrows-Ford Cosworth, driving through the pitlane

Gilles Villeneuve with a slightly damaged Ferrari front wing

Ralf Schumacher, BMW Williams

US driver for Alfa Romeo, Mario Andretti, San Marino Grand Prix, Imola, 1981

The American driver Kevin Cogan, Tyrrell 010, appeared in F1 during the 1980/81 season for two practice sessions only. He never managed to qualify for a Grand Prix race.

Nelson Piquet during practice session

Fernando Alonso in the pitlane

Keke Rosberg sits in his new Williams FW08

Juan-Pablo Montoya greeting his cheering fans after his race retirement

Finish driver Keke Rosberg in his "striped" Williams FW08, Swiss Grand Prix at Dijon, France, 1982

The field heading to the second corner after a fabulous start of Trulli

Niki Lauda, McLaren, on the way to his 2nd victory of the year

Keke Rosberg

John Watson, McLaren-Ford, winner of the USA-West Grand Prix, Long-Beach (CA), 1983

The Spirit 201C makes it's debut during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, 1983. Is is powered by a V6 Honda turbocharged engine and driven by Swede Stefan Johansson.

Cristiano da Matta in tropical scenery

Fernando Alonso

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Jonathan Palmer drives the 1st Zakspeed F1 car in Autumn 1984 at the Nurburgring, with teamboss Erich Zakowski on the left

Tyrrell driver Stefan Bellof, Monaco Grand Prix, 1984

Ralf Schumacher being chased by a Ferrari

Michael Schumacher passing his cheering team

Niki Lauda, Austrian Grand Prix, 1984

Mark Webber

BAR Honda teamwork on the grid

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Michael winns again

Marc Surer, Arrows-BMW

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Marc Gene concentrating in the pits

Cristiano da Matta of Toyota entering the pits

Michael Schumacher of Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichellaof Sauber-Petronas

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Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes

Cristiano da Matta of Toyota

The new main grandstand at the beginning of the straight

Austrian Gerhard Berger in the new John Barnard-designed Ferrari 640, Brazilian Grand Prix, Rio de Janeiro, Jacarepagua, 1989

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David Coulthard, McLaren-Mercedes

Rain master Michael Schumacher taking Eau Rouge in heavy rain

Felipe Massa made a fabulous result on 4th place

The two BMW Williams curbing through Variante Goodyear

Michael Schumacher braking for the first chicane

Ralf Schumacher back in F1 after three month interruption

Ralf Schumacher jumping out of his car

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Italian Grand Prix, 1992

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda, driving through the Parabolica, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1992

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Mauricio Gugelmin, Jordan-Yamaha

Alain Prost on Williams-Renault, French GP, 1993

Michael Schumacher celebrates his victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, 1994. After the race the scrutineers discovered on Schumacher's Benetton that the wooden bottom had been worn away too much. This would indicate that the car was running illegally low in the race with the result that the German was excluded from the results.

Schumacher's manager Willi Weber

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The race has been restarted, Ayrton Senna, Williams-Renault, leads Schumacher and Berger, Imola, San Marino Grand Prix, 1994

Aguri Suzuki, Ligier

Rainer

Nicola Larini, Sauber

Luxembourg GP 1998: Eddie Irvine, Ferrari, in the lead, followed by Schumacher, Hakkinen and Coulthard

Mika Hakkinsn, McLaren-Mercedes

Former F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet and his son Nelsinho, Imola, 2005

Eddie Irvineon Ferrari wins the first Grand Prix of the 1999 season

Michael Schumacher spins during qualifying

Hungarian GP 2001: Michael's 2nd title for Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen with girl friend

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Heinz-Harald Frentzen in a tropical Monaco scenery

Michael Schumacher

Tired tyre of Williams car after the race in the parc ferme

Cheering fans at podium ceremony

Jacques Villeneuve landing on track

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Juan Pablo Montoya

A brief stop of Jenson Button at McLaren pits, Vettel has just finished his

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus, puts his helmet on before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, rolls out to grid formation

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A motivated Michael Schumacher gets off the drivers parade truck

McLarens Jenson Button prepares for the race

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

Felipe Massa shakes hands on the grid with his former boss at Ferrari, Jean Todt, who now is the president of the FIA

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari puts his helmet on before the race

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg ejects from Mercedes pits

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, jumps over the curbs

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone and Mario Andretti listen to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one whilst Grosjean causes the start accident

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg explains the countless buttons and switches of the updated Mercedes steering wheel

The Ferrai mechanics celebrate besides parc ferme Alonso's achievement

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The world's media documents the three fastest qualifiers on Saturday afternoon

Race cars rush through turn one a few laps after the start, Massa on second race position

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The Mercedes GP crew packs together straight after the race (this seems to be Schumachers car going to scrutineering)

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

F1 World Champion of 1998 and 1999 Mika Hakkinen chats with his former McLaren team mate David Coulthard

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Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel's earnings are displayed on the Red Bull motorhome

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Lotus' Grosjean and teammate Schumacher

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Manometer valve displays

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, is prepared on his grid position

Architect Hermann Tilke walks in the paddock with VIP guests

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Champagne and confetti showers on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Polesitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives a motivated interview before the race

Friday morning practice in sunshine on the first Chinese F1 driver ever, Ma Qinghua in an HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jean Alesi shakes hands with Michael Schumacher

Designer Moko sits in the shade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, brakes at the second chicane

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bernie Ecclestone chats with Niki Lauda and Arturo Merzario (left)

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren presents his winning drivers trophy

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen walk to drivers briefing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The GP2 mechanics drag their equipment to pitlane

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel's physio Heikki Huovinen waits besides the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The prancing horse

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, behind Raikkonen and Schumacher

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Aussie Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo shows his new helmet to the press

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A happy pole setter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren after qualifying

Nico Hulkenberg stands behind his new helmet, coming back as regular driver for Force India after a one-season-break as their test driver

Lotus Renault team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

Fans swarm around Michael Schumacher to get a signature on anything

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curbs

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton chats with Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday after qualifying

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Monaco's buildings reflect in the glass front of McLaren's motorhome

On Saturday afternoon, Bernie Ecclestone points the racing direction out to Seb Vettel

A busy grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lotus mechanics take care of the Renault's rear

Nico Rosberg receives fresh tyres at Mercedes GP pits

Race winner Fernando Alonso celebrates on his Ferrari race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari rushes to the podium ceremony

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

A rear view at the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour in Monaco, during dusk

Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn chat with Niki Lauda

Jean Todt, FIA president

Bernie Ecclestone poses with VIPs on the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Mechanics push a Toro Rosso race car under cover

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sir Jackie Stewart whispers into Bernie Ecclestone's ear

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Alonso's Ferrari at Tabac curve

Hamilton with fresh tyres catches up on Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing who still has to make his pit stop

After the race in parc ferme with vigilant bystanders, second placed Sebastian Vettel immediatly reports a security issue to FIA race observer Herbie Blash (yellow flag marshal too close to track)

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Webber

McLarens Lewis Hamilton presents his helmet to the press at the drivers presentation, drawing the attention to the little comic kangaroo which holds a sign for round one of the fresh F1 season

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, brakes into the Metropol turn

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, following Massa

Nico Rosberg's grid girl guards the silver arrow

A grid girl watches the FIA banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, following Massa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The steering wheel of Kimi's Lotus-Renault E20

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

FIA president Jean Todt inspects the grid with his communications officer Matteo Bonciani

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez' Sauber-Ferrari is reversed to pits during the session

Race winner Fernando Alonso presents his trophy

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren gets out of his race car in parc ferme after qualifying

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sauber physio Jo Leber shows his appreciation of Kobayashi's third grid position after qualifying

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A part of a Ferrari truck

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton is pushed to front grid position by the McLaren mechanics

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme and dances on his Mercedes F1 W03

Michael Schumacher in front of Mercedes GP team mate Rosberg

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium during the ceremony

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado in his Williams-Renault, being pushed to his fortunate first grid position

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Scuderia Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing left his race car on the track with an empty fuel tank

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton posts the race's only retirement

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams approaches parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads Grosjean's Lotus

Michael Schumacher concentrates on the upcoming race

Race winner Fernando Alonso takes a large sip of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams showers with champagne on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, practises launches in the rain at pit lane exit

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Boris Becker's former manager Ion Tiriac in discussion with Niki Lauda

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Heikki Kovalainen has to retire with a front left suspension problem on his Caterham-Renault

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes jumps on his race car and celebrates in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks through the rain

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone on the grid with Rudolf Graf von der Schulenburg, acting AvD president, and star photographer Monty Shadow (right hand)

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso chats with Nico Rosberg on their way to drivers parade truck

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, leads Vettel

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

q1,Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Charles Pic, Marussia

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Lotus F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi approaches Bernie Ecclestone about a new charity project

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Grid girls wait in line with the photographers for the drivers

On their way into the paddock, Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chat together

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, jumps over the curbs

Felipe Massa gives an autograph to a marshal

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Polesetter Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his achievement after qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Legendary Italian driver Arturo Merzario poses with Fabiana Ecclestone and another VIP lady on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta, Force India, jumps over the curbs

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx shakes hands with second placed Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the ceremony

A victorious Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes presents his trophy for the winning driver on the podium after the race

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, and Bruno Senna of Williams walk to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Third (later second) placed Jenson Button of McLaren gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, at the tunnel exit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Ferrari's Alonso

Michael Schumacher is prepared for the race on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, smiles confidently on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber sprays champagne after the podium ceremony

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren arrives between the cheering folks after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

McLaren principal Martin Whitmarsh chats in front of his motorhome whilst Amber Lounge manager Sonia Irvine kisses former F1 driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A blonde woman takes a souvenir photo besides Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the Spanish Grand Prix

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel writes into a guest book

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

'Faces for Charity' was a great success for the supporting Red Bull team in raising funds for the 'Wings for Life' Spinal Cord Research Foundation, Vettel's face-covered race car is prepared on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A BBC journalist presents a very optimistic question in front of Kimi Raikkonens Lotus pit

Pedro de la Rosa and Kimi Raikkonen walk together at the drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on before the race

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives an interview on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber and Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of chaser Grosjean

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, leads Vettel

A manometer valve

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, overlooks a wet pitlane

A Red Bull-Renault race car is prepared on the grid

Scrutineering in front of Caterham pits under a warm afternoon sun

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field with McLaren's Hamilton still in front whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari presents his trophy during the podium ceremony

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

am nachmittag nach q3

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes greets his fans after the drivers parade

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton climbs off the McLaren-Mercedes, becoming excluded from qualifying after he failed to make it back to the pits at the end of the session

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers and jumps on his race car in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Race winner Fernando Alonso sprays champagne on the rostrum after the German Grand Prix

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP takes his helmet for drivers presentation from his manager Sabine Kehm

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, stops at the pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Eddie Jordan knows Peter Sauber well

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado walks to drivers parade

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing comes to parc ferme after the first race in Melbourne 2012

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a last interview on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to pits after a dissatisfying Q3

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, prepares for the race on the grid

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Motivated rookie Romain Grosjean of Lotus answers question to the press

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, still on pole but soon to be excluded

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber splashes out on champagne for his victorious Red Bull Racing team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso looks confident before the drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, at the tunnel exit

Bernie Ecclestone walks through the paddock and gives thumbs up to the first Chinese F1 driver Ma Qinghua of HRT

Bernie Ecclestone talks with his Formula One Management security officer Pasquale Lattuneddu

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Maria Teresa de Filippis, first woman in F1 (in Belgium 1958 on Maserati, finishing 10th)

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher prepares fore the race on the grid

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates on the podium

A very motivated grid girl plays with the photographer

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Meanwhile a star on his own, Red Bull's chief technical officer Adrian Newey gives autographs to the F1 in School Champions in the paddock

Massa's steering wheel

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A close-up at a Toro Rosso truck

Sebastian Vettel discusses with Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Marshals swirl around Romain Grosjean after the start accident

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fabiana Ecclestone and Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Vettel and Button

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curbs

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

Fisichella on screen behind driver's display truck

Michael Schumacher on the grid, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 2006

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton adjusts his balaclava

Felipe Massa watches his timing monitor

Pit boards for both Super Aguri drivers

On the grid: Kimi Raikkonen with earphones

FIA president Max Mosley

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW26 launch

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes a VIP guest on the grid

Lewis Hamilton arrives at park ferme after qualification part 3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton retires during Q1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton on the grid pulls his helmet tight

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, lifts a wheel at Mirabeau, Monaco Grand Prix, 2008

Kimi Raikkonen speeds towards Piscine

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso driver, British Grand Prix, 2008

The 'Kingfisher' Force India F1 Team principal Vijay Mallya is flanked by his promotion beauties

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A thoughful Vettel strolls to drivers parade with his team mate Webber

A crowded grid before the start

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button steps in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Karun Chandhok talks to Lotus Team boss Tony Fernandes at the pitwall

A view into Ferrari's pits

The honourables escape the podium champagne showers unsuccessfully

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Vitantonio Liuzzi joke around on their way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg is fitted into the cockpit of the Mercedes car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, rides through the gravel

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on

FIA president Jean Todt welcomes the sunshine

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso takes a derivation behind the gravel trap

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is pushed by mechanics to third grid position

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button amidst McLaren engineers on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, enters the pit lane and reflects in the new pit building's wall

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey signs autographs

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button walks back to McLaren pits after retiring with a loose wheel nut

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

HRT team boss Colin Colles walks with Cosworth managers

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh and Heikki Kovalainen of Lotus have fun in the paddock after the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Shooting star Sebastian Vettel wears the yellow glasses for a fan

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Virgin's Timo Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio enjoy a hot dog during the CARS 2 movie sneak preview on Friday evening

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Moko collects colourful memories at parc ferme fence

Jenson Button is reversed to McLaren pits

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media behind the cars in parc ferme: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

After qualifying, Nico Rosberg and Webber get out of their cars in parc ferme

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, shaves over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Nick Heidfeld's damaged Lotus-Renault after an incident with Buemi

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button in front of McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt listens to Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley who reports to Stefano Domenicali and Felipe Massa on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates with champagne on the podium after the German GP

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov of Lotus Renault GP passes the Mercedes grandstand

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of team mate Vettel

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on the podium with Simon Roberts, spraying campagne at the McLaren operations director after the German GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of Vettel and Kobayashi

Champagne for race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Tommi Parmakoski holds Vettel's pit board

Champagne showers for second placed Alonso and third Webber

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, enters the chicane after the Dunlop hairpin named after him - Michael-Schumacher-S

Timo Glock poses for a souvenir photo with Ring architect Hermann Tilke and wind power entrepreneur Willi Balz of Windreich AG

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mechanics work on the Ferrari engine in the pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

A Red Bull mechanic cleans a soft Pirelli tyre (red = super soft)

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, on his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Green lights for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, on the grid with Andrew Shovlin, Mercedes GP chief race engineer

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

A silver bracelet, not made but held by Moko, is a present of Bernie to Rainer

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of the water park's slide pipes

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali answers curious questions

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, about to race his 100th F1 race

Sparks and dust rised by a widely turning Massa

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso gives a motivated interview

The Mercedes Grand Prix pit crew awaits the driver

A retired Trulli walks back to pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, at pit lane exit in front of his team mate

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton puts on his protective spats

Drivers on the parade truck

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an autograph

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone autographs Felipe Massa's T-Shirt

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, in front of Alguersuari and Petrov

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, watches the race cars of his competitors in parc ferme after qualifying

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari returns from drivers parade

Red Bull Racing's reigning F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel is interviewed by RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion of 1975, 1977 and 1984 Niki Lauda

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone talks with Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

FIA president Jean Todt on the grid with his wife Michelle Yeoh (find Jean Alesi on the left)

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko chats with Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya and his wife Daranee

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of team mate Barrichello

German RTL TV's Kai Ebel interviews Bernie Ecclestone and Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button of McLaren walk together to the drivers parade

Ferrari pits

Red Bull engineers investigate their screens

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone meets Red Bull co-owner Chalerm Yoovidhya, son of Mateschitz' partner Chaleo Yoovidhya

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button of McLaren walk together to the drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and becomes second placed of the Korean Grand Prix in front of Webber

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, looks at his car in parc ferme after finishing the race as 13th

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, walks to drivers parade

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Fernando Alonso is serviced in Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Massa's Ferrari on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Second placed Lewis Hamilton present his trophy on the podium after the Korean GP

Renault's Bruno Senna accelerates after a spin

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mercedes mechanics have fun on the grid

Champagne showers from winning Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, answers questions during a press conference

Vettel fans on a stand

Champagne showers for the winning Red Bull team on the podium after the Korean GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in front of team mate Alonso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of a Renault car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, answers questions during a press conference

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to pits

After qualifying, McLaren's Button and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull chat on their way back from the scales

A large sip of champagne for winning Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Korean GP

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, walks to drivers parade

The grid girls hold the panels for drivers parade

A large advertising board welcomes the fans at the newest F1 circuit

Russian tyre promotion beauties show off in the pitlane on Sunday morning

A fan poses for a souvenir photo

A cow herd travels besides the motorway near the circuit

Russian tyre promotion beauties hang around in the pitlane on Sunday morning

A herd of goats and their goatherds on the street

The local monoposto racing cars already look quite used

Large broad lanes guide to the entrance of the newest F1 circuit

A local shopping mall

The illuminated Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir building attracts the local crowds in the evening

McLaren fans sit on the lawn in the fan village

Russian tyre promotion beauties show off in the pitlane on Sunday morning

Colourful scarfs, blankets and tissues are sold on the market

An Indian grid girl holds a number panel

It seems that the tickets for the event are all sold out as the panel says.

Fans cheer from the main stand

Renault's Senna heads under the bridge

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh

A perfectly made up stewardess of the main sponsor Etihad airlines

A stewardess of the main sponsor Etihad airlines on the grid

Local VIP beauties pose for a souvenir photo

A Ferrari fan poses on the stand

Sun sets behind Abu Dhabi paddock

Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner listen to advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Renault team boss Eric Boullier

Pit lane marshals distribute Brazilian banners for waving during the drivers parade

Team Lotus mechanics take intensive care of their 'black gold'

Sebastian Vettel chats in front of Red Bull Racing pits

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton's helmet for the Brazilian GP 2011 - as a tribute to the great Senna, the back part (with allowance of the family) shows Ayrton's original helmet design 20 years after he won his last title in 1991

A Red Bull Racing mechanic directs Vettels attention to the next picture

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) signs his chapter in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Jenson Button listens to a McLaren race engineer in pits

The Red Bull Racing team prepares in the pitlane for the season's final group shot

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The well-known parrot on a Force India nose cone

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Triple World Champion Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971 and 1973) speaks to Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

BBC TV presenter and former F1 team boss Eddie Jordan knows how to tie a knot of ribbons

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after gaining the season's ultimate pole position, braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Ayrton Senna's sister and mother of Bruno, Viviane Senna, also leads the charitable Senna Foundation

The drivers on the parade truck wave with Brazilian flags towards the fans on the stand

Patrick Tambay on McLaren-Cosworth, United States (West) GP, Long Beach 1979

Arturo Merzario, Merzario Ford-Cosworth A1B

Start for the BMW M1 procar series: Piquet (no. 6), Winkelhock (yellow car), Hezemans (no. 99), Hoettinger (Winnebago BMW), Bleekemolen and Surer (Buler BMW).

Ferrari team manager Marco Piccinini talking to Gilles Villeneuve

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter (right)

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312 T4

Mario Andretti in the all-new Lotus 80

German ATS driver Hans-Joachim Stuck

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4, during practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1979

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T4

Jody Scheckter in his Ferrari during a practice session

Count Gregorio Rossi de Montelera (left) of Martini drinks company.

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T4

Ricardo Rodriguez, 1000km Nuerburgring 1962

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

Race winner Graham Hill on the rostrum of the 1962 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring

Formula 1 debutant, Swiss driver Jo Siffert, Lotus-Climax 21

Lorenzo Bandini sitting in his Ferrari. Next to him on the right is his team-mate Baghetti and Ferrari engineer Mauro Forghieri (dark T-shirt). German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1962.

Winner of the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix: Graham Hill, BRM

Graham Hill, Monaco 1963

All of a sudden the gearbox stalls...

Richie Ginther, BRM P57, leads John Surtees

Willy Mairesse (no. 10) starts in a Ferrari 156, Belgium Grand Prix, 1963

Graham Hill, Monaco 1963

David Piper's (GB) and Ed Cantrell's (USA) Ferrari 250 GTO #3767GT

Englishman Michael Johnson "Mike" Parkes becomes third at the 1963 24h Le Mans with his Ferrari team mate Maglioli

Jim Clark in his Lotus (No. 9) and Graham Hill, BRM, at Monaco harbour

Rainer Schlegelmilch on a kart, Belgium 1963

Willy Mairesse (B) jumps into the cockpit of his winning Ferrari 250 P #0812

The incinerated Ferrari 250P #0812 of John Surtees (GB) and Willy Mairesse (B) is being passed by the Ferrari 250 GTO #4293GT of "Jean Beurlys" (B) and Gerard Langlois von Ophem (B)

The Abarth 1300 S of Tommy Spychiger (CH) and Teddy Pilette (B)

Italian Ferrari driver Lorenzo Bandini, 24h Le Mans 1963

Jack Brabham in his own Brabham-Climax BT7, still in front of his team mate Gurney, GP Monaco 1964

Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort: Later race winner Jim Clark, Lotus 25, leads the field right after the start through the dunes, followed by Graham Hill (BRM) und Dan Gurney (Brabham).

John Surtees on the grid, Dutch GP 1964

Stirling Moss reports from the grid in front of the limousine of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, GP Monaco 1964

A thirsty Bruce McLaren just finished 2nd, Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps 1964

Prince Rainier and princess Grace ascent their limousine

Race winner Nino Vaccarella (I) listens to last instructions before victory from Mauro Forghieri during a pit stop

Lorenzo Bandini, 1000km Nurburgring, 1964

Lorenzo Bandini, Monaco 1964

Dan Gurney in front of the railway station

Graham Hill, BRM P261, Monaco 1964

An exhausted and bleak Jim Clark during a working break in Zandvoort 1964

Jackie Stewart sits in a Formula 2 car, Monaco 1964

Gerhard Mitter (D) and Colin Davis (GB) with Huschke von Hanstein at Porsche pits

John Surtees prepares to race, Monaco GP 1964

Dan Gurney throwing up stones, a serious problem on this track.

Cars and drivers are lined up and wait for the start signal

This privately entered Ferrari 250LM (6313) of Belgians Pierre Dumay and Gustave Gosselin were leading Le Mans 1965 at midday Sunday until Dumay ran over some debris on Mulsanne that burst a rear tyre causing bodywork damage that dropped them to 2nd place. So near and yet so far.

British BRM drivers Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart, French Grand Prix, 1965

Chris Amon speaks with a journalist

A close view at Pedro in his cockpit of the Ferrari 365 P1/P2 Open run by North American Racing Team

AC Cobra Daytona Coupe

The business end of Ford's new MkII at Le Mans reveals the stock car racing 427 cubic inch (7 litre) engine that offered a relatively modest 450 bhp but huge torque. Two were entered but they were effectively experimental and neither raced again

Before the Belgian Grand Prix, 1965, concentration and will to contest is write large in Jimmys face

Jim Clark, Colin Chapman and Jackie Stewart joke around before the German GP, 1965

The race starts with Clark, Stewart, Hill and Surtees in the front row

Jackie Stewart (GB) celebrates his class victory

The drivers led by Amon and Surtees run to their cars after the start signal

Amidst all the heavy metal mayhem Porsche finished 4th and 5th at Le Mans. This is the 5th placed 2000 GT class winning factory 904GTS (091) of Gerhard Koch and Anton Fischhaber that completed 320 laps.

Ferrari drivers Lorenzo Bandini (I) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I), on the right, celebrate their victory - first in P 2.0 group and second overall after 1000 kilometers at the Nurburgring, Germany, 1966

Jack Brabham, British GP Brands Hatch 1966

No, it's not Amon here - bulky film camera is attached to actor James Garner's F1 vehicle for racing action in John Frankenheimer's awarded motion picture GRAND PRIX from 1967.

Jack Brabham already takes a closer look at the 100 bottles of champagne he has just won for the fastest lap during the British GP weekend in Brands Hatch 1966

Lotus 43-BRM H16 of Jim Clark

Race winner John Surtees is interviewed by the Austrian journalist Heinz Prueller after the 1966 Belgium Grand Prix

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Jim Clark, energetic and expressive, Belgium 1966.

French policemen guard the remains of Richard Holquist's (USA) Ford GT40 #1029 which was not repaired in time before the race started

Jackie Stewart drifts in his BRM P261 through Tarzan corner

BRM manager Tony Rudd and his hooded driver Jackie Stewart dicuss the reliability of the BRM P83 which retires in the race with a fuel leak

Start of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza 1966

Cooper-Maserati driver Richie Ginther

The winning Ford Mk II #1046 driven by Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Chris Amon (NZ)

Jim Clark on the grid before the start, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

No, it's not Amon here - a bulky film camera is attached to actor James Garner's F1 vehicle for racing action in John Frankenheimer's awarded motion picture GRAND PRIX from 1967.

Jim Clark during practice session, Monza 1966

Race winner Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 leads in front of Denny Hulme in a Brabham-Repco BT20 and Clark on Lotus, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1966

Richard Attwood at the Karussel in the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari Dino 206S (006) that he shared with David Piper during the 1966 Nurburgring 1000 Kms

McLaren M2B-Ford V8 of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, with team owner and driver Bruce McLaren and team manager Teddy Mayer

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

Pedro Rodriguez, GP Monaco 1967

Jim Clark in pits in his Lotus 49 Cosworth V8, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1967

John Rhodes in his 1.3 Mini Cooper S, becoming second placed after 19 laps in the 1300cc class of the British Saloon Car Championship (9th overall), Silverstone 1967

Helen Stewart and Bette Hill

An exhausted mechanic takes a nap at night during the 24hrs Le Mans 1967

Holman & Moody's destroyed Ford sports cars besides the Le Mans track: the Mk IV J7, driven Lucien Bianchi (B) and Mario Andretti (USA), after an accident in lap 188 and in front if it lies the Ford Mk IIB 1031 of Frank Gardner (AUS) and Roger McCluskey (USA) which retires after 179 laps in another accident

Porsche mechanics try to reveal the cause of spilled oil on the engine bonnet of the Porsche 906 156 driven by Gerhard Koch (D) and Christian Poirot (F)

Jochen Rindt, currently second in his Cooper-Maserati under pressure from Jim Clark, Lotus, and Denny Hulme, Brabham

The new 3-liters Ford Cosworth DFV V8 engine

Lotus drivers Jim Clark (center) and Graham Hill with Walter Hayes, public relations executive for Ford

Chris Amon, Ferrari 312/67 V12, Monaco Grand Prix, 1967

Rolf Stommelen (D) and Jochen Neerpasch (D) on Porsche 910 016 S-ZL 693 close behind their colleagues in the other 910

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

Holman & Moody's destroyed Ford sports cars besides the Le Mans track: the Mk IV J7, driven Lucien Bianchi (B) and Mario Andretti (USA), after an accident in lap 188 and in front the Ford Mk IIB 1031 of Frank Gardner (AUS) and Roger McCluskey (USA) which retires after 179 laps in another accident

Brabham-Repco cockpit, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 1967

Hugenholzbocht corner exit: Jochen Rindt drives wide in his Cooper-Maserati

Jim Clark

John Surtees (GB) in the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101

Steve Neal of Equipe Arden on an Austin Cooper 'S'

Denny Hulm, Brabham-Repco

The delighted winner Dan Gurney

Holman & Moody's destroyed Ford sports cars besides the Le Mans track: the Mk IV J7, driven Lucien Bianchi (B) and Mario Andretti (USA), after an accident in lap 188 and in front if it lies the Ford Mk IIB 1031 of Frank Gardner (AUS) and Roger McCluskey (USA) which retires after 179 laps in another accident

The engine compartment of a Ford GT40, driven by Edward Nelson (GB) and Peter de Klerk (ZA) during the 1000km Nuerburgring 1967

Jochen Rindt (Austrian journalist Heinz Prueller in background)

Jim Clark, Lotus 49, leads Denny Hulme’s BRM and Dan Gurney’s Eagle-Weslake at the end of the main straight. Clark later retires, Gurney leads and breakes down, leaving Hulme to win.

Keith Duckworth checks the setting on his Cosworth engine, Jim Clark and Colin Chapman walk to pits

Steve Neal of Equipe Arden on an Austin Cooper 'S'

Porsche mechanics have a break on the pitwall

Bruce McLaren poses with his sponsor Dunlop's advertising ladies, 24h Le Mans 1967

Steve Neal of Equipe Arden on an Austin Cooper 'S'

ADAC 1000km Nuerburgring: Mike Garton pushes his and Patrick McNally's Marcos Mini GT of Marcos Racing Ltd. through the pitlane, later gaining first position in group P1.3

Dutch Grand Prix 1967: Jim Clark with laurel wreath in the victorious Lotus 49 with the new Ford-Cosworth V8 engine.

Jim Clark, Lotus Ford-Cosworth DFV V8

Denny Hulme, Brabham-Repco BT20, Monaco Grand Prix 1967

Graham Hill suffers a suspension failure and severely damages his Lotus-Cosworth 49 car at the end of practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone 1967. Colin Chapman is watching the scenery.

Porsche race director Husche von Hanstein (with white hat) looks on as mechanics attend the 7th place class winning Vic Elford/Ben Pon Porsche 906 (154) at Le Mans 1967. In the background one of the factory Porsche 907s races by.

Bernard Cahier with Jack Brabham

Jochen Rindt, GP Monaco 1968

Jochen Rindt in a Brabham-Repco, Spa-Francorchamps, 1968

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren-Cosworth M7A brakes hard into "La Source" curve leading Rodriguez (BRM) and Ickx (Ferrari) during the Belgium GP 1968

Jim Clark on the grid before the start for a Formula 2 event at Hockenheim 1968

Oliver leading Hill

Winner Denny Hulme (leftm with the trophy) and Jacky Ickx, 1st and 3rd of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, 1968

Graham Hill after retiring with technical problems, Belgium GP 1968

Jochen Rindt, German GP Nuerburgring 1968

An accident during practice made the Porsche 910 of Ignazio Capuano (I) and Ferdinando Latteri (I) an interesting studies object for the sicilian spectators, a pickup truck helps to tow it out of the field

Jo Siffert on Lotus-Cosworth 49 receives a new visor from retired team mate Graham Hill whilst Piers Courage overtakes on BRM P126 during the French GP in Rouen 1968

Pit stop end of Albert Cognet (F) and Roger Riviere (F) on a Porsche 904 GTS entered by Albert Cognet

Moments before the start: View from Graham Hill's Lotus, 9th on the grid

John Wyer looks at his timekeeper

The British journalist and author John Blunsden shakes hands with 'Il Commendatore' Enzo Ferrari, Monza 1968

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French Matra driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise drifting through trainstation corner

Jo Siffert in his Lotus has just stoped for borrowing a dry visor from retired Graham Hill. John Surtees in his Honda is passing the pair.

Mario Casoni (I) and Giampiero Biscaldi (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-026 in front of Jean-Pierre Nicolas's (F) and Jean-Claude Andruet's (F) Alpine A210 Renault #1725

Jackie Stewart plows the puddles on the Nuerburgring with the Matra-Cosworth MS10, on his way to achieve his greatest Grand Prix victory: four minutes ahead second placed Graham Hill

Jacky Ickx (B) shows his strategy to a journalist

Ferdinand Piech (in suit on pit wall) watches a pitstop of the Porsche 908/2 010 #264 driven by Rudi Lins (A) and Gerard Larrousse (F)

Pit stop of the Fiat-Abarth 1000 OT of Enzo Buzzetti (I) and Walter Dona (I)

Jean-Pierre Beltoise follows Graham Hill to the Casino square, Monaco GP 1969.

Bruce McLaren, McLaren Ford-Cosworth, Nurburgring Grand Prix, 1969

Later third placed Porsche 908/02 015 S-M 2553 of Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) on its grid place

Ferdinand Piech looks into the cockpit of a piting Porsche

Jackie Stewart, together with his wife Helen, enjoys his victory at the French Grand Prix, 1969

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) drive the Porsche 908/02 018 in practice only

Second placed Porsche 908/02 013 of Vic Elford (GB) and Umberto Maglioli (I)

The grid shortly before the start

Vic Elford's helmet and shoes

Willy Kauhsen (D) and Karl von Wendt (D) on Porsche 908/02 011

Jo Siffert's winning Porsche 917 009 receives a large sip of fuel

Angus Clydesdale's (GB) and Edgar Berney's (CH) slightly damaged Chevron B8 BMW becomes 24th placed

Denny Hulme.

Roger Nathan (GB) and Mike Beckwith (GB) drove this Astra RNR1 Climax entered by Roger Nathan Racing to 23rd position

Bruce McLaren, McLaren-Ford, Monaco 1967

British driver Piers Courage in a Brabham-Ford entered by Frank Williams

Bruce McLaren sits in his McLaren-Cosworth M7C. He had qualified for the 11th starting position and his wife Pat seems to show him the right way to the front row of the grid before the start, Monaco Grand Prix, 1969.

Nina Rindt keeping the time for her husband at the British GP in Silverstone

Sally Courage jokes around in pits Bruce McLaren, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1969

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) with the Matra mechanics behind the Matra MS650 0

During an exchange of drivers Jo Siffert (CH) speaks with his team mate Brian Redman (GB)

Chris Amon (NZ) sits in the Ferrari 312 P #0870

Second placed Porsche 908/02 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Brian Redman (GB). A scanned print of Rainer's 1st zoom, Targa Florio, 1969.

Ferdinand Piech, Ferry Porsche and Huschke von Hanstein

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: Richard Attwood (GB) and Brian Redman (GB) on David Piper Racing's Porsche 917K 010

Jackie Stewart enjoys a large sip of champagne after his victory at the French GP 1969

Pedro Rodriguez on a high-winged BRM P126 passes a pitting McLaren on the straight, Monaco Grand Prix 1969

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: Laurel on the winning Porsche 917 009 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) entered by Freiherr von Wendt

Jo Siffert's helmet on a Porsche 908

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver

Porsche's Ferdinand Piech and Helmut Bott wait on the pitwall

Tartaruga's Porsche P908/2L 028 #20 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) retires with an oil leak after 60 laps

Mario Andretti (USA) and Chris Amon (NZ) – in the cockpit – discuss the setup of the Ferrari 312 P #0870 with their engineers at pits

Tartaruga's Porsche P908/2L 028 #20 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) retires with an oil leak after 60 laps

Some Porsche cars wait in laine on grid

Fans on the Le Mans main grandstand watch the sportscar battle

The winning Porsche 917 009 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Nino Vaccarella (with his family?)

Graham Hill cross-steering his Lotus-Cosworth 49B through Copse corner, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1969

More or less cool Ferrari drivers Mario Andretti (I) and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX), both did not finish the 1000km Monza race.

Graham Hill, Lotus

Brian Redman (GB)

Jochen Rindt helps his pit crew, Silverstone 1969

The Porsche 911T of Claude Ballot-Lena (F) and Guy Chasseuil (F) passes the Porsche pits with all tools put in order for the next operation

The grid before the start of the 1000kms Monza

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) jumps with his Ferrari 312P 0870 at 'Flugplatz' on the Nuerburgring Nordschleife, 1000km Nuerburgring 1969

Pedro Rodriguez borrows Siffert's helmet

Jacky Ickx, Brabham, folowed by Rindt, Lotus, French GP 1969

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver. Behind the Alpine-Renault of Henri Grandsire and Jean-Claude Andruet

Porsche 356SC of Italian drivers "Wilson" and Domenico Patti, Targa Florio 1969

Jochen Rind, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Heavy technical operations on the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 spark plugs

Jochen Rindt in pits with his wife Nina during his last practice session on Saturday, Monza 1970

Vic Elford in his Porsche 917

Vic Elford, 24h Le Mans, 1970

Corrado Manfredini (I) and Gianpiero Moretti (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032 in front of Guy Verrier (F) and Sylvain Garant (F) on Porsche 911 TH

Ronnie Peterson kneels next to Tyrrell driver Johnny Servoz-Gavin

Jackie Stewart in his cockpit

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

The Swedish newcomer Ronnie Peterson drives his March Ford-Cosworth 701 through the La Source hairpin

Second placed team of Gerard Larrousse (F, at the wheel) and Willy Kauhsen (D) in the Porsche 917L #043 entered by Martini International Racing Team

A young fan takes not too much care about the cordon around the Ferrari 512 S #1018

Mexican BRM driver Pedro Rodriguez at the La Source hairpin

Jacky Ickx (B) yawns his tension away before the start

Arturo Merzario (I) on Abarth 3000 SP

A PR lady relaxes besides the tyre truck

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Chris Amon, March, passes the Hotel de Paris, Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

Jackie Oliver (GB) at the wheel of the Ickx/Oliver Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

The Helmut Marko (A) / Rudi Lins (A) Porsche 908/02 LH #005 entered by Martini International Racing Team gain third position at finish

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 701, Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps 1970

During the early laps Pedro Rodriguez' BRM leads Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari and Jackie Stewart' March while they approach towards the Parabolica

This Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1012 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Peter Schetty (CH) and Jacky Ickx (B)

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Championship leader Jochen Rindt and his Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman on the grid

The winning Porsche 917K of Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann

Jack Brabham with his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 still behind Chris Amon's March-Cosworth 701

Italian driver Andrea de Adamich during practice at the 1970 Hockenheim GP in his McLaren M14D which competed at 6 GPs, in this particular event not with the usual Ford-Cosworth engine but an Alfa Romeo V8 engine

Piers Courage in his De Tomaso Ford-Cosworth 505

Mary and Vic Elford

Jean-Pierre Beltoise seats into the Matra-Simca MS120, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1970

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in his Porsche 908/03 011, 1000 km Nurburgring, 1970

Ausrian driver Jochen Rindt, Lotus

Enzo Ferrari with journalist Franco Lini former team manager of the Scuderia

Brit Brian Redman, one of the best allrounders of all times, drove the de Tomaso 505 only in England and Austria as substitute driver for Piers Courage who died shortly before in an accident in the Dutch GP, Zandvoort

John Surtees (GB) sits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

The start field taks the first corner at Monza

The start field at Brands Hatch

Rolf Stommelen (D) - at the wheel - and Piers Courage (GB) love to jump with the Alfa Romeo T33/3 #75080-004 until a shock absorber failure forces them to retire

Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Before the start of the 1970 1000kms Monza

Porsche 908/2 #56 driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) / Gerhard Koch (D) becomes sixth placed

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, winner of the Austrian Grand Prix

24h Le Mans 1970: Ferrari pit-stop

Battle on the track of the winning Porsche 917K 016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) which overtakes the Abarth 2000S of Johannes Ortner (A) and Mario Casoni (I)

Race leader Jochen Rindt, Lotus, closely followed by both Ferraris of Ickx and Regazzoni and Amon's March

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps, 1970: Jack Brabham (Brabham) in front of Jackie Oliver (BRM), Ronnie Peterson (March) and Henri Pescarolo (Matra)

Tyrrell team-mates Francois Cevert and Jackie Stewart

The Porsche 917L #042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), did not finish the race

Jochen Rindt in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49C

Jackie Stewart talks with his team mate Francois Cevert and team boss Ken Tyrrell prior to the 1971 Italian GP in Monza

Jo Siffert during a practice session in the later second placed Porsche 908/03 013 of Pedro Rodriguez

Pedro Rodriguez' Porsche 908/03 #013 is being serviced

Winner for Alfa Romeo, Henri Pescarolo (F), BOAC, 1000 km Brands Hatch, 1971

Vic Elford's and Gérard Larrousse's Porsche 917K on the grid before he start of the 1000 km Spa 1971

Winning team Vic Elford (GB, at the wheel) and Gérard Larrousse (F) on Porsche 908/03 #008 entered by International Martini Racing Team

Ronnie Peterson on March-Cosworth 711, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1971

Princess Gracia Patricia de Monaco, Grace Kelly

Ronnie Peterson, March. Next to him Robin Herd, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1971

A french policeman guards the pitlane entry opposite the main grandstand

Jacky Ickx (B) in the second placed Ferrari 312 PB #0878

The later 8th placed Porsche 908/02 in the middle of the start field, entered by Ernst Kraus (D), driven by Dieter Basche (D) and Ernst Kraus (D)

The North American Racing Team Ferrari 512M driven by the US drivers Sam Posey/Tony Adamowicz, 24h Le Mans, 1971

24h Le Mans 1971: A rolling start is going to be put into practice for the first time at the Le Mans 24 hours 1971: By going into the formation lap behind a safety car at the front of the field are the Martini-Porsche 917LH #042 (No 21) driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB), followed by the polesetting Gulf-Porsche 917LH #043 (No 18) driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Jackie Oliver (GB).

Race winners Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Richard Attwood (GB) celebrate their victory for Porsche, 1000 km Zeltweg, Austria, 1971

Nina, wife of Jochen Rindt, and Helen, wife of Jackie Stewart

Herbert Muller (CH) leaves his damaged Ferrari 512M #1044 on the track after 17 laps only

24h Le Mans 1971: Swiss driver Jo Siffert (at the wheel) and Derek Bell drive the Porsche 917L 045 of the John Wyer's Gulf team

Jackie Stewart in his Tyrrell cockpit

A Mercedes leads the formation lap before the start

Helen Stewart on the podium in between Amon (left) and her husband Jackie Stewart, the race winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, 1971

Jo Siffered besides John Wyer's serviced Porsche 917K 014/029

Eventual winner of 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans: Porsche 917K no. 22 driven by Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep.

An exhausted but happy Vic Elford on the track after the 1000km race which he won for International Martini Racing Team together with GÈrard Larrousse, with a deserved bottle of champagne and the golden laurel around his neck

Rolf Stommelen (D)

Helmut Marko (A) sits ready in the Porsche 908/03 007

Team boss John Wyer on the grid besides the Porsche 917K 014/029 driven by Jo Siffert and Derek Bell before he start of the 1000 km Spa 1971

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda notes the lap times

Pat McNally with Pedro Rodriguez. Betweenn both Rodriguez' European female accompanist

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

Ronnie Peterson (S) chats with Ferrari team mate Brian Redman (GB)

Ronnie Peterson, March driver

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Mario Andretti (USA) gets the rear view mirror of the winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888 cleaned

View from the grandstand: Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi takes the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama 1972

Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart having fun together, French Grand Prix, 1972

Jacky Ickx puts his helmet on

Jacky Ickx (B), 2nd on the grid in the Ferrari 312 PB #0882 cockpit

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908L 026 #60 driven by Reinhold Joest (D) / Michel Weber (D) gains third place

Winner Jacky Ickx, 2nd Clay Regazzoni, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish and 3rd Ronnie Peterson of March

Arturo Merzario, Ferrari 312B2, German GP 1972

6h Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Winner Jacky Ickx (B), Ferrari 312 PB

Fans take a ride on a retal lorry

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Mario Andretti (USA), Ferrari

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Cosworth 72D, German GP 1972

Ronnie Peterson (S) chats with Ferrari team mate Brian Redman (GB)

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Mario Andretti (USA), Ferrari

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B2 , German GP 1972

Derek Bell (GB) smiles for a souvenir photo

Jacques Cochet's (CH) Lola T290 Ford HU11 on a rainy grid

Race winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise on BRM P160B, Grand Prix Monaco, 1972

Jackie Stewart receiving technical help from his mechanic Jo Ramirez

A warning sign in a private Lamborghini car

Drivers women at the Penske pits, Can-Am race, Watkins Glen (USA), 1972

Tim Schenken (AUS) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Mario Andretti (USA) in the winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888

A thoughtful Jackie Stewart before the lost Italian GP 1972 in Monza

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Jackie Stewart poses for an advertising shooting with his wife Helen

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, driven by Derek Bell (GB), Teddy Pilette (B), at the wheel, and Richard Bond (GB)

Jackie Stewart poses for an advertising shooting with his wife Helen (right) and a promotional girl, Monaco Grand Prix, 1972

Denny Hulme relaxes in pits. He will finish third in his McLaren-Cosworth M19C, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1972

McLaren camping site, French GP 1972

Patrick Depailler

A kind warning besides the highway

A lonely cigarette in the pits of the Porsche 908/01L 013 entered by Siffert ATE Racing

Helmut Marko, BRM P153B, Monaco GP 1972

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

Chris Amon.

John Fitzpatrick at the wheel of the Mass/Fitzpatrick Ford Capri

Clearing work after the first lap and the mass crash following the start of the 1973 British Grand Prix in Silverstone

François Cevert

Ford's race director Mike Kranefuss keeps the times

Spanish Grand Prix, Montjuich Park, Barcelona: Swede Ronnie Peterson, the new Lotus driver in 1973.

Race winner Jackie Stewart, sitting on the Tyrrell-Cosworth 006, is being warmly welcomed after the race by the cheering media and team members

Ford drivers Jackie Stewart and Jochen Mass

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Muller (CH) drove the Martini Racing Team Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0686 R7 to fourth position

James Hunt, Austrian GP 1973

Jochen Mass (D) jumps with the Ford Capri RS

Under the eyes of Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, Helena Fittipaldi and Barbro Peterson keep the times of their husbands

Nora Tyrrell, a valuable timekeeper in casual smart dress

Clearing work after one lap and the mass crash following the start of the 1973 British GP in Silverstone

Later race winner Ronnie Peterson listens to Lotus team manager Peter Warr besides the Lotus-Cosworth 72E, French GP, Paul Ricard, 1973

Clearing work after one lap and the mass crash following the start of the 1973 British GP in Silverstone

Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 72E

Starting from pole position Ronnie Peterson takes the lead in his Lotus with Ickx (Ferrari No 3) chasing and then Hulme (No 7), Cevert and Reutemann (No 10)

Emerson Fittipaldi drifts with the Lotus-Cosworth 72E, British GP, Silverstone, 1973

Ferrari drivers Brian Redman and Merzario

Helena, wife of Emerson Fittipaldi

Race mechanic Jo Ramirez listens to Francois Cevert in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 006, Belgian GP Zolder 1973

Ronnie Peterson took off into lead at the start with Stewart in 2nd place being chased by a fast-starting Pace and Cevert

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni in the jumping Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 11512-001. Carlo Facetti (I) was the 2nd driver to pilot the Alfa.

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) in the BMW 3.0 CSL

Clearing work after one lap and the mass crash following the start of the 1973 British GP in Silverstone

Arturo Merzario, Williams

In the closing laps leader Lauda, Ferrari, starts to slow with a puncture

Race winner Ronnie Peterson on Lotus-Cosworth 72E rather than the new 76, Monaco Grand Prix, 1974

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, during rainy practice session

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari, leads the field followed by Scheckter's Tyrrell and polesetter Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari who had a bad start. German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1974.

Alain Serpaggi (in the car) and Jacques Laffite, the drivers for team Ligier

David Purley cannot qualify with the Token-Cosworth RJ02 for the British GP 1974

Austrian Ferrari driver Niki Lauda in a good mood, surrounded by mechanics and team key people such as Forghieri and Montezemolo

Australian Tim Schenken in the Trojan T103 Ford-Cosworth designed by Ron Tauranac, the former team Brabham owner after Jack Brabham retired from racing at the end of 1970.

Belgian Teddy Pilette, one of the first 'sons' driving in F1 like the father who attended sporadically F1 races between 1951 and 1964. Sponsor Hitachi made it possible for him to drive the second works Brabham-Cosworth BT42 at his home Grand Prix.

German GP 1974: Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni in the descent after Pflanzgarten

German GP 1974: Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari leading Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell). Niki Lauda (Ferrari) had a bad start from pole position and had fallen back from 1st on the grid to 3rd.

Emerson Fittipaldi, French GP 1974

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312T

Jean-Pierre Jabouille in a Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth 007, Tyrrell's third car only here at the French Grand Prix. This was the single employment for the F2-star Jabouille in the year 1975.

James Hunt

1st appearance of the new Brabham with a Alfa Romeo flat-V12 engine at Paul Ricard cirquit, a test drive for the 1976 season.

Start of the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort: Niki Lauda, Ferrari in the lead, followed by Scheckter and Hunt

Ronnie Peterson sits in his Lotus. Team boss Colin Chapman watches the scene.

Niki Lauda

Singer and songwriter Austrian Udo Jurgens and Ferrari driver Niki Lauda, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1975

Harald Ertl (D) in his Hesketh 308, sponsored by Warsteiner

Race winner Niki Lauda in a Ferrari 312T, Monaco GP 1975

Bette Hill, Marlene and an injured Rolf Stommelen, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Scotsman Jim Crawford making his F1 debut in a Lotus 72E Ford-Cosworth. He also took part in the Italian Grand Prix the same year. These were the only two participations in F1 of his career.

USA-West GP: Gunnar Nilsson in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth

Rolf Stommelen sits in the 3rd Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 and talks to team boss Bernie Ecclestone, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1976

The three drivers Merzario, Ertl and Lunger had rescued Niki Lauda from his burning Ferrari at the Nuerburgring during the previous race two weeks before

The 1975 World Champion Niki Lauda slips into Fangio's silver arrow Mercedes, US Grand Prix West, Long Beach, 1976

Polesetter Swede Ronnie Peterson, March, takes the lead, followed by Hunt (McLaren), Watson (Penske no. 28), Andretti (black JPS Lotus) and Pryce, Shadow no. 16.

First and second of the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch: Winner James Hunt, and Niki Lauda

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi driving for his own team Copersucar Fittipaldi

James Hunt, McLaren

German GP 1976: Ferrari driver Niki Lauda during warm-up on Sunday morning

John Watson, Penske

First and second of the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch: Winner James Hunt, and Niki Lauda

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, on the grid

Winner of the British Grand Prix, James Hunt

Chris Amon, Ensign

Ickx' Williams, Monaco GP, 1976

Jacky Ickx, Walter Wolf Racing, Williams FW05

McLaren Ford-Cosworth M23, Brands Hatch, 1976

Damien Magee in the RAM Racing Brabham Ford-Cosworth BT44B, could not qualify for the 1976 French Grand Prix

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda. Next to him on the left side is Austrian journalist Helmut Zwickl. On the right Luca di Montezemolo and Piero Lardi Ferrari (brown T-shirt).

It rained before the race and everyone apart from Jochen Mass (McLaren, far right in front of Pace's Brabham no. 8) decided to use wet weather tires. At the start Regazzoni (out of the picture) took the lead while both Hunt (McLaren no. 11) and Lauda (Ferrari, behind Scheckter's Tyrrell no. 3) were slow away.

Emerson Fittipaldi in his Copersucar Fittipaldi-Ford

Carlos Pace, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45, after Pflanzgarten

Brabham's new BT45 with the Alfa Romeo's flat-12 engine. In the background the engine developer Carlo Chiti (Martini bonnet) and the team's Brazilian driver Carlos Pace.

Former F1 driver Innes Ireland in a 1930's Bugatti

James Hunt, McLaren Ford-Cosworth M23

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell-Ford P34, in the Lowes-hairpin

American icon and Hurst spokeswoman Linda Vaughn with her escort at the race track

The start field in the first chicane, Austrian GP 1977

Mario Andretti and Colin Chapman.

Ex-Beatle George Harrison

Belgian Patrick Neve in a Belle-Vue brewery sponsored March Ford-Cosworth from entrant Frank Williams

Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312 T2

Tyrrell driver, Frenchman Patrick Depailler, US Grand Prix West, Long Beach, 1977

The Wolf-Team practicing a pitstop, switching from wet to dry tyres.

AvD Rennsport trophy DRM race Grosser Preis von Deutschland, Hockenheim 1978, Division 2, Hans Heyer in the Mampe Ford Zakspeed Ford Capri III Turbo

Bruno "Jack O'malley", McLaren M26

Ronnie Peterson (Lotus) leading Patrick Depailler (Tyrrell) and John Watson (Brabham).

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Riccardo Patrese's Arrows leading the Ferrari of Gilles Villeneuve during practice

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British GP 1978: Clay Regazzoni, Shadow-Ford Cosworth

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell

A Renault at evening mood

Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T3

Both Ferraris of Carlos Reutemann (No. 11) and Gilles Villeneuve.

Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312 T3

The rear wing of Ronnie Peterson's Lotus showing 2st and 2nd places achieved so far during the 1978 season.

Last attempt to get a race grid position for the non-qualifier Tony Trimmer, with a Melchester McLaren, at Brands Hatch 1978.

Rene Arnoux' Martini leading the field of backmarkers

Juan Pablo Montoya in front of his BMW teammate Ralf Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen - guess what he is thinking

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Juan Pablo Montoya in deep concentration

Arrows steering wheel

Rene Arnoux, Renault RE24

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312 T5

Juan Pablo Montoya preparing for Qualifying

Ligier driver and frenchman Didier Pironi seemed to have everything under control in the race but on lap 55 he crashed coming out of Casino Square due to a gearbox problem

Mark Webber heading to his pits on three wheels after being touched by Ralf Schumacher

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312T5

Pit stop of Juan Pablo Montoya

Jarno Trulli discussing with Race Director Charlie Whiting

Alan Jones in the Williams (car No. 27), starts from pole position. The two Renault-Turbo's of JP Jabouille (No. 15) and R Arnoux are closely behind.

The 1980 Spanish GP was declared a non-championship event after it was run. Winner was Alan Jones, 2nd Jochen Mass (left), 3rd Elio de Angelis (rigth).

The second pit stop of Giancarlo Fisichella (clutch problems?)

Jody Scheckters Ferrari passes the Bistroquet Bar, Monaco GP 1980

Williams driver Alan Jones in the lead, close behind him are both Renault's of Jabouille (no. 15) and Arnoux, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1980

Rene Arnoux celebrates his first ever Grand Prix victory

Two mechanics working at the rear of Elio de Angelis' Lotus Ford-Cosworth.

Ferrari team-mates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi

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Carlos Reutemann, Williams Ford-Cosworth FW 07C, speeding out of "Bosch-Kurve"

Juan Pablo Montoya joking with sheikh's

Brazilian Nelson Piquet celebrates his 3rd place at the Long Beach Grand Prix, the 1981 season opener.

Hector Rebaque concentrates before the race

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 126 CK

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Cosworth

Italian Alfa Romeo driver Bruno Giacomelli

The 1980 World Championship winning team Williams with (f.l.t.r.) engineer Frank Dernie, Frank Williams and Alan Jones

Gilles Villeneuve, fatal accident, Zolder (B), 1982

Jenson Button of BAR braking into the first corner

Michael Schumacher celebrates his 200th Grand Prix with his mechanics

Nigel Mansell, Lotus

Cristiano da Matta speeding through last corner

Jarno Trulli dancing in the parc ferme

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Nelson Piquet on 1.5 t/c Brabham-BMW BT52B

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Nelson Piquet's Brabham-BMW cockpit

Takuma Sato pitting in

Ferrari 126C4 V6 turbo engine, preseason test at Imola, Italy, 1984

Ferrari 126C4 V6 turbo engine, preseason test at Imola, Italy, 1984

Benetton had just signed a sponsorship deal with the Toleman team and Teo Fabi was able to achive pole position in an improved car, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1985

Alain Prost, McLaren TAG-Porsche

David Coulthard producing smoke

Jacky Ickx (B)/Jochen Mass (D), Rothmans Porsche 962C, 24h Le Mans, 1985

Ivan Capelli on AGS-Motori Moderni retires with a tyre puncture after 31 laps of the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1986

Alain Prost waiting in his McLaren cockpit, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1986

Fernando Alonso pitting out

First of four pitstops of Michael

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren Mercedes

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German Zakspeed driver Christian Danner

Christian Klien of Jaguar

Jarno Trulli making his usual stretches

Helmet fits perfectly ...

Michael Schumacher on his flying victory

In the 1989 season Yamaha entered F1 with a V8 engine for the Zakspeed 891, a car designed by Gustav Brunner. Schneider was able to qualify for the race, while Suzuki failed to pre-qualify, Brazilian Grand Prix, Rio de Janeiro, 1989.

Juan Pablo Montoya of BMW.Williams

Briton Johnny Herbert, Benetton, had recovered from his heavy F3000 accident at Brands Hatch, August 1988.

Michael Schumacher curbing

Race leader Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, in pits

Race winner Ayrton Senna and third placed Gerhard Berger spray champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix, 1990

Antonio Pizzonia of BMW Williams loosing the fight against Michael Schumacher

A zoomy Christian Klien

Juan Pablo Montoya missing the stopping place

Ralf Schumacher passing the giant wheel opposite the pits

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Championship leader Nigel Mansell, Williams-Renault FW14B

Brazilian Grand Prix, 1993

Austrian Gerhard Berger, Ferrari, Monaco Grand Prix, 1993

The tifosi on Imola's fan hill build shelters against the rain

Michael Schumacher and his team boss Jean Todt are delighted after the 2nd victory of the season for Ferrari, Belgian Grand Prix, 1996

Eddie Irvine, Jaguar

John Surtees

Dan Gurney

Ralf and Michael Schumacher on their way to drivers parade on Sunday morning, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa, 2001

Michael Schumacher

The last F1 race for Austrian Patrick Friesacher, Minardi, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 2005

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Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya

Ralf Schumacher pitting in the rain

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Sergio Perez ejects from his stop at Sauber pits

Bernie Ecclestone answers questions to the international media

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button of McLaren poses for the photographers during the drivers presentation

Mark Webber inspects his Red Bull-Renault on grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

German drivers Timo Glock and Michael Schumacher walk to the drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone congratulates Sauber CEO Monisha Kaltenborn subsequently to her 41st birthday

Photographers wait for the race cars to enter the pitlane - Narain Karthikeyan of HRT is their subject

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Raikkonen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen gets out of his race car in parc ferme after the race

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher walk to the FIA scales after qualifying

Pit stop of Felipe Massa

Media party on top of the Red Bull Energy Station, situated on a pontoon in the harbour, with a great view at Monaco's skyline

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his fiancee Nicole Scherzinger leave the paddock on Saturday afternoon

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The start field approaches turn one with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the lead, followed by Maldonado of Williams and Vettel of Red Bull

The start field widens after one lap

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna and Daniel Ricciardo walk to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jacky Ickx stands on the grid between TAG Heuer's Mansour Ojjeh and Sir Jackie Stewart

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT returns to pits after his incident with Rosberg

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, walks in the pitlane with his physiotherapist Mark Arnall

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Tyre exchange for Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus pits

Lunchtime before the race on Red Bull's Energy Station

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing comes to pits

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari arrives in the paddock

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing takes a big pull from the bottle of champagne on the podium

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone answers former F1 driver and Sky representative Martin Brundle's questions on the grid

Sebastian Vettel congtulates race winner Fernando Alonso - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds after the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates with the grid girls in parc ferme

Timo Glock, Marussia Racing

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari sprays champagne on the podium

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of two Sauber race cars

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

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Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Jenson Button's fiance Jessica Michibata waits with John Button besides the grid until Jenson returns from drivers parade

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren sprays champagne after the podium ceremony

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, prepares on the grid

Daniel Ricciardo of Australia in the Toro Rosso-Ferrari

A happy McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh caresses his winning driver Lewis Hamilton on the podium

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Felipe Massa practises at Ferrari pits

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham, emits sparks on the curb

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, passes his pit board

Kimi Raikkonen, Eric Boullier and Romain Grosjean welcome a Renault VIP guest on Sunday before the race

Interview on the grid with Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the race

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, approaches the tunnel part of pitlane exit

Vettel's race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Mark Webber places the Red Bull-Renault at its grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

During the press conference on Thursday laughers shake Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa of HRT, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Force India's Nico Huelkenberg, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Red Bull sponsor Pepe Jeans on the side pod of a race car

After one lap pf the race, Fernando Alonso keeps his position in front of Sebastian Vettel

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vetteln and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid right hand

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

The start field squeezes through turn one, race cars touch each other

Local hero Mark Webber of RBR is interviewed whilst giving autographs on Sunday morning

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sprays champagne on the podium

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg admires his matching comparison with his father in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

A happy pole setter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren after qualifying

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet with new design in place for the photographers

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After a collision with Bruno Senna, Felipe Massa has to give up and returns to pits

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Fernando Alonso receives congrats from (later second placed) Jenson Button

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Felipe Massa comes to Ferrari pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The start field approaches turn one with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in the lead, followed by Maldonado of Williams and Vettel of Red Bull

Legendary F1 drivers Jacky Ickx and Sir Jackie Stewart

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, in front of Schumacher and Senna

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Flexible air hoses in the storage area

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, walks along the cars in parc ferme after qualification session

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

The start field of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 squeezes through turns one and two - Ferrari's Alonso in the lead in front of Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado, chased by two Lotus-Renaults, Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari and the two Mercedes works cars

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso's first stop at Ferrari pits

Architect Hermann Tilke chats with former F1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the Ferrari race cars

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sprays champagne on the podium

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso, behind Rosberg and Senna

Happy about his second grid position, Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi chats with his physio Jo Leberer and caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann before the race

Making his way to drivers presentation on a golf caddy, Sebastian Vettel sits between Getty photographer Mark Thompson and his personal assistant Britta Roeske

Timo Glock of Marussia poses for the photographers at drivers presentation

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost on the grid in Abu Dhabi

Local hero Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing has finished his posing for the photographers

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his fiancee Nicole Scherzinger leave the paddock on Saturday afternoon

Felipe Massa rides the Ferrari wide out

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg manages to squeeze in front of Vettel and Grosjean at the start

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver during the podium ceremony

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on his flying lap

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, retires besides the track

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates his achievement with the team in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Zoom of Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren sprays champagne on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Jenson Button, McLaren, prepares on the grid

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

Charles Pic, Marussia

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren receives congrats from his father Anthony for achieving pole position on Hungary's grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Moko presents the first copy of Rainer Schlegelmilch's opulent new editorial book - 660 pages, 6 kilos and more than 1500 photos from 50 years - to come out in October in your near book store.

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP returns to pits after his incident with Karthikeyan

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel talks with his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin of Red Bull Racing on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen return from drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado is reversed to Williams pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Several marshals and FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein take care of Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Fernando Alonso ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Robber marbles on the tyre collected by a Red Bull-Renault after the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton chats with McLaren's former technical director Adrian Newey, who now thinks for Red Bull Racing

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing receives congratulations from second placed Rosberg in parc ferme after the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel cools the brakes of his Red Bull Racing car himself in parc ferme

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

The annual season starting photo session with a group shot of all drivers together

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton at the front row of the grid

Grosjean's damaged Lotus-Renault is returned after the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A grid girls holds a Spanish banner

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified team mate Jenson Button on his left side and Ferrari's Felipe Massa as third on the grid on right hand

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A chequered flag on a grid girl's toe

Lewis Hamilton's fans cheer with a 'la ola' for their idol on a roofed stand during the qualifying's rain break

Jenson Button of McLaren chats with Mercedes' technical director Geoff Willis

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads Alonso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Mercedes' Schumacher in front of Vettel and Raikkonen

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as third on the grid right hand

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievements on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren returns to paddock after his race car retires in leading position after 19 laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glockwalk together to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is interviewed after qualifying

Pastor Maldonado comes to Williams pits

Sir Jackie Stewart jokes around on the grid with Jacky Ickx and Mansour Ojjeh

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pit stop of Pastor Maldonado, Williams

After one lap of the race, Alonso on Ferrari leads Red Bull's Webber

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Butterfly chaser Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing, in front of Schumacher

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel is reversed to Red Bull Racing pits after the session

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at pit lane exit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Local hero Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing poses for the photographers

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing and his team mate Sebastian Vettel spray champagne on the podium

Felipe Massa of Ferrari in front of Red Bull's Mark Webber

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Raikkonen and Webber

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The followers a led by Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Vettel's pitwall board signals a large gap to pole setter Lewis Hamilton

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is prepared on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, ejects from pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Jenson Button on the grid before the race

Race winner Mark Webber walks towards his car with the champagne bottle after the podium ceremony

During a rainy practice session, Fernando Alonso slides off the track in his Ferrari

A pit lane marshal of Abu Dhabi

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, at the tunnel exit

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, enters the straight at the end of the session

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

After a collision with Hulkenberg, Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber returns to pits with a broken front wing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrar gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Parc ferme after qualifying

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Photographers now keep more distance to Kimi Raikkonen on the grid. He and Schumacher greet each other...

Three German drivers walk to drivers parade - Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Nico Huelkenberg

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton comes to McLaren pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean's Lotus Renault is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Formula One Group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Button

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, jumps over the curbs

A happy looking Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber F1 Team CEO, on a sunny grid

Mario Andretti, Formula One World Champion 1978, is interviewed on the grid in Montreal

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

BMW.WilliamsF1 FW27 launch

Dancing mechanics performing a colourful ballet around the Red Bull racing car

Ralf Schumacher in pits

His Royal Highness Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain.

Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo meets oriental VIPs

Nico Rosberg's stop at Williams' pits

Lewis Hamilton parks at parc ferme after gaining third grid position

Jackie Stewart (Formula 1 World Champion in 1969, 1971 and 1973) with his wife Helen

Bernie Ecclestone leans over Emerson Fittipaldi's (Formula 1 World Champion in 1972 and 1974) Lotus 72

Jean Todt and a Ferrari mechanic look after a tumbled colleague after Kimi's pit stop

McLaren mechanics and engineers prepare Kovalainen's car

Special guest Maria Teresa de Filippis surrounded by Red Bull Unas. The legendary italian female racing driver was the first woman to compete in a Formula 1 Grand Prix, in Spa 1958 in a Maserati.

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at pit lane exit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of the new Silverstone landmark

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, pointing at his steering wheel

Michael Schumacher performs a regular stop at Mercedes GP ppits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates with his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Condensation trails stick to Hamilton's rear wings

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of Barrichello and Massa

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel got the yellow glasses from a fan

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher serves a stop-n-go penalty at Mercedes GP pits for coming together with Kobayashi, Ron Meadows takes the 10 seconds

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari raises his trophy on the podium

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari kisses his deserved trophy on the podium

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP, leading Schumacher and Alguersuari

Second placed Sebastian Vettel greets the world from parc ferme

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Alonso rushes away from Ferrari pits in order to overtake Vettel who is still in the pitting

Sauber's Sergio Perez poses with a happy fan

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid

Alsonso missed the drivers parade truck and runs after his colleagues

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso transverses over the curbs behind Webber's spray

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A friendly chat between Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, team boss Christian Horner, driver Sebastian Vettel and FIA's F1 delegate Charlie Whiting

Shortly before the race, Bernie Ecclestone gives last advise to polesetter Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, stays in front of Felipe Massa's Ferrari

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, brakes hard into turn one

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, retires with hydraulics issues

Moko shows his documentation tool

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of Michael Schumacher

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel answers questions of Niki Lauda

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Mercedes engineers use their notebooks besides Rosberg's car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, in front of Massa and Sutil

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Second placed Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing needs guidance to the FIA scales by Herbie Blash

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

On the grid before the race, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gets best wishes and a clap from his friend Bernie Ecclestone

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in parc ferme after the race

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus, stalls the engine at pit lane exit

Lewis Hamilton is lifted with a jack at McLaren pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes GP pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button is pushed by McLaren mechanics to his third grid posion

Pit stop of Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher lifts off Mercedes GP pits after changing from intermediate to super soft Pirelli pneus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Petrov's manager Oksana Kozachenko

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kinky Kylie's steering wheel (Vettel's Red Bull-Renault :)

Nico Rosberg ejects from a stop at Mercedes GP pits

Sebastian Vettel speaks into numerous microphones of the TV journalists

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, waves at the international media after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Brazilian drivers Bruno Senna and Rubens Barrichello stroll through the paddock after the drivers briefing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren carries his deserved trophy after the podium ceremony

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren, raises his trophy on the podium

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates with his mechanics besides parc ferme, covered by eager media representatives

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates on his way to parc ferme, closing his honoury lap

The F1 family celebrate their heroes on the podium together with the Hungarian fans - second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren race engineer Dave Robson, race winner Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

The start field after turning around the first corner

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits, changing from intermediate to super soft Pirelli pneus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

FIA's Formula One chief of medicine Dr. Gary Hartstein prepares for the next race (see http://www.motorsport-total.com/microsite/randstad/paddockpeople - german language only)

FIA's Formula One chief of medicine Dr. Gary Hartstein takes a break in the paddock (see http://www.motorsport-total.com/microsite/randstad/paddockpeople - german language only)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg brakes for a stop at Mercedes GP pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Exhausts and coolers are fitted to the Mercedes-Benz V8 engine

A hopeful message sticks on a Lotus-Renault's barge board

Second placed Sebastian Vettel congatulates race winner Jenson Button of McLaren in parc ferme

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on the podium after the Italian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Bruno Senna ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his 9th victory in this season, only one point away from World Championship

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel gives a champagne shower to second placed Jenson Button of McLaren during podium ceremony

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand third qualified McLaren's Jenson Button, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid on the left

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Bruno Senna ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, receives congratulations from his team mate Mark Webber after the race in parc ferme

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is interviewed after drivers parade

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curb

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Green lights for Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel ejects from a stop at Red Bull Racing pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps over the curb

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, in front of Ricciardo

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes the pit boards behind his team mate

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mercedes Grand Prix team boss Ross Brawn

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The safety car on tour for track inspection 15 minutes before practice session

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, kisses his trophy on the podium after winning the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Second qualifier Sebastian Vettel studdies his competitor's car in parc ferme

Bruno Senna end his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, in front of fellow countryman Vettel

Kinky Kylie's nose

Kinky Kylie's cockpit under surveillance of a spy

Renault's Bruno Senna faces the wrong direction after a spin

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jerome d'Ambrosio in a Virgin-Cosworth

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrates their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP with a new golden T-shirt edition

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, gives interviews before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Daniel Ricciardo on a HRT-Cosworth

After qualifying, the tyres of Petrov's Renault car smoke (after rolling through a puddle)

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Rosberg's Mercedes is serviced at Mercedes Grand Prix pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, receives congrats from second placed Lewis Hamilton on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing team after winning the F1 constructor championship

Is this a prancing horse or a red bull?

The radiator mascot of the 1929 'Stutz Pikes Peak Special'

Playing children run down the stairs of Jama Masjid

Legions of flower pots are watered so that the decoration of the circuit for the visitors viewing pleeasure is ensured

Clever transportation solutions can be seen on the way to the new circuit

A typical local transportation vehicle on its dusty way to the recently built race track

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

FIA president Jean Todt hispers into his son Nicola's ear

Busy mechanics make space on the grid for Webbers arriving Red Bull-Renault car

The large square in front of the Jama Masjid is crowded by believers and tourists

A young woman with a henna hand tattoo takes a photograph of Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir with her mobile phone

A statue of a serious looking Indian goddess

One of a billion three-wheeled tuk-tuks in the traffic

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, is in a good mood on Friday morning

Russian tyre promotion beauties shorten the waiting time before the race

Security controls in front of the entrance of the newest F1 circuit

The advertising key visual of the newest F1 circuit behind a security officer

Rickshaws everywhere

Policemen make a break

An "Emily" statue grows on the radiator of a historic Rolls Royce

Security controls guard the entrance to the circuit

A friendly looking Indian grid girl

Russian tyre promotion beauties take photographs of each other in the pitlane

Racing fans cheer on the grandstand during the drivers parade

Clever transportation solutions can be seen on the motorway to the new circuit

Covered women are carried on the load area of a lorry

Colourful scarfs, blankets and tissues are sold on the market by a smiling saleswoman

The drivers parade chauffeur for HRT's Narain Karthikeyan concentrates on his task

Children play on the square in front of the temple

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, enters the paddock with father John

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an interview after qualifying

A happy race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes enjoys to explain his achievent to the interviewers after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sutil's grid girl

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari flies over the curbs

Formula One legend Niki Lauda gives some pepper and salt in form of fond memories to the pictures in Rainer W. Schlegelmilch's new book 'The Roaring 70s'

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Green lights for Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP

Fabiana Flosi and a VIP greet Red Bull team boss Christian Horner on the grid

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls, waiting for the Formula One drivers besides the red carpet

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa of Ferrari listens to his race engineer Rob Smedley besides the grid

The stewardesses of the main sponsor Etihad airlines work as temporary grid girls

Sebastian Vettel's helmet from above

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, besides his team boss Christian Horner

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Local hero Bruno Senna of Renault

Fernando Alonso and Jerome d'Ambrosio climb on the drivers parade truck

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

All Formula One drivers pose for the annual season ending group shot

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel speaks with his Red Bull race engineer Rocquelin

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Icy eyes of Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Glitter on the nose of the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

The Red Bull Racing team prepares in the pitlane for the season's final group shot

Williams' Patrick Head at the pitlane command center

The other race drivers - Buemi, Alonso and Kovalainen - have finished the race and walk towards parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, puts his helmet on before the season's final race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone shows the direction of Formula One

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Glitter on the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil's father Jorge with his other son in the paddock

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The other race drivers - Rosberg and Alguersuari - have finished the race and walk towards parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, winner of the first Korean Grand Prix, 2010, celebrates his first wet race victory in parc ferme besides second placed Hamilton

The King of Spain arrives in his helicopter before the Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1979

Brazilian Nelson Piquet, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT48

Niki Lauda and Bernie Ecclestone of Brabham, Monaco 1979

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312 T4

Two cars fight in the rain at the beginning of the main straight

Drivers briefing before the start

'Gentleman driver' Tony Maggs offers fire to Innes Ireland. Jim Clark listens carefully to the drivers briefing, his face already plastered as protection against chafing.

Graham Hill on a BRM P57 no. 11 and Dan Gurney, Porsche 908 no. 7, side by side at the start for the German Grand Prix 1962

Masten Gregory has a smoking break

Winner Phil Hill in the Ferrari 246 SP leads the traffic jam after the Le Mans type start at the 1000km Nuerburgring 1962.

Bette Hill verifies the laptimes of her husband Graham

John Surtees, Le Mans 1963

Monza 1963: Dan Gurney on Brabham-Climax BT7 retires after 64 Grand Prix laps with fuel injection failure

A thoughtful Jim Clark during practice at the Grand Prix de Monaco 1963.

Pedro Rodriguez with his wife and a friend at the pits

Bruce McLaren, Cooper-Climax T66, Monaco GP 1963

Richie Ginther (USA) and Graham Hill (GB), who drove a Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation as 'Invited entry', were not classified.

Most probably a Porsche middle engine

Lap 78, the leader is out of the race: With the help of track marshals and officials Jimmy tries hard to get his Lotus with a locked up gearbox away of the track

Grand Prix de Monaco 1963: race leader Jim Clark drifts in his Lotus-Climax 25 around Gasometre curve.

Jim Clark, Belgium GP 1963

Kalman von Csazy (CH) and Karl Foitek (CH) drive the Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT to 30th place

Bette Hill keeps the times of her husband Graham, behind her sits BRM's team boss Tony Rudd

Phil Hill, plaster covers a stone chip lesion

Ferrari sporting director and chief designer Mauro Forghieri talks with the luckless Willy Mairesse in Ferrari pits

Dan Gurney in an Eagle-Weslake T1G takes the turn in front of Hotel de Paris, Grand Prix de Monaco 1964.

Pit stop of the Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ #750011 of Roberto Bussinello (I) and Bruno Deserti (I)

Pedro Rodriguez with his wife and a friend

Preparations for the start to the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort 1964, Jim Clark besides Graham Hill.

Pit stop of Herbert Linge (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) on Porsche 904 GTS #006 S-TJ 16

Third placed team John Surtees (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I), heading for the cockpit, on Ferrari 330P #0822 at the last pit stop

Jim Clark, the fulgent race winner of the Belgium Grand Prix, 1964

Lorenzo Bandini (I) sits in pits with Mrs. Surtees behind him

Smoke from the Jaguar E-type at pits during exchange between Warwick Banks (GB) and Patrick McNally (AUS), they become second placed in the GT+3.0 class

Peter Lindner (D) and Peter Nˆcker (D) on Jaguar E-type Lightweight #S850662 behind the Jaguar E-type Lightweight #S850663 of Peter Lumsden (GB) and Peter Sargent (GB)

Pit stop of the winning team Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) with the Ferrari 275P #0820

Jim Clark, Lotus, wins the race

The pitting Ferrari 250 GTO 64 #4399GT of Innes Ireland (GB) and Tony Maggs (ZA)

Jackie Stewart (GB) on the Rover-BRM Turbine, entered by Owen Racing Organization, becomes second placed with Graham Hill in the P2.0 classement (10th overall) at the 1965 Le Mans 24h

Jochen Rindt tastes the winners champagne and shares kisses with a Moet & Chandon girl

Bruce McLaren, 1000km Nuerburgring 1965

BRM team mates Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart sit together on the pitwall in Clermont-Ferrand 1965

John Surtees follows his team mate Lorenzo Bandini. Surtees drives a Ferrari 158 V8, whilst Bandini is powered by an F12 Typo 1512

Unlucky Chris Amon (NZ) pushes his Ford GT40 GT/104 to pits with empty fuel tank

Le Mans 24h 1965 - podium ceremony with Herbert Linge and Peter Noecker, winner in the GT class up to 2000cc with a Porsche 904/6

Jackie Stewart, French Grand Prix 1965

Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart (GB) on the Rover-BRM Turbine, entered by Owen Racing Organization, become second placed in the P2.0 classement (10th overall) at the 1965 Le Mans 24h

The three Lotus cars of Clark and Spence stringed together in pits at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix, 1965. Later winner Clark uses the Lotus 25 (2nd car in the line with upper exhausts) during practice only.

Through pouring rain Jim Clark corners La Source to his fourth and last victory here in Spa-Francorchamps.

Jackie Stewart, Le Mans 24h 1965, in a short break from driving the experimental gas turbine BRM-Rover with Graham Hill

Dan Gurney in the pits during a practice session.

John Handley on BMC Mini Cooper in front of Fitzpatrick's Ford Anglia and Steve Neal's Mini of Equipe Arden

McLaren M2B-Ford V8 of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing

Chris Amon waves at the fans from the winning Ford Mk II #1046 entered byShelby American Inc.

Gordon Spice on BMC Mini-Cooper

John Handley on BMC Mini Cooper in front of Fitzpatrick's Ford Anglia and Steve Neal's Mini of Equipe Arden

Pit-stop for Ferrari 250LM No. 8

BRM drivers Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill (left) and Eagle-Climax driver Dan Gurney (centre)

Jack Brabham as winner on the podium after the British GP, Brands Hatch 1966

Willy Mairesse (B) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) in the Ferrari 250 LM #8165 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

Jack Brabham wins 100 bottles of champagne for doing the fastest lap during qualifying for the British GP in Brands Hatch 1966

Richie Ginther surrounded by Honda engineers, Monza 1966

Jack Brabham's Brabham-Repco

Jack Brabham with his friend, the IRPA president, photographer and journalist Bernard Cahier, French GP, Bugatti au Mans 1967

Pit stop of the second placed Ferrari 330P4 #0858 of Ludovico Scarfiotti (I, in the car) and Mike Parkes (GB). Mauro Forghieri tries to order the procedure.

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo was driven a little too enthusiastically during practice.

Chris Amon, Ferrari 312, Monaco 1967

Despite difference in some respects, Jim Clark celebrates victory together with Duckworth and Chapman.

Lorenzo Bandini, Monaco 1967

Jim Clark, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49, performes a nice drift through the left hander "Hugenholtzbocht", closely followed by backmarker Siffert in a Cooper while Brabham (no. 1) can't keep up with the Lotus' speed

G¸nther Klass (D) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) move the Ferrari Dino 246S #004 for practice only

Phil Hill (USA) and Hap Sharp (USA) on Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

1000km Nuerburgring 1967 Start

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo retire on lap 18 with suspension failure.

Graham Hill had suffered a suspension failure and severely damages his Lotus-Cosworth 49 car at the end of practice, British GP Silverstone 1967

An exhausted Phil Hill relaxes in pits during the long race night of the 24h Le Mans 1967

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo.

A proud winner Denny Hulme carries his deserved laurel collar

Jim Clark, Lotus 49 (No. 3) starts from pole position but retires leaving Denny Hulme’s Brabham-Repco (No. 2) to win the race

The Alfa Romeo T33 of Nanni Galli (I) and Ignazio Giunti (I)

Lucien Bianchi (B), start position no 3., awaits the starting signal to run towards his Ford MK IV, entered by American Team Holman & Moody

Enzo Ferrari and Bernard Cahier, Italian GP Monza 1967

Chris Amon in his Ferrari, GP Monaco 1967

Bruce McLaren in his McLaren-BRM M5A's cockpit, Italian GP Monza 1967

A typically chaotic Targa Florio pit scene. The silver Ferrari 275GTB/C #9007 only completed one lap driven by Clemente Ravetto, number 156 the works Ferrari Dino 206S #004 fared no better, G¸nther Klass crashing it on lap one. The other Ferrari is the Scuderia Filipinetti 330P3/412P #0848 of Herbert M¸ller/Jean Guichet that also retired, although M¸ller set the race fastest lap.

Jackie Stewart is strapped into the cockpit of the BRM P83 H16 during the British GP in Silverstone 1967

Victory already at the first deployment of the new Cosworth engine in the Netherlands 1967.

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A hectical pitstop of Phil Hill's (USA) and Hap Sharp's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

John Surtees prepares himself for the start of the Monaco GP 1967

The race machines stand in line for the start of the 1000kms race whilst the drivers wait for the signal opposite their sports cars. From front: Scuderia Lufthansa's Porsche 906 with starting number 70, the Alfa Romeo T33 of Autodelta SpA (nr. 20), Sten Axelsson's (S) Porsche 906 #117 (nr. 76), the Mirage M1 Ford 10001 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, and a row of Porsches...

Jackie Oliver's wife Lynn, sitting on a wheel of his car here in Monaco, occasionally jobbed as advertising girl for Lotus' main sponsor Gold Leaf

Graham Hill, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49B, Monaco Grand Prix 1968

Typical Le Mans start: drivers run to their cars

The Ford GT40 #1073 of the Britons Terry J. Drury and Terry Sanger during the Targa Florio 1968

Jo Schlesser in a McLaren of Ecurie Intersport in front of Chris Lambert's Brabham

Team Lotus: Team boss Colin Chapman and his drivers Jackie Oliver and Graham Hill (in the cockpit).

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Race winner Graham Hill in his Lotus-Cosworth 49B, Monaco Grand Prix 1968

Race winner Bruce McLaren in his McLaren-Cosworth M7A, in front of third placed Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312, GP Belgium 1968

Jim Clark sits in his Gold Leaf Formula 2 Lotus 48 on the grid before the start to his last race at Hockenheim 1968. Kneeling beside the cockpit is mechanic Dave Sims

The happy winners of class P2.0 (2nd overall with the Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-017) Ignazio Giunti (I) on right hand and Nanni Galli (I) walk to rostrum ceremony after their successful race

Graham Hill in his Lotus-Cosworth 49, wins the Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama 1968

Vic Elford jokes around with Cooper mechanics and journalists sitting on his Cooper-BRM T86B in pits before the German Grand Prix 1968, in which he will retire during the first lap due to an accident

Vic Elford's (GB) and Richard Attwood's (GB) Porsche 908 LH 028 on the famous Monza banking

This race provided a memorable battle for the lead between Jackie Stewart (3) and Jochen Rindt (2), the pair running nose to tail for most of the race.

Willy Kauhsen (D) and Karl von Wendt (D) on Porsche 908/02 #011

Winning driver team Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), exchange their seats of the Porsche 917 #009 entered by Freiherr von Wendt, during the 1000 km Zeltweg 1969. On the far left Porsche engineer Ferdinand Piech.

Winner of the German Grand Prix 1969: Jacky Ickx with Duke of Metternich next to him holding the trophy in his hands

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the F2 race, Jim Clark Revival 1969

Mary Elford keeps the sponsor stickers of her husband Vic up-to-date

British Grand Prix at Silverstone 1969: Jackie Stewart gives an autograph to a fan after the drivers parade

The last true Le Mans start: All drivers had sprinted to their cars with Rolf Stommelen, Porsche 917, in the lead, followed by Vic Elford's and Jo Siffert's Porsches

Porsche's race engineer Peter Falk helps his mechanics to take care for the Porsche 908/2 012 #268 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Brian Redman (GB) which retires later with a broken driveshaft

A relaxed atmosphere before the start of the French GP at Clermont-Ferrand 1969: Bruce McLaren, sitting on Graham Hill's Lotus front wheel, has a chat with the Briton.

The Porsche pit crew waits for the service action, Le Mans 1969

Driver exchange during the pitstop of Rudi Lins (A) and GÈrard Larrousse (F) with the Porsche 908/02 010

Podium ceremony of German GP 1969 - second placed Jackie Stewart, winner Jacky Ickx and third positioned Bruce McLaren

The Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/148 of Picko Troberg (S) and Bjˆrn Rothstein (S) was too damaged in practice to be repaired in time for the start

Ford driver Jackie Oliver and his wife Lynn (black coad) in the pits.

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver

A view at the long start/finish straight of Zeltweg

Jacky Ickx and a mechanic wait at pits for Jackie Oliver in the race winning Ford GT40 #1075

Tony Bending (GB) in an Austin-Healey Sprite

Ferdinand Piech watches David Piper (GB) giving autographs behind the Porsche 917K 010

Porsche 917 presentation at the Hockenheimring 1969: The company made a risky investment by unexpectedly building twenty-five 5000 cc 917's. F.l.t.r.: Rico Steinemann (Porsche racing manager), Helmuth Bott (Porsche head engineer) and Ferdinand Piech, responsible for mechanical development of Porsche's serial and racing cars.

Dr. Ferry Porsche on podium with one of the winning drivers Udo Sch¸tz

Second placed driver team Jo Bonnier (S) and Herbert Mueller (CH) on Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/151

Dr. Ferry Porsche (middle, with tie) walks through the pitlane with his drivers Gerhard Mitter and Udo Sch¸tz (left)

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP, Nurburgring, 1969

Jackie Stewart and his wife Helen receive a honoury present from the BRDC during the British GP weekend 1969

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: The winning Porsche 917 009 with Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) in pits

Gerhard Mitter's (D) and Udo Sch¸tz' (D) Porsche 908/02 015

Vic Eford, Cooper-Maserati

Night shift at Porsche pits, at front busy with car no. 268, Richard Attwood's (GB) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 908/02 012

The second placed Porsche 917L 043 awaits it's driver in pits whilst the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 passes by, Le Mans 24h, 1970

Winner Jacky Ickx on his way from podium, Austrian GP 1970

Chris Amon in a March-Cosworth 701 still leads Jack Brabham, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jacky Ickx before retiring with broken suspension in lap 61

Jochen Rindt in pits with his time-keeping wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

After he had qualified for 9th position on the grid, Piers Courage, Williams de Tomaso, is currently 7th. The pictures shows the British driver at Hugenholzbocht shortly before his fatal accident on lap 23. In the back Lotus driver John Miles.

Second placed Ferrari 512S Spyder #1042 (car No. 3) with Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) battles against car No. 8, the Porsche 917K #009 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB). The later race winning car No. 7, Porsche 917K #016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF), runs side by side with the Porsche 917K #023 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), they did not last for the whole 1000kms.

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917K #004/017 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Austrian Jochen Rindt in pits together with his Lotus team-boss Colin Chapman during a practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917L 042

Jo Siffert (CH) in the winning Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Winning team Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) in the Porsche 917K #0014 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Bette Hill keeps her husband's times whilst he passes her in pitlane

Queue of F1 cars between tunnel exit chicane and Tabac, Jack Brabham in the lead in front of Pescarolo and Ickx

24h Le Mans 1970: A deserved sip of the winner's champagne for the Porsche mechanics

Jack Brabham, 2nd, on his lap of honour. He damaged the front of his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 after a slide into the straw bales at the last corner of the last lap, handing victory to Jochen Rindt. Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Arturo Merzario driving the Merzario (I)/Regazzoni (CH) Ferrari 512 S #1034

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Jochen Rindt and Lotus owner Colin Chapman, Italian GP Monza 1970

Jacky Ickx in Monaco 1970

Herbert M¸ller (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1008, a fire extinguisher leaves a white cloud in front of the grandstand

Jochen Rindt, Lotus 72

Enzo Ferrari listens to his chief engineer Mauro Forghieri

Nino Vaccarella (I) at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC pass cheering fans in a small Sicilian village

Piers Courage, de Tomaso-Cosworth 505, Belgian Grand Prix, 1970

Pedro Rodriguez' timekeeper at Porsche pits

The victorious Porsche 908/03 008 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) takes the chequered flag

Jackie Oliver's wife Lynn occasionally jobbed as advertising girl for McLaren's main sponsor Yardley

It's all right for John Wyer to laugh at the Gulf press officers, as team boss of J. W. Automotive Engineering whose two Porsche cars are just about to gain a 1-2 victory

Porsche 908/2 #50, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A)

Jochen Rindt

Arturo Merzario, driving the Amon/Merzario Ferrari 512 S #1026, leads the pushing Porsche 917K of Rodriguez/Kinnunen

Mike Hailwood had spun into Facetti's abandoned Alfa Romeo. The destroyed Porsche 917K 026 of Hobbs (GB)/Hailwood (GB) is being removed from track.

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) Porsche 917K #004, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race, Brands Hatch 1970

The winning Porsche driver team on podium of the 1000 km Spa 1970: Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) on Porsche 917K #0014 entered by John Wyer Automotive Engineering

Jochen Rindt in pits with his time-keeping wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

Piers Courage, Williams de Tomaso driver

Drivers briefing before race start with Rindt, Ickx, Stommelen, Bell and Oliver

The Porsche 917L #042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), did not finish the race

Pauli Toivonen (SF) and Sten Axelsson (S) in the Porsche 917K #021 during practice session, entered by Racing Team AAW. The vehicle did not start because it was withdrawn due to a fatal accident in practice in which team mate Hans Laine was killed.

24h Le Mans 1970: Porsche team briefing with Flegel, Porsche, Bott (and press officer Klaus Reichert on the left)

Night session, 24 h Le Mans, 1970

Chris Amon, March

Herbert M¸ller (CH) on Ferrari 512 S #1016 in front of Corrado Manfredini's (I) and Gianpiero Moretti's (I) Ferrari 512 S #1022/1032

Nino Vaccarella (I) at the wheel of the Vaccarella/Giunti Ferrari 512S #1004 entered by Spa Ferrari SEFAC. The picture offers a stunning view at the picturesque country side.

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra-Simca MS120, in pits

Vic Elford's late night shift

Pit stop of the winning Porsche 908/3 008 #22, entered by Porsche Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens (D)

Jochen Rindt with his wife Nina during a practice session, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1970

Jochen Rindt, smoking

Simone Siffert, her husband Jo and Stirling Moss

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) on Porsche 908/03 011, 1000km Nuerburgring 1970

Race winner Jackie Stewart celebrates on podium after the French GP, Paul Ricard, 1971

The second placed Ferrari 312 PB #0878 of Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH) in pits

The third placed NART Ferrari 512 M #1020 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Tony Adamowicz (USA, at the wheel), 24 h Le Mans, 1971

The two Surtees cars with Rolf Stommelen and team owner John Surtees at the wheel pass the railway station hairpin (soon to become Loews hairpin)

Jo Siffered is being served during a pit stop with his Porsche 917K 014/029

Rolf Stommelen (D) on Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 75080-023

John Wyer's second placed Porsche 917K 031 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert Muller (CH)

Derek Bell (GB) / Jo Siffert (CH) on Porsche 917L #045, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, 24h Le Mans 1971

Team principal John Wyer keps the times above Porsche pits

Reflected by his rear view mirror, Jackie Stewart concentrates on the upcoming 1971 Dutch GP

Pierre Greub (CH) and Jean-Claude GuÈrie (F) on Porsche 911 S become second placed in GT+2.0 group (11th overall)

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Ronnie Peterson, March-Cosworth 701, German GP Nuerburgring 1971

Ronnie Peterson, March Ford-Cosworth 711

The second placed Ferrari 312 PB #0878 of Jacky Ickx (B) and Clay Regazzoni (CH) is being prepared in pits whilst Jacky Ickx waits at the pitwall

Mary Elford enjoys her husbands victory

Whilst Mike Parkes (GB) already sits in the Ferrari 512 S/M #1048 (car no. 8), Corrado Manfredini's (I) and Giancarlo Gagliardi's (I) Ferrari 512 M #1050/1032 (car no. 9) waits with open doors

Gerard Larrousse and Vic Elford on podium, after winning the 1000km of Nuerburgring in their Martini-Porsche 908. Note the later German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the left.

A Ferrari in front of a Porsche at dawn

Peter Gethin, McLaren-Cosworth M14A, Spanish GP Montjuich Park 1971

Ronnie Peterson in his March

Jo Siffert (CH) and Derek Bell (GB) in helmets behind John Wyer's Porsche 917K 004/017

1000 km Monza 1971: 2-1 until the end: Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Jackie Oliver (GB) on Porsche 917K 034/013 in front of Jo Siffert's (CH) and Derek Bell's (GB) Porsche 917K 004/017, both winning cars entered by John Wyer Automotive

John Wyer's second placed Porsche 917K 031 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert Muller (CH)

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Attwood out of the car, Mueller taking over the drive.

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Gerard Larrousse (F), Porsche 917K #023, entered by Martini Rossi Racing

At the start of the 1000 km Spa 1971, Martini Team's Porsche 917K 019 is forth on grid heading to Eau Rouge but Helmut Marko (A) retires after 6 laps with engine problems

Dechent's later winning Martini-Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB). The Frenchman gets out of the cockpit while his copilot Elford (up right, with gloves) makes himself ready to take over the steering wheel.

The winning team of the 24 hours Le Mans, 1971: Martini Porsche 917K #22 driven by Gijs van Lennep (NL, at the wheel) and Helmut Marko (A).

Helmut Marko (A) awaits the arrival of team mate Gijs van Lennep (NL) for a pit stop with the later winning Porsche 917K 053, entered by Martini International Racing Team

24h Le Mans 1971: The winning Porsche 917K 053 driven by Helmut Marko (A) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) at dawn

Start for the 1000km Monza (I), 1971: The Ferrari 312PB no. 15, driven by Jacky Ickx (B), takes the lead while Vic Elford (GB), Martini Porsche 917 no. 3, looses his pole position by having to much wheelspin. Trying to squeeze in between are Mike Parks (GB), Ferrari 512 S/M no. 8 and Rolf Stommelen (D) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3 no. 19.

Alex Soler-Roig (E), at the left, becomes third placed with a Ford Capri RS 2600 at the 24h race of Spa

Arturo Merzario (I) brings the Ferrari 312 PB #0890 back to pits on three tyres

Second placed Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Cosworth 72D, French GP 1972

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908L 026 #60, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) / Michel Weber (D), gains third place

Winner Jacky Ickx, 2nd Clay Regazzoni, giving Ferrari a 1-2 finish and 3rd Ronnie Peterson of March

The second placed Matra-Simca MS670 02 is being serviced by Equipe Matra-Simca Shell mechanics

Later second placed Arturo Merzario (I) in a Ferrari 312 PB #0890 driven by Redman/Merzario, still in front of winning team-mate Ronnie Peterson (S) in an other Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Jacky Ickx (B) in the winning Ferrari 312PB #0882

A pretty small TV camera

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #9, driven by Reinhold Joest (D), Mario Casoni (I) and Wilhem Bartels (D), retires with a broken wheel after 33 laps

Dieter Glemser's (D) and Alex Soler-Roig's (E) Ford Capri RS 2600

Jacky Ickx (B) on Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Brian Redman (GB) in the winning Redman/Merzario Ferrari 312 PB #0890 at La Source

Ex-racing driver and photographer colleague Marie-Claude Beaumont

Niki Lauda, March-Cosworth 721X, Monaco GP 1972

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Denny Hulme watches the reassembly of his McLaren-Cosworth M19C, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring, 1972

German GP Start: Polesitter Jacky Ickx leads Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni and Emerson Fittipaldi behind. Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell No. 1) drops from 2nd to 5th after banging wheels with Peterson as they fought for 2nd place

An old farm house at Le Mans works fine as Porsche 'garage' in the week before the 24h race

A thoughtful Clay Regazzoni

Alastair Caldwell (left), Denny Hulme (middle) and Peter Revson of McLaren.

Winners for Ferrari: Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti (at the right). Between both drivers are Andretti's children.

Derek Bell (GB)

Ferrari drivers Mario Andretti and Clay Regazzoni

Clay Regazzoni (CH). Next to him his team-mate's wife Barbro Peterson

Jacky Ickx in his Ferrari 312PB zooms trough Eau Rouge, 1000 km Spa 1972

Hans Heyer (D) in Werner Christmann's (D) blue Porsche 911 S, long behind Erwin Kremer's (D) Porsche 911 S

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), at the wheel and Alex Soler-Roig (E) on Ford Capri RS 2600 become second placed in the T+2.0 group (eighth overall)

The pack of cars leave Sainte Devote uphill towards Massenet just after the start of the Monaco Grand Prix, 1973. Behind Ickx' Ferrari no. 3 is the later sixth positioned Denny Hulme in the McLaren.

Emerson Fittipaldi iin the cockpit. His brother Wilson next to him.

At pits GÈrard Larrousse's (F) and Henri Pescarolo's (F) Matra-Simca MS670B 01 with no. 5, besides the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of FranÁois Cevert (F) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F)

Mark Donohue beside his Porsche 917

Helmut Kelleners (D) / Teddy Pilette (B), Winner of T2.0 group classement, BMW 2002 Tii, Koepchen Tuning, 19. Internationales ADAC-1000km-Rennen auf dem Nurburgring 1973

The Ford Capri LV of Dieter Glemser (D), John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Hans Heyer (D) is being refueled in pits

Hans-Joachim Stuck (D) on BMW Motorsport 's BMW 3.0 CSL

Race winner Ronnie Peterson, Lotus-Cosworth 72E, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1973

Ferrari drivers Brian Redman (at the wheel) and Jacky Ickx

Start for the 1000km Spa 1973: The two Matra-Simcas MS670B of Henri Pescarolo (F) and Chris Amon (NZ) take the lead from polesetter Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari 312PB, Bell's Mirage-Ford and the 2nd Ferrari of Pace.

A Matra-Simca MS670B 03 jumps with Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) at the wheel

Howden Ganley, Iso Marlboro Williams

Rolf Stommelen in the cockpit of car no. 8, the Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12

Niki Lauda (A) becomes seventh placed overall on a BMW 3.0 CSL (first place in 'T' group)

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973: Winner Mark Donohue and Jack Cook, who represents the sponsor Volkswagen on the podium

A Ford Capri LV driven by Dieter Glemser (D), John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Hans Heyer (D)

Chris Amon (NZ) on Matra-Simca MS670B 01

Vic Elford (GB) in his Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo

At pit lane exit photographers show their bad mood about new working restrictions

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Charlie Kemp (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973: Winner Mark Donohue and Jack Cook, who represents the sponsor Volkswagen on the podium

Both Tyrrell Fords in pitlane

Englishman Mike Wilds during his first and only F1 assignment - for Dempster International Racing Team in a March-Cosworth 731

Porsche mechanics (Klaus Bischof, rear right hand) await their deployment during the 24h Le Mans 1974

Swede Ronnie Peterson qualifies 7th in his Lotus-Ford 72E. He's joined in the pity by his boss Colin Chapman (dark sunglasses) an team manager Peter Warr (black jacket).

From left to right: Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni.

Mike Kranefuss and Hans Heyer talking to Jochen Mass

Niki Lauda and Austrian journalist Heinz Pruller

Jody Scheckter's timekeeper and wife Pam

Lord Hesketh

Lord Hesketh

Tom Pryce, Shadow-Ford

Photographer Rainer W. Schlegelmilch, 24h Le Mans, 1975

On the way back to the pits Jacques Laffite sits on Jarier's Shadow

James Hunt with his wife Suzy Miller, shows his new 'sponsor badge', Monaco Grand Prix, 1975

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus-Cosworth 72E, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

Henri Pescarolo, Surtees-Ford Cosworth TS19 during practice. He did not qualify for the race.

Polesetter Niki Lauda, Ferrari, takes the lead at the start. Hunt (McLaren) and Regazzoni (Ferrari) battle for 2nd place.

McLaren driver James Hunt, closely followed by the overlaped Ferrari of Regazzoni, crosses the line and takes the chequered flag to win the Jarama Grand Prix near Madrid, Spain

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell P34

Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus Ford-Cosworth leading Tom Pryce, Shadow Ford-Cosworth

Jacky Ickx, Wolf Williams FW05

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312 T2

The three Formula 1 drivers: Jochen Mass, Hans-Joachim Stuck and Harald Ertl, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1976

John Watson, Penske

2nd on the grid, James Hunt, McLaren

Race leader, Austrian Niki Lauda, Ferrari, followed closely by James Hunt, McLaren, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1976

USA-West GP 1976

Hans-Joachim Stuck's March-Cosworth 761 retires after 16 laps with gearbox problems, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1976

Watson's Penske-Cosworth PC4, Austrian GP 1976

Anders Olofsson in a Ralt RT1 (no 32), Formula 3, Monaco 1977

Mario Andretti, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 78

French driver Patrick Depailler in his Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth P34, on the left next to him designer Derek Gardner (with headphones)

Hans-Joachim 'Striezel' Stuck in his Brabham-Alfa Romeo

Tyrrell pits with Patrick Depailler in his car. In the background you could see Peterson squeezes into his cockpit.

TGC3

James Hunt andM cLaren team boss Teddy Mayer

Riccardo Patrese leading Jacques Laffite

Niki Lauda, Ferrari 312 T2

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Niki Lauda leads at Austrian GP Zeltweg 1977 start and becomes second placed behind later winner Alan Jones

Jody Scheckter in Walter Wolf's Cosworth

Niki Lauda, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46, in fourth position under pressure of Peterson in the Lotus in the early laps of the French Grand Prinx 1978 at Paul Riccard cirquit

Keke Rosberg, Theodore TR1

Patrick Tambay, McLaren

Hans-Joachim Stuck, a fairly crazy funny chap, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1978

Italian Arrows driver Riccardo Patrese

Gilles Villeneuve

Alan Jones.

Clay Regazzoni, Ensign, USA-West GP, 1980

Patrick Depailler bites the straw of his drink bottle, Spanish GP 1980

Mark Webber, Jaguar, surrounded by main sponsor HSBC

Alain Prost, McLaren-Cosworth, observing the drivers time sheet during practice

Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda

Stephen South takes the second McLaren in place of Alain Prost. The Frenchman had a broken wrist caused in an accident due to a suspension failure in his car during practice for the South African GP four weeks ago.

TGC3

TGC3

1980 World Championship winning team Williams with (f.l.t.r.) engineer Frank Dernie, Frank Williams and Alan Jones

Elio de Angelis in the controversial twin-chassis Lotus 88, which only run during practice

Jarno Trulli in a colorful scenery

Harbour scenery with a Michael Schumacher crawling back to the pits in his damaged Ferrari after beeing pushed by Montoya into the barrier

Piquet in his Brabham-BMW. Next to him are team designer Gordon Murray (headphones on) and Paul Rosche of BMW. 1984, European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, Germany.

Anthony Davidson of BAR-Honda

David Coulthard of McLaren-Mercedes

Jacques Laffite, Ligier-Renault

The start, Trulli is pulling out

TGC4

TGC4

Cristiano da Matta of Toyota

Marc Gene of BMW Williams

Cheering Ferrari team

Marc Gene of BMW Williams

Antonio Pizzonia leaving his pit

Champion Michael in the pits

Gerhard Berger, Ferrari, wins the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, 1989, his 1st victory since Monza, 1988

Alain Prost, Ferrari, winner of the French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, 1990

Michael Schumacher giving champagne shower, now 7 times world champion.

The three Brazilians: Barrichello, Massa, in the middle Pizzonia

Rubens Barrichello leaving his car after final qualification

Christian Klien braking at the first chicane

Antonio Pizzonia in his BMW Williams

Jacques Villeneuve in front of his old rival Michael

Michael Schumacher congatulating Rubens Barrichello

Juan Pablo Montoya entering the pitlane

A Toyota hunting a Sauber

First and second Ralf and Michael Schumacher with genius tacticus Ross Brawn and third BAR driver Jenson Button

Michael Schumacher taking the chequered flag

Preseason testing week at Barcelona, 19.-23.1.2004

Paul Belmondo, March-Ilmor

Brazilian Ayrton Senna, McLaren, wins the Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 1993

Fernando Alonso

Start of the San Marino Grand Prix, Imola, 1994, with polesetter Ayrton Senna, Williams-Renault, in the lead, next to him Michael Schumacher, Benetton-Ford. Behind Senna is Berger, Ferrari, and starting from 4th position is Hill, 2nd Williams. Lehto, starting from 5th position, stalled his Benetton.

The new World Champion celebrates his title: Canadian Williams driver Jacques Villeneuve, carried on the shoulders by McLaren drivers David Coulthard and race winner Mika Hakkinen.

The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, surrounded by the top drivers Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher

TGC4

topshot

A blocked tyre of Olivier Panis after a engine blow up

Start for the French Prand Prix at Magny Cours, 2005

Two living legends together - Jacky Ickx with Rainer Schlegelmilch

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives an iinterview before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Germans Timo Glock of Virgin Racing and Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP walk together to drivers parade

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren comes to pits after Q3

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A friendly grid girls looks at the camera

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in the tunnel

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, leads Rosberg and Alonso

Race winner Fernando Alonso showers Sebastian Vettel with champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Hamilton (who will have to move to the back of the grid as a penalty, Alonso will move to second grid position) as polesetter in the middle and a surprising Maldonado of Williams as second placed (then pole position) on the grid.

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, close behind Caterham's Petrov

At the start, Alonso's Ferrari is in the lead with Webber behind him

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, retires after an incident at the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, practises pit stops

Jenson Button gets out of the McLaren Mercedes race car as sixth on the grid

The start of the race

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Felipe Massa hugs Michelle Yeoh besides the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Red Bull's race driver Mark Webber and chief technical officer Adrian Newey pose for a souvenir photo together with the F1 in School Champions in the paddock

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes and Sauber's third placed Sergio Perez spray champagne on the podium

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, sits in his race car whilst VIP fans watch from their reserved space in pits

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber is reversed to Red Bull pits and retires with alternator problems

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team, in pitlane after his first pit stop

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull presents his trophy at the podium ceremony

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg and Alonso

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull jumps to celebrate his great podium finish

McLaren team mates Hamilton and Button caress each other in parc ferme after finishing 2-3 behind Rosberg

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren arrives at turn one with Ferrari's Massa besides him

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The safety car is gone after four laps and Jenson Button of McLaren takes the lead of the field through through a cleaned up turn one

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Perez and Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop practice with Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Charles Pic, Marussia, in front of team mate Glock

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

FIA president Jean Todt gives an interview on the grid

Star opera singer and F1 fan Placido Domingo visits the grid - and interviews the drivers on the podium after the Hungarian Grand Prix

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, makes a very fast pit stop

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is caressed by second placed Alonso in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

RBR team boss Christian Horner walks with his technical director Adrian Newey and Jane Poole

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone walk the grid

Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg walk together at drivers parade

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of Schumacher and Hulkenberg

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

After one lap, race leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes is far in front of follower Grosjean

'Ice Man' Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher's broken Mercedes GP race car after an accident on Friday

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Felipe Massa of Ferrari waits besides the grid before the race

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, is pushed to pole position

The start field approaches turn one, Ferrari's Alonso in the lead

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa of Ferrari goes out to a rainy practice

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button of McLaren in front of Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in the tunnel

Paul di Resta, Force India

The field squeezes through turn one, Massa behind Schumacher

Paul di Resta, Force India

FIA race observer Herbie Blash shows race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren the way to the scales after the race

Actor Antonio Banderas is interviewed on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to the pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, goes through torn one as third in the start field

On Saturday morning, Sebastian Vettels RBR-Renault makes a short cut into a gravel trap

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda chats with his future Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, is pushed to first position on the grid, jealously watched by polesetter Micheal Schumacher who had to go back five places because of an FIA penalty after the Spanish GP

At the start, Alonso's Ferrari is in the lead with Webber behind him

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, brakes into turn one

Third on the grid Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing

Moko takes a rest besides the Ferrari motorhome

Felipe Massa's Ferrari race car is rescued by the track marshals at the last turn

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen get off the drivers parade truck

Mark Webber's pit board

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Toro Rosso mechanics prepare Ricciardo's race car on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with pressure from behind

Vettel's physio Heikki Houvinen prepares the pit board

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus gives an interview after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Ivan Capelli, Emanuele Pirro and Jean Alesi chat with Theo Huschek of Grand Prix Drivers Club

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi of Sauber shake hands before the drivers oarade

Paul di Resta, Force India

Race press photographer Mirko Stange takes a photo of a grid girl

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren passes the cheering mechanics after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix

With three laps to go, Red Bull's Mark Webber still sticks behind Ferrari's race leading Fernando Alonso

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettels new physiotherapist Heikki Huovinen signals ninth postion with the signaling board from the Red Bull Racing command center

New Toro Rosso driver Jean-Eric Vergne poses for the photographers at drivers presentation

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Alonso and Grosjean

Podium ceremony after the British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads Grosjean's Lotus

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, between Grosjean and Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher and his wife Corinna walk in the paddock

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Pit stop of luckless Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel chat on their way to drivers parade

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Renault's Grosjean and Fderrari's Alonso walk together to the drivers parade

Nico Hulkenberg's Force India-Mercedes is pushed to a good tenth grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, makes a very fast pit stop

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

lewis schliesst kurz vor den ersten stopps auf, vettels rechter vorderreifen wirft deutlich blasen

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus-Renault drops back with abrasive tyres and a two-stop-strategy

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton is serviced in McLaren pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Still second placed Sebastian Vettel arrives in parc ferme after the race - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, in front of Alonso and Webber

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Damon Hill has fun browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Red Bull's Vettel and Ferrari's Alonso

Sergio Perez damaged the Sauber-Ferrari at the start

South American Williams drivers Senna and Maldonado walk to drivers parade

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, ejects from the pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, at the Piscine chicane

Champagne showers after the podium ceremony from Perez and Alonso

The race drivers walk to the drivers parade - Vitaly Petrov and Lewis Hamilton

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing gives congrats to a happy Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, spins in the rain

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with Lotus team boss Eric Boullier on the grid

The German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher have fun during the drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of later winner Raikkonen

Race cars in line on the straight after one lap of the race, Perez in front of Huelkenberg

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing jumps on his race car in parc ferme after the race

Green lights at pit lane exit for Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus F1 team

A faster Lewis Hamilton of McLaren just overtook the Red Bull of Vettel

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line

Champagne showers for the winner Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Sebsatian Vettel and Sergio Perez are on their way to drivers parade with their drink bottles

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing and third placed team mate Sebastian Vettel leave the rostrum with their trophies after the podium ceremony

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Marshals run to Lewis Hamilton in his destroyed McLaren race car after the start accident

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Charles Pic, Marussia

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, with a delay at the left rear wheel

Romain Grosjean's Lotus Renault is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing enters the straight in front of the new international pit building

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx interviews third placed Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the ceremony

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Two Ferrari race cars at the exit of Variante Ascari

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren as third on the grid

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Brazilians Felipe Massa and Bruno Senna walk together to drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren receives moderate congratulations from third placed team mate Hamilton

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

During a rainy practice session, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari slides off the track and loses his front wing

Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher walk together to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes his pit board

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing takes the chequered flag

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Race winner Lewis Hamilton climbs out of his McLaren race car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel is reversed to Red Bull pits after a lap in heavy rain

After one lap, Sebastian Vettel keeps his position in front of Michael Schumacher

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of chaser Raikkonen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A speedy Ferrari passes the fashion shops

The start field with Ferrari's Alonso in the lead approaches turn two

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives on a remarkeable 11th grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Champagne showers for the winner Jenson Button

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, rides out for a rainy practice session on Friday

The start field squeezes through the first turns, Hamilton leads in front of Massa and Button

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen signs a souvenir to Moko

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing on his honoury lap in front of the Hotel de Paris

Green lights at pit lane exit for Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, amidst the field

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates on the podium with his mechanic Ole Schack, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat with VIPs on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes approaches parc ferme after his honoury lap

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel stops briefly at Red Bull Racing pits

A grid girl in front of Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes race car

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes approaches parc ferme after his honoury lap

Champagne showers after the podium ceremony

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Fernando Alonso and (later fifth placed due penalty) Sebastian Vettel compare their bottles of champagne on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Race winner Pastor Maldonado of Williams takes the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix, 2012

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Michael Schumacher is pushed to his grid position by the Mercedes GP mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing passes his cheering team after taking the chequered flag and leaves second placed Alonso of Ferrari behind

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy for second place

Singer Leo Sayer and WWP's marketing expert Burghard Hummel have fun together on the grid

One more grid girl in Abu Dhabi

Heikki Kovalainen's Caterham is secured by the marshals at the tunnel exit

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A fellow colleague takes a photograph of Sebastian Vettel's helmet for the Spanish Grand Prix

Second placed Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

BBC TV interview Rosberg after his great race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettel exits Red Bull pits to do another lap under heavy rain

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Whilst second Vettel gets out of his car, third placed Hamilton congratulates his team mate Jenson Button in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, comes behind Raikkonen

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel's pit board

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren climbs out of his race car in parc ferme

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes wins the Belgian Grand Prix and passes by his cheering team

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren walk together to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone explains the grid to local authorities

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari race car is towed away after the start accident in turn one

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes sprays champagne from the podium

Second placed Sebastian Vettel gets out of his RBR car in parc ferme after the German Grand Prix - after finishing second on the track, Sebastian Vettel was penalised 20-seconds and becomes fifth placed

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, retires after an incident at the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Vettel's grid girl keeps the snappers away from the busy Red Bull mechanics

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren presents his trophy on the podium after the ceremony

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Pit stop of race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen returns to Lotus pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Daisies everywhere

Winner Kimi Raikkonen on podium with second placed Felipe Massa and the third Fernando Alonso.

Brawn GP driver Jenson Button is delighted about winning the Monaco Grand Prix. Team manager Nick Fry hugs im in parc ferme

Hamilton's McLaren Mercedes is being prepared at its grid position

Sebastien Bourdais arrives at Toro Rosso pits

Nigel Mansell (Formula 1 World Champion in 1992), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and 1974) and Mario Andretti (1978)

Nico Rosberg ejects from Mercedes GP pits

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Jenson Button is ready seated in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari and Nico Rosberg walk waving to drivers parade

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

The Red Bull team on Vettel's helmet

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of team mate Heidfeld

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Vettel's pit board signals P2

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, raises a fountain for the fans in the rain

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi 's crashed race car after his crash in Friday morning practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton is prepared in the McLaren Mercedes car on the grid

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle with third qualified Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his team mate Sebastian Vettel as second on the grid

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India's third driver, practises on Friday morning

The mechanics and engineers rush across the grid as the cars proceed to formation lap

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali and an engineer listen to Fernando Alonso

The first three arrivers stand in line in parc ferme

Sparks emit from Alguersuari's buttom

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Champagne douche for Ferrari's Alonso

The Ferrari team members cheer and celebrate behind the parc ferme fencing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

The Red Bull pit crew watches the race on a screen

Jenson Button ejects from McLaren pits despite a loose wheel nut right front

Mercedes sporting director Norbert Haug asks David Coulthard to handle the silver gem carefully ('no donuts, pal';)

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton leads Webber and Alonso

Two silver arrows starting for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team drivers David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg, Massa and Schumacher

Karun Chandhok receives a fast service at Team Lotus pits

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the former McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard, who puts his helmet on, and Mika Hakkinen

A McLaren mechanic encourages Vettel who overtakes the slower pitting Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Vettel

The field goes around turn one, Hamilton in the lead

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren enters the pitlane after the race

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers in front of the photographers who surround parc ferme after the race

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, leads Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race in front of Red Bull's Webber

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, receives a set of new tyres

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Ferrari's Alonso

Both Mercedes drivers Rosberg and Schumacher get out of their cars in parc ferme after the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber is pushed to grid by the Red Bull mechanics

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso do not enjoy the weather during drivers parade

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid

Lewis Hamilton gives an autograph in the paddock as he returns from drivers briefing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade between the grid girls

Jenson Button's pit board signals second race position

Ferrai's Massa in front of the two Force India-Mercedes cars

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jerome d'Ambrosio and Pastor Maldonado chat on their way to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP, practises pit stops on Friday morning

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, in front of Heidfeld, Sutil and Perez

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, greets the spectators from parc ferme

Michael Schumacher shakes Alonso's hand

A view into McLaren pits during an exciting race

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, between DHL billboards

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams, uses his brakes

One of the six pit stops of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, starts from second position on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, leads the race in front of team mate Hamilton and Red Bull's Vettel

Moko poses with a proud Rainer and his greatest honoury achievement - a silver bracelet bearing a 500 and the engraved back side reads 'Rainer Schlegelmilch is now a member of the 500 Club, having participated in more than 500 Formula 1 World Championship events'

Paul di Resta, Force India

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and stays in front of McLaren's Button whilst team mate Webber blocks Hamilton on the other side of the start field

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, shows the 'Vettel finger' during podium ceremony

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and takes the lead of the start field heading turn one

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed McLaren's Jenson Button, race winner Sebastian Vettel, his third placed team mate Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing performance engineer Tim Malyon

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Norbert Vettel wishes his son much success before the qualifying

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

After qualifying, McLaren's Hamilton gets out of his car in the parc ferme as polesitter

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, leads Hamilton and the followers during a safety car period

Daniel Ricciardo in a HRT-Cosworth

After the start, McLaren's Hamilton leads the field into turn one

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor of the championship after the podium ceremony of the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, walks to drivers parade

Final podium ceremony photo of race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor of the championship

Red Bull Team boss Christian Horner at the pit wall command center

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, climbs out of his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Bruno Senna end his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Champagne showers for the winning Red Bull team on the podium after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, already leads the race after a few laps in front of Hamilton

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

An empty parc ferme after the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing team after winning the F1 constructor championship

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso arrives at Ferrari pits

Mark Webber stops for a service at Red Bull Racing pits

Race winner Sebastian Vettel celebrates after the Korean GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Renault's Bruno Senna accelerates after a spin

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Pit stop of Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, walks to drivers parade

Bernie Ecclestone, the drivers and key personnel observe a minute's silence in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Michael Schumacher now in front of Mercedes GP team mate Rosberg

Pretty women and girls meet after the prayers in front of the Jama Masjid temple

Vitaly Petrov expresses his emotions in Lotus Renault GP pits

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus driver and son of vice-president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India Vicky Chandhok

A traditional police car

Formula 1 director Bernie Ecclestone is interrogated by local journalists

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

The sun drops behind the grandstand on Thursday afternoon

Bernie Ecclestone and all Formula One drivers stand still for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel is allowed to test the technically advanced track marking system

Local hero Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Oversized McLaren race drivers stick on a large tourist bus

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Ross Brawn, Mercedes Grand Prix team boss

Di Restas grid girl attends the drivers parade

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Two pretty grid girls span the Indian national banner over the grid

Indian Ferrari fans just got their cheering devices

Another transportation vehicle without stickers - but fully booked

Sebastien Buemi's race ends because the Toro Rosso-Ferrari engine had a rare failure

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

FIA president Jean Todt meets Bernie Ecclestone on the grid before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton wipes his sweat off with a towel in McLaren pits

Russian tyre promotion beauties take photographs of each other in the pitlane

A friendly pit lane marshal guards the Red Bull pits

Local marshals cheer with the Indian banner

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel admires the impressive architecture of the up-to-date race track

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing smiles at the world after winning his 11th race of the season

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, arrives in the paddock

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Muslim believers wash their faces and feet in the fountain before they attend the prayers in the Jama Masjid temple

Karun Chandhok's portrait welcomes the tourists and car drivers at the motorway paypoint

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Colin Kolles, HRT team boss

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

TV camera teams take up positions in front of the circuit entrance

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus, wears Marco Simoncellis helmet design as a tribute to the recently deceased MotoGP icon

Michael Schumacher puts the ear phones in

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Webber

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel stands still on the podium

Lewis Hamilton comes to drivers parade

Red Bull's Vettel and race engineer Rocquelin discuss besides the grid before the race

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A patient double World Champion Sebastian Vettel poses with devoted fans for a souvenir photo

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

The 2011 GP2 series champion Romain Grosjean, Renault, drives on Friday only

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel enjoys every drivers parade

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview before the race

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, with a hint of a new moustache

FIA race steward and former Formula 1 driver Derek Warwick looks at Pasquale Lattuneddu

Formula One Management's Pasquale Lattuneddu listens to Sir Fank Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jenson Button talks to a McLaren engineer on the grid

A Brazilian fan cheers for Hamilton with a Senna-related banner

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Third placed Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes presents his trophy on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

A large sip of champagne for third placed Jenson Button after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of di Resta

A thoughtful Sebastian Vettel in pits with Red Bull's Horner and Marko

Sebastian Vettel's custom helmet design bears samba dancers and a feathered beauty with two golden stars which each represents one Formula One World Championship title

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, brakes before turn one

Champagne showers from Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber for his second placed team mate Sebastian Vettel on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Champagne showers for Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber presents his trophy for the winning driver after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Bruno Senna of Renault gives an interview to BBC after qualifying for ninth grid position at his home Grand Prix

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

It is loud in the paddock, and Eddie Jordan seems to tell a secret to Bernie Ecclestone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, has put the car on position on the grid before the season's final race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Formula One World Champion of 1997 Jacques Villeneuve introduces his girl friend

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, caresses his car called 'Kylie' for gaining pole position again

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the grid before the season's final race

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals seriously discuss in the paddock (Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984)

Renault's third driver Romain Grosjean drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

A large sip of champagne for second placed Sebastian Vettel after the Brazilian Grand Prix

A temporarily disabled fan enjoys an autograph on his leg in plaster from his idol Vettel in front of the pits

Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

McLaren front wings and body parts

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Glitter on the victorious Red Bull Racing-Renault from the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Adrian Sutil in the paddock with father Jorge and his brother

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Sebastian Vettel gives an interview, quite happy to pair his German fella of Williams on the front row

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Jody Scheckter in front of his Ferrari team mate Gilles Villeneuve

Reining world champion Mario Andretti about to let Villeneuve's Ferrari through

John Watson, McLaren

The new Brabham driver Brazilian Nelson Piquet talkes to Gordon Murray and Bernie Ecclestone, Spanish Grand Prix, 1979

Jody Scheckter leading his Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve

Patrick Tambay in the Lowenbrau McLaren M26

1978 World Champion Mario Andretti in the Lotus 80, Monaco Grand Prix, 1979

Down to Mirabeau with Jody Scheckter in the lead, closely followed by his Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve

The start, Graham Hill (BRM) in the front, in the back Innes Ireland (Lotus)

Graham Hill on pole position, Belgium GP 1962

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

The Porsche 718 GTR of Dan Gurney and Joakim Bonnier on its way through the rain to 4th place with the famous Nurburgring in the background.

Graham Hill (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) become third placed in the Porsche 718 WRS #047

Pole Position for Graham Hill (#1), on the right besides him Bruce McLaren (#25) and Trevor Taylor (#17), Belgium GP 1962

Stirling Moss takes a snack in pits

Richie Ginther (USA) enters the cockpit of the Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation which was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

Briggs Cunningham's and Bob Grossman's Jaguar E-type Lightweight (#S850664 5115 WK) becomes second in the GT+3.0 classement despite the long unplanned stop after a crash.

The famous Le Mans clock

Lotus team boss Colin Chapman and driver Jim Clark

The Porsche of Edgar Barth and Herbert Linge chases the front runners at the start

Giancarlo Baghetti, in a BRM P57 entered by the Scuderia Centro Sud, gives Phil Hill (helmet on) and Andre Pilette a ride

Jim Clark, winner of the Belgian GP 1964, takes a bath in the masses after his successful race.

Bruce McLaren and his wife Patty enjoy a calm moment together on the pitwall, Monaco 1964

Carroll Shelby cheers up his drivers Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant

Richard Attwood's (GB) and Jo Schlesser's (F) Ford GT40 GT/104 in pits

Monegasque Louis Giron indicates leader Graham Hill after 2 hours and 40 minutes: one lap to go to finish the race

Honoury lap in a Mercedes limousine for the winner Clark.

Exchange of drivers during the 1000kms Nuerburgring in 1965: John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) refuel the Ferrari 330 P2 #0828 at pits

Race winner Jochen Rindt takes a glass of champagne on Le Mans podium 1965

Le Mans 24h 1965 - podium ceremony with Herbert Linge and Peter Noecker, winner in the GT class up to 2000cc with a Porsche 904/6

The winning drivers for the North American Racing Team on a Ferrari 250 LM: Masten Gregory (USA) and Jochen Rindt (A).

1000km Nuerburgring 1965 Start

After all the works Ferraris and Fords retired at Le Mans victory was left to the NART entered Ferrari 250LM of Jochen Rindt/Masten Gregory and Ed Hugus, the last ever Ferrari Le Mans win. Following Rindt is the Hopkirk/Hedges MGB.

All the Ford GT40s retired at Le Mans due to stretched head bolts that led to head gasket failures on the 289 cubic inch (4.7 litre) engines. This is the F. English (a Bournemouth Ford dealership owned by Col. Ronnie Hoare of Maranello Concessionaires) chassis 1006 driven by Innes Ireland/John Whitmore in the Esses showing its distinctive Len Bailey redesigned nose. It is followed by the Klass/Glemser works Porsche 904/6 (906-12) and the Maranello Concessionaires Ferrari 250LM (5895) of L. Bianchi/Salmon.

Jackie Stewart's service on Graham Hill's trousers goes beyond the call of duty.

Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA) win the 24h Le Mans 1965 in the NART Ferrari 250 LM #5893

Winner Jim Clark between Graham Hill (left) and Dan Gurney

Bandini leads Hill, Monaco 1965

Car of the Australian "Swimming Kangaroo" Paul Hawkins who is being made fun of by his colleagues at the German GP - because of his harbor bath by accident in Monaco that year in his ex-works Lotus 33, entered by privateer Dickie Stoop.

Lorenzo Bandini on Ferrari 1512 leads Surtees in the Ferrari 158, Monaco GP 1965

Jim Clark sticks his tongue out - perhaps as an amicable gesture to a companion besides the car?

Ford's mechanical carnage at Le Mans included the Daytona Cobras as well and only the Jack Sears/Dick Thompson car (CSX2299) survived despite the damage shown here caused by a collision with an Alfa Romeo. Thompson approaches Tertre Rouge followed by the Rover-B. R. M. on his way to 8th place and 1st in the GT 5000 class.

Jochen Rindt on Cooper-Maserati, GP Monaco 1964

Mike Parkes in his Ferrari 312, leads Brabham-Repco driver Denny Hulme into the Parabolica

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

The Ferrari 330 P3 Coupe #0846 was driven in practice only by John Surtees (GB), Mike Parkes (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Sam Posey's (USA) and Massimo Natili's (I) Bizzarini GT Strada 5300 #106 (entered by Prototipi Bizzarini) fights against the Ferrari 330 P3 #0844 of Jean Guichet (F) and Lorenzo Bandini (I) but is being disqualified after 39 laps for crossing pit safety line

The three works Porsche 906s start

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Lotus driver Graham Hill, Monaco Grand Prix, 1967

While Phil Hill's Chaparall and Surtees' Lola Aston Martin have yet to move off their marks, the Porsche armada launches itself into battle with Jo Siffert at the front

Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Mark Donohue (USA) on Ford Mk IV J5, entered by Shelby American Inc., become second placed in P+5.0 classement

Jim Clark, Lotus, in pits. Next to him Keith Duckworth (white shirt) of Cosworth.

A sunny waiting break appreciated by Jim Clark, Graham Hill und Keith Duckworth at the French Grand Prix in Le Mans 1967.

Bette Hill keeps times at pit wall with her daughter

Jo Siffert is fast away at the Le Mans-type start at the 1000kms Nuerburgring 1965, leading a whole phalanx of works Porsches

A McLaren-BRM M4B engine, Monaco 1967

Start for the 1967 24h of Le Mans: Ronnie Bucknum, Ford Mk IIB (no. 57), 5th on the grid, jumps ahead into the lead by passing the Mk IVs of McLaren (no. 2) Bianchi (no. 3) and Hulme (no. 4) as well as the Chaparral of Spence (no. 7). Car no. 25 on the right is the Ferrari of Rodriguez.

Dan Gurney in his Eagle

Pitstop of Vic Elford's (GB) and Jochen Neerpasch's (D) Porsche 910 #014

Chris Amon (No. 2, Ferrari 312) leading the two Cooper-Maserati's of Jo Siffert (No. 6, with the older T81) and Jochen Rindt (the new T86) into Parabolica

Relaxed drivers Jack Brabham (AUS), Graham Hill (GB) and Chris Amon (NZ) (f.l.t.r.)

A smoky pitstop of Phil Hill's (USA) and Hap Sharp's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

Rhodes screeches his 1.3 Mini Cooper S, becomes second placed after 19 laps in the 1300cc class of the British Saloon Car Championship (9th overall), Silverstone 1967

Jackie Stewart caresses his wife Helen besides Monaco's grid

The winning Ford Mk IV J6 (class P+5.0) driven by Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA), entered by Shelby American Inc.

Colin Chapman walks besides Jim Clark's new Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49 in pits, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, 1967

The de Adamich/Galli Alfa Romeo was driven a little too enthusiastically during practice.

Jack Brabham enjoys his achievement and a glass of champagne on the podium after winning the French GP, Bugatti au Mans 1967

Cabaret showcase supported by track action, Monaco Grand Prix 1968

Porsche 908 016 #32 driven by Gerhard Mitter (D) and Vic Elford (GB) later becomes disqualified for illegal repair

Race winner Vic Elford (GB) and Umberto Maglioli (I) on Porsche 907 2.2 #025 [S-XR 47] pose for the press after the 1968 Targa Florio

John Surtees (#14, Honda) starts from pole position, leading Bruce McLaren (#2, McLaren Ford-Cosworth) and Chris Amon (#9, Ferrari) after the start of the Italian GP 1968.

Denny Hulme (McLaren Ford-Cosworth) passing a group of photographers.

Start for the 24h Le Mans 1968: The Porsche 908 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Hans Herrmann (D) is on pole position

Winner Jackie Stewart

The two Alfa Romeo T33/2 with Ignazio Giunti, Nanni Galli (#39), Carlo Facetti and Spartaco Dini (#38) are being chased by Christian Poirot (F) and Pierre Maublanc (F) on Porsche 906 107 88 JA 88

Jackie Stewart, winner of a rainy German GP on the Nuerburgring 1968, watches third placed Jochen Rindt receiving his trophy on podium

While ddriver Graham Hill is sitting in his Lotus cockpit, team boss Colin Chapman watches a gearbox modification on the 49B

Jean-Pierre Beltoise (Matra) passes the spinning Ferrari of Jacky Ickx

Bernard Cahier congratulates race winner Bruce McLaren

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: Freiherr von Wendt entered this Porsche 917 #009, which was driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Helmut Kelleners (D) and Reinhold Joest (D) on a Ford GT40 1033 entered by Deutsche Auto Zeitung

Piero Bellavia's (I) Abarth-Simca 2000 Bialbero (car no. 184) does not finish due to differecial failure, car no. 122 in front is the Fiat-Abarth 1000S of Salvatore Calascibetta (I) and Vincenzo Ferlito (I)

Grand Prix winner Jackie Stewart enjoys the Silverstone podium ceremony together with his wife Helen

Roger Enever (GB) and Peter Brown (GB) on Chevron B8 BMW, entered by J.-C. Bamford Excavators Ltd.

From left to right: Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx at drivers briefing, Monaco Grand Prix, 1969

Jo Siffert (CH, right hand) and Brian Redman (GB) celebrate their victory after 1000kms on Monza's podium in 1969

The victorious Porsche driver team with the laurel: Udo Sch¸tz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) after winning the Targa Florio 1969

Patrick Depailler (F) and Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F) on the banking with the Alpine A220 Renault 1733 retire during an accident in last lap but still become sixth placed after 1000 kms

Dr. Ferry Porsche walks through pitlane with his winning drivers Udo Sch¸tz (left) and Gerhard Mitter (right) well guarded by the Sicilian 'carabinieri'

Tartaruga's Porsche P908/2L 028 #20 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) retires with an oil leak after 60 laps

Jackie Stewart sits in his Matra-Cosworth MS80 and speaks with team principal Ken Tyrrell on the grid before the 1969 British GP

Graham Hill on Lotus-Cosworth 49B wins the Monaco GP 1969

Vic Elford, 1000km Nuerburgring 1969

Nina Rindt, wife of Jochen Rindt, keeps the lap times in Silverstone 1969.

Jochen Rindt in the lead, closely followed by his Lotus team-mate Graham Hill

Dr. Ferry Porsche (right, with tie) and Rico Steinemann walk through the pitlane with their drivers Gerhard Mitter and Udo Sch¸tz

Herbert M¸ller (CH), Jo Bonnier (S) and DNS Masten Gregory (USA) did not finish in the Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet SL76/151 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti due to a suspension damage

Winner of the 24h Le Mans 1969: Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver in a Ford GT 40 entered by the John Wyer Team

Jo Siffert, winner of the 1000km Monza 1969

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver

Jochen Rindt jumps with the Lotus-Cosworth 49B at Pflanzgarten, German GP Nurburgring 1969

Busy grid, French Grand Prix, Clermont-Ferrand, 1969: In the foreground, starting from 5th position is Matra driver Beltoise. Next to him Ferrari driver Amon.

The leading Ford GT40 of Ickx/Oliver in front of the Porsche 908 LH driven by Herrmann/Larrousse

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver

The Lola T70 Mk.3B Chevrolet SL76/151 from Scuderia Filipinetti and driven by Herbert Muller (CH), Jo Bonnier (S) and DNS Masten Gregory (USA) did not finish due to a suspension damage

The winning Porsche 908 LH 026 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB)

Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver

Qualifying resulted in Jacky Ickx (No. 6) taking Pole Position, with Jackie Stewart (No. 7) on second and Jochen Rindt (No 2) on 3rd grid position, German GP Nuerburgring 1969.

Porsche company's Chief Development Engineer Helmut Bott keeps times in pits for the winning prototype group SP (overall second placed) Porsche P908L 031 #64 driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Gerard Larrousse (F)

The Alfa Romeo T33/3 driven by Piers Courage (GB) and Andrea de Adamich (I) becomes 41st placed on Targa Florio 1970

1000km Spa 1970: Porsche's developing chief engineer Ferdinand Piech was the 'father' of the 917, besides him sits the timekeeping team boss John Wyer

Jo Siffert with Brian Redman on Porsche 908/3, entered by John Wyer

24h Le Mans 1970: A Porsche 917 bodywork nestled in French idyll, a farm house on countryside rented by Porsche

Pit stop of Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) which arrives third after 24 hrs

Moments after the start: Jochen Rindt (Lotus No. 2) being overtaken by 4th grid placed Jo Siffert (March No. 12), German GP Hockenheim 1970

The winning Porsche 917K no. 23 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D), Le Mans 24h, 1970

Henri Pescarolo (F) jumps out of the Matra-Simca MS650 03 which retires with engine problems

Nightly pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Porsche displays the new 908s - no. 20 Porsche 908/03 #007 (entered by Porsche Salzburg), in the back the two 1-2 winners of the Targa Florio: no. 12 Porsche 908/03 #008 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), and no. 40 Porsche 908/03 #009 driven by Leo Kinnunen (SF) and Pedro Rodriguez (MEX), both entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1034 in front of Henri Pescarolo's (F) Matra-Simca MS660 02

Shell refuels a Ferrari, German GP Hockenheim 1970

Mechanics take a look at the engine of the Ferrari 512 S #1034 driven by Arturo Merzario (I) and Clay Regazzoni (CH)

Derek Bell (GB) and Hughes de Fierlant (B, currently at the wheel), Ferrari 512 S #1030

Mike Parkes (GB) and Herbert Mueller (CH) in a Ferrari 512S #1016 entered by Scuderia Filipinetti

Jo Siffert (CH) at Porsche pits with Ferdinand Piech

The fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Barrie Smith (GB) cannot even finish the first lap due to an accident with his Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/144

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: The second placed Porsche Salzburg entered this Porsche 917K 023, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Like a true Englishman to the core, Australian Jack Brabham uses an umbrella while driving his Brabham-Cosworth BT33 back to the pits in heavy Mediterranean rain

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Winner Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) raises his trophy

Podium ceremony with Jochen and Nina Rindt, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1970

1970 BOAC 1000 Kilometres, Brands Hatch, the Porsche 917K of Porsche Salzburg driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Richard Attwood (GB)

Ecurie Francorchamps' fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030, driven by Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB)

Porsche 908/2L 005 #27 driven by Rudi Lins (A) / Helmut Marko (A) arrives third after 24 hours

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B, French GP 1970

Race winners Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) celebrate their victory on podium

New Zealander Chris Amon sits with his girl friend at the pitwall

The winning Porsche 917K of Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann roars by the Le Mans amusement park evening scenery

Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) win on a Porsche 908/03 #008, Targa Florio 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Henri Pescarolo in his Matra Simca-Matra MS120 in front of Hotel Mirabeau

Swedish fighting: Ronnie Peterson (S) on Ferrari 512 S #1026 in front of the Ferrari 512 S #1008 driven by Jo Bonnier (S) and Reine Wisell (S)

Ferry Porsche with his race director Rico Steinemann watch the ontrack display from the pitwall

Graham Hill, Rob Walker Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Pedro Rodriguez' english girl friend Glenda takes the lap times

Piers Courage in a De Tomaso Ford-Cosworth 505, with teamboss Frank Williams

Graham Hill, Brabham-Cosworth BT34, Spanish Grand Prix, Montjuich Park, 1971

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) during a pit stop of John Wyer's Porsche 908/3 007 #1 becomes second placed together with team mate Jo Siffert (CH)

Nino Vaccarella (I) and JosÈ Juncadella (E) on Ferrari 512 M #1002, entered by Escuderia Montjuich for Le Mans 24h 1971

24h Le Mans 1971: A view inside the Porsche garage, in front the winning Porsche 917K #053, in the middle and at the back the retiring Porsches 917L #042 and 'the pig' 917/20 #001

A frustrated Vic Elford is being interviewed in pits after his retirement

Clay Regazzoni, Ferrari, during practice for the Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuich Park in 1971

Dechent's winning Porsche 908/3 008 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB)

Jo Siffert, Gulf Porsche 908/03 #013, 1000km Nuerburgring 1971

The Porsche 917K #031/026 of J. W. Automotive Engineering driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert Mueller (CH) will become second placed after 24hrs

Winner of the 1971 French GP, Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart, on the podium with third placed Emerson Fittipaldi and second placed Tyrrell team-mate Francois Cevert

24h Le Mans 1971: The winning Porsche 917K 053 driven by Helmut Marko (A) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) at dawn

Nino Vaccarella (I) in the rain on Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3

Jackie Ickx waiting for his Ferrari to be refueled

Howden Ganley (NZ) in the slightly damaged but second placed Matra-Simca MS670 02, Le Mans 24h 1972

Race winner Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 at Clermont-Ferrand 1972

Starting from 9th on the grid, March driver Ronnie Peterson has a chat with Lotus teamboss Colin Chapman

Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti celebrate their victory amidst the fans after the Can-Am race in Watkins Glen 1972

David Hobbs (GB) on Lola T310 Chevrolet

Lotus mechanics fit the nose cone at Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus during practice

Rainy start for Ronnie Peterson in the no. 2 Ferrari 312 PB #0886. Alongside him Jacky Ickx in the Ferrari no. 1. Behind them is the 3rd Ferrari of Redman.

A Greyhound bus was rented by Porsche as an airport shuttle

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Carlos Reutemann (RA) in a Brabham BT38 - Ford BDE/Novamotor (BT38-26) entered by Motul Rondel Racing gets ready on the grid before the start of the V. Preis von Baden-Wurttemberg und Hessen 1972, European Championship for Formula 2 Drivers, Round 14

Denny Hulme is being interviewed and international media watches

Emerson Fittipaldi celebrates his 3rd victory in the 1972 season – a big step forward to his world championship win that year.

Lotus team manager Peter Warr admires Nina Rindt and her friend on a walk in the pitlane

FranÁois Cevert (F) in a McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Jean-Pierre Jarier (F) on Ferrari 712M #1010 entered by North American Racing Team

For repair purposes the mechanics dismounted the engine cover to Tim Schenken's (AUS) Ferrari 312 PB #0894

Herbert M¸ller (CH) navigates the damaged De Tomaso Pantera 2263 through the rain

Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti celebrate their victory amidst the fans after the Can-Am race in Watkins Glen 1972

Milt Minter (USA) on Porsche 917/10

The grid of the 1000 km Spa 1972

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: Roger Penske and two young race fans pose for a group photo besides the Porsche 917/10 TC

Pescarolo in the pits during practice, being watched by codriver Graham Hill (behind the Matra)

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Jean-Pierre Jarier (F) on Ferrari 712M #1010 entered by North American Racing Team

Denny Hulme is being interviewed and international media watches

For repair purposes the mechanics dismounted the bodywork of Tim Schenken's (AUS) Ferrari 312 PB #0894

For repair purposes the mechanics dismounted the engine cover to Tim Schenken's (AUS) Ferrari 312 PB #0894

The pack of cars leave Sainte Devote uphill just after the start of the Monaco GP 1973

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jˆst (D) arrived at tenth position in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert talking to designer Derek Gardner

Starting from 16th position on the grid in a Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0576 R5 (no. 66), entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG, George Follmer (USA) will later retire after 6 laps in an accident

Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert, French GP Le Castellet 1973

Pit stop of Chris Amon (NZ) on Matra-Simca MS670B 01

Chris Amon (NZ) in the Amon/Stuck BMW 3.0 CSL, entered by BMW Motorsport GmbH (D), at the 24 Heures de Francorchamps 1973, ETCC Rd. 5

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Brian Redman (GB) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

Martini Porsche garage, Le Mans 1973

The Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0020 R2 of Porsche Sonauto BP Racing is being refueled

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson during practice session

Liz Taylor walks through Monaco pitlane with her entourage including Helen Stewart and other VIP's

The future German chancellor Helmut Kohl (pictured as minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate) on the podium after the German Grand Prix, 1974, with Jody Scheckter and race winner Clay Regazzoni

Ronnie Peterson, Lotus

Ronnie Peterson on podium with Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda

Martin Braungart with Formula 1 driver Ronnie Peterson (S), BMW 3.0 CSL, Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft ADAC (round 12), European Touring Car Championship (round 4) 1974, Nurburgring, 6 Hours

German driver Hans-Joachim Stuck and his March team boss Max Mosley

Ronnie Peterson with BMW 's Jochen Neerpasch during the 6hrs Nuerburgring 1974

Singer Udo Juergens and local hero Niki Lauda, Austrian GP 1975

Start for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza 1975, with both Ferrari's of Clay Regazzoni (No.11) and Championship leader Niki Lauda (No.12) in the lead

Niki Lauda leads Jean-Pierre Jarrier, Monaco GP 1975

Vittorio Brambilla leads in his March-Cosworth 751, Austrian Grand Prix, Zeltweg, 1975

Hans-Joachim Stuck, March-Cosworth 751, German GP Nuerburgring 1975

From left to right: Bette Hill, Marlene Stommelen and an injured Rolf Stommelen.

Former F1 driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F

Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell P34

Carlos Pace, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45

Patrick Depailler performing a nice drift in his six wheeler out of the quick harbour chicane during practice

John Watson, Brabham-Alfa Romeo

Niki Lauda, Ferrari, US GP Long Beach 1977

Hurst spokeswoman Linda Vaughn poses with legendary Sir Stirling Moss

Start of the 1977 US-West Grand Prix: Jody Scheckter in the new Wolf takes the lead by passing both Lauda (Ferrari) and Andretti (Lotus). Reutemann in the Ferrari no. 12, loking for the inside

French driver Patrick Depailler in his Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth P34, next to him designer Derek Gardner, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1977

Teddy Mayer, McLaren team boss, inspecting Hunt's car

Brabham driver John Watson and designer Gordon Murray

Hans-Joachim Stuck, the new driver for Brabham-Alfa Romeo, is going to start from 17th on the grid, Long Beach Grand Prix, USA, 1977

Brabham team-mates John Watson (No. 2) and Niki Lauda

Hector Rebaque in his ex-works Lotus 78.

The start: Both Lotuses of Mario Andretti (no. 5) and Ronnie Peterson in the lead, as usualy during the 1978 season, closely followed by Lauda's red and blue Brabham-Alfa.

Patrick Depailler with a movie on board camera

Niki Lauda, Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46

Frank Williams and Patrick Head (left) during a practice session beside Alan Jones' Williams.

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Long Beach, USA-West Grand Prix, 1982: Keke Rosberg, Niki Lauda (middle) and Gilles Villeneuve are the top three drivers on the podium. The Austrian McLaren driver Lauda won his 1st GP just three races after his comback in F1 that season.

Ralf Schumacher passing the second corner

Juan Pablo Montoya and his engineers preparing for the race

Andrea de Cesaris, Alfa Romeo, MOnaco Grand Prix, 1983

One of Niki Lauda's mechanics is very exited about the Austrians 3rd F1 World Championship title

Start for the Belgian Grand Prix with Lotus driver Ayrton Senna leading Alain Prost in the McLaren, Spa-Francorchamps, 1985

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Renault; British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1985

Champagne shower

Alain Prost, McLaren TAG-Porsche, leads the field throuth the Hella-Licht-S chicane followed by both Williams-Honda's of Mansell and Piquet, Rosberg in the 2nd McLaren and Senna, Lotus

Montoya breaking into the hairpin

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Race leader Ayrton Senna, McLaren, passes the harbour chicane, Monaco Grand Prix, 1989

Jenson Button of BAR in a rainy practice session

Ralf Schumacher with a flat right rear tire after being touched by David Coulthard, but the Williams crew was prepared for Montoyas pit stop

Mauricio Gugelmin, Leyton House-Ilmor, Portuguese Grand Prix, Estoril, 1991

Michael Schumacher's accident at Adelaide corner after the restart

TGC4

Michael Schumacher spins on his flying lap during qualifynig

FIA medical delegate Professor Sid Watkins, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Veteran commentator Murray Walker pick up their eponymous 'Bernie' awards, which are presented at Circuit de Catalunya in the presence of the F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone (middle).

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren

Montoya

Juan-Pablo Montoya zoomy

Ralf Schumcher from firemarshal's view

Start of the ultimate race

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes the chequered flag and wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Jenson Button overtakes Romain Grosjean of Lotus F1 team who carries a broken front wing to pits

Paul di Resta, Force India

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, practises in the rain

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren cheers on the podium

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

The start field enters a close turn with Vettel in the lead, followed by Hamilton and Alonso

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates on the podium with Paddy Lowe, McLaren engineering director

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus takes a sparkling rose water shower

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, comes to the pits

Musician Eric Clapton gives an interview on the grid

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus takes a sparkling rose water shower

Race drivers get together on the grid before they observe a minute's silence for the missed 'Prof' Sid Watkins who died a week earlier

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber receives new tyres at Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, ends his pit stop

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Bruno Senna of Williams and Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walk together during the drivers parade

Paul di Resta's Force India-Mercedes returns to pits with a puncture on his right rear tyre

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren kisses his trophy for the winning driver on the podium

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing in front of a Raikkonen who has tyre problems

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start goes through a debris-polluted turn one

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is carried shoulder high on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Podium ceremony after the Chinese Grand Prix - epic Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Race winner Sebastian Vettel jumps from his race car in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Paul di Resta, Force India, leads team mate Huelkenberg

The start of the race

The start field approaches turn one with Vettel in the lead, followed by Hamilton, Alonso and team mate Webber

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, behind Webber

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Race winner Fernando Alonso congratulates (later) second placed Jenson Button in parc ferme after the Germnan Grand Prix

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

The start of the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, overtakes Sebastian Vettel

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, follows race leader Fernando Alonso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in the tunnel

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, in the rain

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh chat on the grid with 'Mr. Bean' Rowan Atkinson

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jackie Stewart interviews third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull on the podium after the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLarens Jenson Button has a good start and rushes in front of his team mate Hamilton who started from pole position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams is carried shoulder high on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Charles Pic, Marussia

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Paul di Resta's Force India-Mercedes returns to pits with a puncture on his right rear tyre

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Jean-Eric Vergne in front of Scuderia Toro Rosso team mate Ricciardo and Maldonado

Mark Webber ejects from Red Bull Racing pits

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

After the race, third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull congratulates Lotus' winner Kimi Raikkonen for his victory

Green lights for Heikki Kovalainen in Caterham behind a 'new' Lotus

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone visits Sauber's team principal Monisha Kaltenborn on the first row of the grid before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg, Button and both Ferraris

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

A grid girl stands besides Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Jean-Eric Vergne's retired Toro Rosso race car

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Second placed Ferrari race driver Fernando Alonso receives his trophy on the podium

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on his race car in parc ferme

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen and Maldonado, Grosjean on the left causes an accident

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, has his rear left tyre put on with a short delay

Jenson Button stops in McLaren pits

Dani Clos, HRT test driver

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

FIA race observer Herbie Blash, race director Charlie Whiting and safety car driver Bernd Maylaender chat on the grid before the race starts

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Italian Grand Prix

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso in front of Massa, Webber and di Resta

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing proudly presents his trophy on the podium

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa approaches Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso practises pit stops at Ferrari pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview on the grid to Sky TV's Tanja Bauer

Paul di Resta, Force India

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is pushed to the front row of the grid before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

After his collision with Kobayashi, Nico Hulkenberg comes to Force India pits with a flat tyre

Paul di Resta, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the field at turn two

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez comes to Sauber pits

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on his race car in parc ferme

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, zoomed

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Massa

Kamui Kobayashi comes to Sauber pits besides the racing line and hits the mechanics on his right side

Race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus proudly raises his trophy

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achivement on his race car in parc ferme

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham in pitlane after the session is stopped

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Also Paul di Resta gets a Haug hug

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost gives an interview on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Raikkonen, Schumacher and Hulkenberg

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, and Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, walk to the drivers parade

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing enters parc ferme after the race

Charles Pic, Marussia

Jean-Eric Vergne's retired Toro Rosso race car

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing passes his cheering team after taking the chequered flag

Interview appointment with Mario Andretti (Formula One World Champion 1978), Niki Lauda (Triple Formula One World Champion 1975, 1977 and 1984) and Bernie Ecclestone (Formula One Group CEO)

A lot of debris pollutes turn one, Sebatian Vettel navigates through

Heikki Kovalainen of Caterham slides through the puddles besides thetrack

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, approaches pit lane exit

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Ferrari mechanics push Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso to their grid positions

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, starts his race at the end of the field

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Paul di Resta, Force India, in the pitlane with new tyres

The race drivers queue up at the FIA scales after the German Grand Prix

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Marshals run to Fernando Alonso in his destroyed Ferrari race car after the start accident

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing proudly presents his trophy on the podium

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

After a collision at the start with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus retires in turn one

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton adds some rubber marks to pit lane exit

Concept Car, Bertone Autobianchi Runabout, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Ferrari Rainbow, 1976

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra M530 Laser, 1971

Mark Webbers speedy pit stop in lap 42

The three fastest qualifiers stand still for the group photo and wave at the lenses

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT, in front of new team mate Ricciardo

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, pointing at his steering wheel

Mark Webber follows his Red Bull team mate Vettel into lap two

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari jumps on the podium

Pit stop of Mark Webber at Red Bull Racing pits

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher ejects from pits after a stop-n-go penalty

Sebastian Vettel is serviced at Red Bull Racing pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button of McLaren in front of Ferrari's Massa and team mate Hamilton

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher comes to settle a stop-n-go penalty at Mercedes GP pits for coming together with Kobayashi

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Fernando Alonso takes the chequered flag and wins for Ferrari 60 years after Gonzalez did in Silverstone

Champagne shower for second placed Vettel

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at pit lane exit because of a loose wheel nut

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, third placed Webber arrives in front

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren operations director Simon Roberts, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Mark Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix 2011 at the Nuerburgring

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, falls back after a spin. Behind him are Rosberg and Massa

Racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck chats on the grid with minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate Kurt Beck

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari congratulates race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

FIA's Herbie Blash observes the nose cones of a Mercedes and a Ferrari car after qualifying in parc ferme

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, jumps at the curbs

Karun Chandhok comes to Team Lotus pits

Sebastian Vettel stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, passes the photographers at pit lane exit closely

Second placed Sebastian Vettel lifts his trophy

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Second placed Sebastian Vettel watches race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrating with his mechanics besides parc ferme

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Force India's di Resta

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, changes to super soft tyres again

Sebastian Vettel with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, keeps his position in front of Red Bull's Vettel

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Kovalainen

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium for winner Jenson Button

Second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and race winner Jenson Button of McLaren drink champagne together after the podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel gives a comment after the parade

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives at parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button stops at McLaren pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren returns from celebrating with his mechanics besides parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview to German RTL TV's Kai Ebel shortly before the race

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position and stays in front

Jenson Button, McLaren, answers questions to Bob Constanduros

Jenson Button, McLaren, answers questions to Bob Constanduros

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives in parce ferme after Barrichello and in front of team mate Webber

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, walks to drivers parade

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner celebrate their win of the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Tommi Parmakoski signals Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, P1 with 10 laps to go

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel ends his stop at Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, walks to drivers parade

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Second qualifier Sebastian Vettel gets out of his car in parc ferme

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton passes the McLaren pit wall signals in front of a pushing Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, already leads the race after the first lap

Jean-Eric Vergne on a Toro Rosso-Ferrari

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel right hand and Hamilton's team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

Vitaly Petrov retires in Lotus Renault GP pits after a collision with Schumacher

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, celebrates on his car in parc ferme after winning the Korean GP

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sauber physio Jo Leberer teaches a pretty pit lane marshal the basics of how to boost a race driver

A track marshal is responsible for the signaling in his area

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of the two Ferrari cars

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A typical local family poses for a souvenir photo on the square in front of the Laxmi Narayan Birla Mandir

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP waves at the fans on the grand stand

A row of cars lines up on the main straight during the race

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

On the grid Bernie Ecclestone listens to Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player

A champagne-soaked Red Bull Racing technical director, Adrian Newey, proudly presents the shiny trophy for the winning constructor after the podium ceremony

German photographer Mirko Stange explains the outcome of a professional outdoor photo shooting to some interested racing fans

Local hero Narain Karthikeyan greets his fans at the drivers parade lap

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

A family is traveling on a motorbike near the circuit

Kamui Kobayashi of the Sauber F1 Team rides a historic car for drivers parade

Sachin Tendulkar, Indias most famous cricket player, shakes hands on the grid with Airtel's representative

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

An FOM camera man with his digital TV camera

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A shy Vitaly Petrov prepares for a lap of drivers parade

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel and his entourage is followed by photographers and TV crews

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh answers questions to the press

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi enjoys the mood of the drivers parade

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing gives interviews after the race

Jean-Michel with Sebastian Vettel for the fans on the stands during the drivers parade

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's rear side

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team at the parc ferme fencing

McLarens Lewis Hamilton jumps out of the historic car after the lap of drivers parade

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Second placed Jenson Button of McLaren answers questions to the press after the race

On Thursday evening during his track inspection, Sebastian Vettel is followed by photographers and TV crews

A champagne-soaked Red Bull Racing technical director, Adrian Newey, proudly presents the shiny trophy for the winning constructor after the podium ceremony

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa walks back from the drivers parade line-up

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko in pits

Sebastian Vettel's view goes far before the race

As usual, the gentlemen from the Red Bull riding service guard the secrets of Kinky Kiley's butt under supervision of chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton takes a large sip of orange flower flavoured sparkling water after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix podium ceremony

Chilled mood in the Force India team oasis, with Nico Hulkenberg on the right

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes passes the pit boards in front of the followers

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats on the grid with Vettel

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, passes the pit wall signals in front of Button and a queue of following cars

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Fabiana Flosi and VIPs pose with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner for a souvenir photo on the grid

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, in front of a line of followers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes presents his deserved trophy after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Niki Lauda jokes around with Johnny Herbert, both former F1 drivers and now advisers and TV presenters

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes kisses his trophy after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet performs an honoury lap on his original 1981 Championship winnning Brabham BT49

All Formula One drivers get in position for the annual season ending group shot

German fans cheer for the drivers during drivers parade

Sergio Perez stops at Sauber pits

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Both triple F1 World Champions and former rivals Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) and Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 and 1984) share fond memories over browsing through Rainer Schlegelmilch's new editorial book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany)

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The F1 race drivers wave on their parade lap

The race drivers on the parade truck enjoy the cheering crowds

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The two Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari stroll together

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

HRT's third driver Jan Charouz drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

Two triple F1 World Champions and former rivals loudly laugh about happy memories they just found in Rainer Schlegelmilch's new book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany): Nelson Piquet 1981, 1983 and 1987 - Niki Lauda 1975, 1977 and 1984

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Team Lotus' third driver Razia Luiz drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, detaches the steering wheel

Paul di Resta, Force India

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra Laser, 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Sibilo, 1978

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Volvo Tundra, 1979

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Volvo Tundra, 1979

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Jody Scheckter listens to Ferrari teammate and race winner Gilles Villeneuve at he US GP Long Beach 1979.

Mairesse's destroyed Ferrari 156, Belgium GP 1962

Winning Ferrari of Phil Hill with laurel trophy, 1000km Nuerburgring 1962

Hans Herrmann in his works-Porsche 718 WPS overtakes Tony Maggs in the John Ogier-entered Aston Martin DBR1/300 for 4th place.

Followed by compassionate journalists, Edgar Barth (DDR) pushes his Porsche 718 WRS #047 without the right rear wheel through the pitlane towards his pit crew. He will finish the 24h race in 8th position, 39 laps behind the winner. 24h Le Mans 1963

Driver exchange at Ferrari pits under the eyes of Mauro Forghieri, John Surtees (GB) reports to overtaking Willy Mairesse (B)

The Rover-BRM Turbine, driven by Graham Hill (GB) and Richie Ginther (USA), entered by Owen Racing Organisation, was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

Richie Ginther (USA) places his seat into the cockpit of the Rover-BRM Turbine #P57-571, entered by Owen Racing Organisation, which was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

Lorenzo Bandini (I) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) in Ferrari pits with Mauro Forghieri

A battered Jaguar engine cover is being repaired under pressure in Briggs Cunningham's pits

Start to the French Grand Prix 1963 in Reims, Jim Clark in Lotus car no. 18

Graham Hill (GB) hands over to Richie Ginther (USA) while spectators watch the refueling. The Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

3rd placed Ferrari driver Richie Ginther (middle) jokes around with the winning Ferrari driver team Scarfiotti and Bandini on the podium, 24h Le Mans, 1963

Graham Hill (GB) and Jo Bonnier (S) on (car no. 14) Ferrari 330P #0818 in front, followed by (car no. 21) Mike Parkes (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) on Ferrari 275P #0820 and (car no. 58) David Piper (GB) in the Ferrari 250 LM #5909

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe #CSX2299, entered by Shelby Americans Ltd. and driven by the Americans Dan Gurney and Bob Bondurant, would win the GT5.0 class (4th overall), 24h Le Mans, 1964

Jim Clark jumps over the hill in front of Hotel de Paris, Grand Prix de Monaco 1964.

Graham Hill, Jo Bonnier, Jean Guichet (hidden by the bouquet of flowers) and Nino Vaccarella celebrate their achievent on podium

Race winner Jackie Stewart is being carried by cheering fans after the Italian GP at Monza in 1965. It is his first Grand Prix victory in only his eighth World Championship event.

The drivers run to their cars after the start signal to the 24hrs of Le Mans 1965, with Chris Amon (NZ) and Phil Hill (USA) in the Ford Mk II GT/107 No. 2 on pole position

Ginther leading Spence

Later race winner Jackie Stewart, BRM no. 32, and pole setter Jim Clark, Lotus, fight wheel to wheel for the lead during the Italian GP at Monza, 1965

Nino Vaccarella and Pedro Rodriguez, 24h Le Mans 1965

Start of the Monaco Grand Prix, 1965: Graham Hill in his BRM has got away into the lead, follwed by Jack Brabham (Brabham no. 1), Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari no. 17) and Jackie Stewart (BRM no. 4)

J.D.Lewis on BMC Mini-Cooper

The two drivers of the Brabham team: Denny Hulme sitting in his car, talking to teamowner Jack Brabham.

Jack Brabham on his honoury lap with his victorious Brabham-Repco BT19 car and the mechanics after winning the British GP, Brands Hatch 1966

John Rhodes of Cooper Car Co. Ltd. on BMC Mini-Cooper

A Porsche 906 155 S-XR 763, driven by Peter Gregg (USA) and Sten Axelsson (S), overtakes the wrecks of three retired racecars besides the track. Car no. 42 is the Matra M620 BRM 03 driven by Jo Schlesser (F) and Alan Rees (GB), car no. 20 the Ferrari 330 P3 #0848 of Mike Parkes (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I), car no. 53, the C.D. SP66 Peugeot 663IW75 of Georges Heligouin (F) and Johnny Rives (F)

Richie Ginther stands besides his Honda.

John Rhodes of Cooper Car Co. Ltd. on BMC Mini-Cooper

Tony Lanfranchi of Alexander Engineering on a BMC Mini Cooper

On pole position Dan Gurney's (USA) and Jerry Grant's (USA) Ford Mk II #1047, on 'second grid place' the later second placed Ford Mk II #1015 driven by Ken Miles (USA) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

The winning Chapparal 2D Chevrolet, driven by Joakim Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA)

Bernard Cahier winner of the Grand Touring Class in a Porsche 911S, and 7th overall with team-mate Jean-Claude Killy, the former skier and tripe Olympic gold medalist, at the Targa Florio 1967

Lotus driver Jim Clark in a exchange of words about the new Cosworth V8 engine with Keith Duckworth, a tyre expert of Firestone, Walter Hayes of Ford and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman.

Jacky Oliver jumps in a Formula 2 Lotus car at Nuerburgring km 12,9 Klostertal

The royal house of Monaco: Prince Albert, his mother Gracia Patricia, Prince Rainier de Monaco and Pricesse Caroline

Pitstop including refueling of Paul Hawkins' (AUS) and Rolf Stommelen's (D) Porsche 910/8 024 S-ZL 224

Graham Hill prepares for racing in pits, surrounded by his family: his wife Bette Hill and a nanny who looks after the three children - later F1 World Champion Damon front right hand

Grid formation for the British Grand Prix 1967 in Silverstone: Polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus, just behind him team-mate Hill in the 2nd Lotus. Guy Ligier's Brabham-Repco (car no. 18) drives past.

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 312, Monaco Grand Prix 1967

Jack Brabham wins the French Le Mans Grand Prix 1967, overwhelmed by french hospitality and the sponsor's fluffy tiger

John Surtees (GB) watches the remedial maintenance of the Lola T70 Mk.3 Aston Martin SL73/101 entered by Lola Cars/Team Surtees which retires after 6 laps with a broken rear wishbone

Pitstop at night of Bob Bondurant (USA) and Dick Guldstrand (USA) on Chevrolet Corvette 194377S113787 entered by Dana Chevrolet Inc.

Umberto Maglioli (I), Targa Florio, 1967

Denny Hulme, McLaren, passes Pedro Rodriguez' destroyed BRM P133, Monaco GP 1968

Denny Hulme on McLaren-Cosworth M7A passes Pedro Rodriguez' destroyed BRM P133, GP Monaco 1968

Jochen Rindt in his Brabham-Repco BT24, Monaco GP 1968

Claude Ballot-LÈna (F) and Guy Chasseuil (F) on the plastered Porsche 911 T 118 2 0779

The start, the the Ferrari 250 LM #5893 of Masten Gregory (USA) and Charlie Kolb (USA) in front

Ford mechanics enjoy the victory of their team's Ford GT40 1075 in parc ferme

John Wyer Automotive Engineering Ltd entered the winning Ford GT40 which was driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Lucien Bianchi (B/I)

Nanni Galli (left hand) and Ignazio Giunti (I) are being welcomed after the race by Porsche's racing legend von Hanstein. They gain second place overall and win the P2.0 class in an Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-017.

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 1968: Pedro Rodriguez in a BRM P133 (car no. 9) starts frome pole position but will retire later in the race, likewise Amon behind him in the Ferrari 312 no. 19

Graham Hill, Lotus Ford-Cosworth 49B, winner of the Monaco Grand Prix, 1968

The top three of the Belgian Grand Prix 1968: Finishing 2nd Ricardo Rodriguez, winner Bruce McLaren and 3rd Jacky Ickx.

Denny Hulme on McLaren-Cosworth M7A passes Pedro Rodriguez' destroyed BRM P133, Monaco GP 1968

Start of the Dutch Grand Prix 1968

Race winner Graham Hill, Lotus-Cosworth 49B, drives under a bridge full of spectators, Monaco GP 1968

Helen Stewart kisses her husband Jackie Stewart, winner of the Dutch Grand Prix 1968. A helping hand holds his visor because the handicapped Jackie has a cast around his broken wrist.

Ford team mates and happy winners Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Lucien Bianchi (B) receive their bouquets on podium

Pit stop and driver exchange of Rudi Lins (A) and GÈrard Larrousse (F) on Porsche 908/02 010

Andrea de Adamich (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 75033-017

Hans Laine (SF) jumps with Sten Axelsson's (S) Porsche 906 125

Jo Bonnier (S, in the car) and Masten Gregory (USA, far left) exchange driver's seat for their Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/151, Le Mans 24h, 1969

Jacky Ickx, Brabham-Cosworth BT26A

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: The third placed Porsche 917K 010 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Brian Redman (GB), entered by David Piper

David Piper (GB) and Dieter Quester (A) on Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/150

Driver seat exchange of Rolf Stommelen (D) and Hans Herrmann (D) with the slightly damaged Porsche 908/02 015 S-M 2553

Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 49B, German GP Nuerburgring 1969

Bruce McLaren slides in front of the Hotel de Paris in Monaco 1969

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) celebrate their victory on the Nuerburgring podium

Second placed Porsche 908/02 #013 driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Umberto Maglioli (I), entered by Porsche System Engineering

Jacky Ickx beeing photographed by Bernard Cahier during an interview. The shorthaired blonde lady behind is Bernard wife Joan, the mother of Paul-Henri Cahier

Hubert Hahne (D) and Dieter Quester (A) moved the No. 61 Porsche 917 #004 during practice only, at the race itself it was driven by Frank Gardner (AUS) and David Piper (GB)

Italian GP 1970: Jackie Oliver (BRM no. 8) leading the field towards the Parabolica curve. He is closely followed by Regazzoni's Ferrari, Stewart's March and Ickx in the 2nd Ferrari.

Jack Brabham (AUS) and Jean-Pierre Beltoise (F) stand the rain in a Matra-Simca MS650 01

Tony Lanfranchi in Mark Konig's Nomad Mk.2 BRM overtakes Pescarolo's Matra-Simca MS650 #03 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) during a pit stop of his Porsche 908/3 009 #40 becomes second placed together with team mate Leo Kinnunen (SF)

Jackie Oliver's BRM collided with Jacky Ickx's Ferrari, both drivers where able to escape with relatively minor injuries. Race winner Jackie Stewart on March-Cosworth 701 passes the scene of accident whilst the two burning cars are being extinguished.

24h Le Mans 1970: The Porsche 917L 042 of Porsche KG Salzburg, driven by Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D), does not finish the race

Nina Rindt waits for her husband Jochen to pass by. He had a fatal accident at Parabolica just moments after this picture was taken, Italian GP Monza 1970.

Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra-Simca MS650

Nightly pit stop of Peter Schetty (CH) with the Ferrari 512 S #1038

Jochen Rindt on Lotus-Cosworth 72C, winner of the French GP 1970

Jacky Ickx at the La Source hairpin, Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps 1970

Jochen Rind and his Lotus team-mate Graham Hill, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1970

Jo Siffert on March-Cosworth 701, Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 1970

After winning the 1970 24h Le Mans endurance race, Richard Attwood, Hans Herrmann and Ferry Porsche enjoy the victory party in the Martini hospitality center

David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) on Porsche 917K #026 (entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering) did not finish due to an accident in lap 49.

Podium ceremony with Jochen and Nina Rindt, British Grand Prix 1970

A queue of cars after the start of the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Winner Jo Siffert sprays champagne at the spectators beneath the podium

Race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Busy Lotus mechanics in the Lotus pits in Brands Hatch, British Grand Prix 1970

Denny Hulme, McLaren, crosses the line to finish 3rd in the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970

Mike Parkes (GB) enters his business car, the later fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1008 is being prepared

Chris Amon, Ferrari 512S, 1000km Brands Hatch 1970

Porsche 908/2 001 #57 driven by Gijs van Lennep (NL) / Hans Laine (SF) becomes fourth placed

British Grand Prix 1970 podium ceremony: Jochen Rindt presents his trophy

Race winner Jochen Rindt with his Lotus-Cosworth 49C

Jo Siffert's (CH) and Brian Redman's (GB) winning Porsche 917K 0014 in front of seventh placed Ferrari 512 S #1044 of Peter Schetty (CH) and Arturo Merzario (I)

Jochen Rindt wins the French GP 1970 on Lotus-Cosworth 72C

1000km Spa 1970: Leo Kinnunen is going to take over from Pedro Rodriguez in the Porsche 917K #0014

Jochen Rindt with his wife Nina and Lotus team boss Colin Chapman, Austrian GP 1970

Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) on Porsche 917K #023 entered by Porsche Salzburg

The start of the BOAC 1000 Kilometres World Championship Sports Car Race in Brands Hatch 1970

Sixth positioned Herbert M¸ller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1016

Chris Amon spins the wheels of his Matra Simca-Matra MS120B

In a tight pit Mauro Forghieri is talking to his driver Jacky Ickx, while teammate Clay Regazzoni sits strapped in his Ferrari 312PB cockpit.

Lotus driver Reine Wisell finishes 13th (11 laps behind, nc)

Jo Siffert (CH) and Derek Bell (GB) exchange drivers seat on the third placed Porsche 917K 014/029 at pits

Dave Walker in a Lotus 69 during a Formula 3-race in Monaco 1971

The Porsche 917LH, later retireing with oil system failure

Second placed Wyer Porsche 917K 031 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert Mueller (CH, at the wheel) still in front of later winning Martini Porsche 917K 053 driven by Helmut Marko (A) and Gijs van Lennep (NL)

Jackie Stewart on the grid

Herbert Mueller (CH) / Mike Parkes (GB) yellow Ferrari 512 S #1016, no. 15

The cockpit of Jacky Ickx' Ferrari 312B2, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1971

Jacky Ickx, currently in 4th place, leading Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson

Peter Revson and Denny Hulme on the podium

Rainy start for Ronnie Peterson in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Heading for victory, Ferraris 312PB #0896 2nd driver Mario Andretti (USA) jumps into the cockpit to change the drivers seat with his Belgian team-mate Jacky Ickx during a regular pit stop

Race winner Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Cosworth 72D, British GP Brands Hatch 1972

George Follmer (USA) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

The winning McLaren Chevrolet in front of the small podium ceremony

Can-Am, Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer (USA) starts in a Porsche 917/10 TC in front of the two McLaren-Chevrolets

Waiting fans and policemen prepare for podium ceremony

Engineer Peter Falk (in yellow jacket) helps with pit stop of Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908L 026 #60, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) / Michel Weber (D), which gains third place

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Chris Amon, Matra Simca-Matra MS120C, Monaco GP, 1972

Race winner Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell-Cosworth 003 at Clermont-Ferrand, 1972

George Follmer

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC in pits

Peter Revson (USA) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Both Ferraris of Swede Ronnie Peterson (no. 86) and Mario Andretti (USA) in the lead

David Hobbs (GB) on Lola T310 Chevrolet

Winner Henri Pescarolo (F) on Matra-Simca MS670 01

Rainy start for Ronnie Peterson in the Ferrari 312 PB #0886

Brian Redman (GB) in a Porsche 917/10 TC

The start of the 1000km Spa 1973, the Matra-Simca MS670B 03 of Henri Pescarolo (F) on first position

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Brian Redman (GB) in the Ferrari 312 PB #0888 and Arturo Merzario (I) on pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0896 on Le Mans' grid just before the race

George Follmer discusses with Roger Penske

Georg Loos (D) and J¸rgen Barth (D) become 10th overall placed in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0847 entered by Gelo Racing Team, and second placed in the GT3.0 classification

Henri Pescarolo (F) celebrates on podium with Matra team mate Larrousse

The McLaren M20 Chevrolet steered by Andretti and Cannon

Mark Donohue (USA) in the no. 6 Sunoco Porsche 917

Mark Donohue (USA) in the no. 6 Sunoco Porsche 917, leads the field, followed by Redman's Porsche 917 no. 3 and Hobbs' McLaren-Chevrolet no. 73.

Helena Fittipaldi watches her husband Emerson racing at the IROC event

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Mark Donohue (USA) in the winning Porsche 917/30 TC entered by Sunoco Porsche+Audi

Vic Elford (GB), Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo

Tyrrell driver Jody Scheckter on his parade lap after winning the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch 1974. Jo Ramirez is about to offer him a soft drink.

Jacky Ickx, Lotus 72

German F1 newcomer Hans-Joachim Stuck, March 741 Ford-Cosworth

From left to right: Clay Regazzoni, Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda

Winner Jochen Mass (D), Ford Capri RS 3100, 1975 Europa-Meisterschaft für GT und Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft auf dem Norisring, 200 Meilen von Nürnberg, ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe, DRM Division 1

From left to right: Bette Hill, Marlene Stommelen and Rolf Stommelen.

Italian GP Monza 1975 Start: Polesetter Niki Lauda on a Ferrari 312T besides team mate and later winner Clay Regazzoni

1st lap, Vittorio Brambilla, March, leading Depailler, Jarier and the two Brabhams of Reutemann and Pace

Swiss journalist Roger Benoit delays the honoury lap after the Swedish Grand Prix, Anderstorp, 1975. Winner Niki Lauda in the middle, Carlos Reutemann left hand and third positioned Clay Regazzoni on the right.

Podium group photo after the ceremony: Second placed James Hunt of Hesketh, Ferrari's race winner Niki Lauda and third placed Jochen Mass, McLaren

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The cars being prepaired for the restart. The race had to be stoped after a start collision involving Clay Regazzoni of Ferrari, James Hunt of McLaren (no. 11), Niki Lauda (Ferrari) and Jacques Laffite (Ligier). Hunt had a spare car but his team were going to race it and face the consequences later.

Martini Brabham, Carlos Reutemann's no. 7

James Hunt, McLaren M23

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni has taken the lead at the 1st start for the German Grand Prix 1976. Pole sitter James Hunt (McLaren no. 11) drops back, so as Niki Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari. Jochen Mass in the 2nd McLaren (no. 12) starts on dry weather tyres in the slippery conditions.

Brabham designer Gordon Murray with his driver Carlos Reutemann

Brabham-Alfa driver Carlos Reutemann at La Rascasse

At the 1st ever Long Beach United States West GP, the 1975 F1 Word Champion Niki Lauda takes a seat in an historical Mercedes Grand Prix car from 1954. The driver of the car at that time was Juan Manuel Fangio, five times F1 World Champion (in the background with helmet on).

Up towards the Casino during the warm-up lap. Jody Scheckter, 2nd on the grid, Wolf no. 20, and Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari

Ronnie Peterson signs a fan's shirt, Lotus drivers Gunnar Nilson and Mario Andretti watching the scene

German Grand Prix winner and World Championship leader Niki Lauda with laurel. He celebrates his 2nd season's victory on the Hockenheim podium with AvD president Metternich and 2nd placed Scheckter (far right)

Lotus driver Ronnie Peterson in the pits during practice, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1978

Princely Family, Monaco 1978

Mario Andretti, Lotus-Cosworth 78, Monaco GP 1978

Mario Andretti in his Lotus-Cosworth

Two dominating Ferrari approaching the parc ferme

Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello congratulating each other

Rubens Barrichello leading the crowd

Alain Prost in pits with Edward "Teddy" Mayer

Gilles Villeneuve

French drivers Rene Arnoux and Alain Prost chat on the grid before the United States West Grand Prix in Long Beach 1981

Ralf Schumacher leading Rubens Barrichello through the dessert

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

Winner Rubens Barrichello in front of Button and Raikkonen, overlapping Villeneuve

Coulthard trying to pass Massa unsuccessfully

Winner Nigel Mansell on Williams-Renault gives Ayrton Senna a ride, British GP, 1991

Jean Alesi testing his new Benetton-Renault's flying capabilities, Portugal, Estoril, 1995

Accident at the start for the Monaco Grand Prix, 1995: David Coulthard, Williams-Renault, got squeezed beween both Ferraris of Berger and Alesi

European GP 1997 at Jerez: The final battle for the Championship between Jacques Villeneuve, Williams, and Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Ferrari 333 SP, starting #12, finishing 20th, drivers: W. Taylor, E. Vanderpoele, F. Velez

Norbert Haug's hand on the command buttons

Rainer's new 'The Great Challenge 2 - The Stewart Era' editorial book, is being admired by Jackie Stewart, Mark Stewart, George Harrison, Paul Stewart and Eoin Young. (Who is the gentleman on the right hand? Any hint is appreciated!)

German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2000: Championship leader Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, goes off after a collision with Fisichella

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

At the start, Lewis Hamilton leads in front of Grosjean and Vettel whilst Michael Schumacher has to start from pit lane

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Bernie Ecclestone wishes Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel all the best for the race

RTL TV presenters Konig and Lauda interview the second grid placed Schumacher

Paul di Resta, Force India

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso enjoys a rainy practice session on Friday

Michael Schumacher gives an interview to Sky TV presenter Tanja Bauer

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches Eau Rouge with pole setter Button in the lead followed by Raikkonen and a large gap to the other race cars because of the start accident

Emilio Botin, a fourth-generation banker, head of Banco Santander, besides Ferrari's front line position on the grid before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Pole sitter Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Paul di Resta, Force India

Paul di Resta, Force India

Finn Valtteri Bottas, Williams

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Later race winner Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, in front of Williams' Maldonado and Alonso of Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean ejects from Lotus pits

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

McLaren team mates Button and Hamilton together during drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

A surprising but deserved winner Pastor Maldonado of Williams takes the chequered flag to win the Spanish Grand Prix, 2012

Kai Ebel interviews pole sitter Nico Rosberg

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches Eau Rouge with pole setter Button in the lead followed by Raikkonen and a large gap to the other race cars because of the start accident

Paul di Resta, Force India

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A very happy third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing kisses his trophy on the podium

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado's Williams retires just after the start with a broken front wing

Later race winner Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, at tunnel exit

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes the chequered flag and wins the Hungarian Grand Prix

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing shakes hands in parc ferme with his third placed team mate Sebsatian Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

The fastest three runners line up after the qualifying's rainy prolongation

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, retires with a smoking engine at the tunnel exit

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber plays with his mobile phone whilst RBR managers Newey, Marko and Horner sit down with a coffee

The German national football team visits Mercedes GP in Monaco and poses for a group photo

Three of the German drivers - Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher - enjoy the drivers parade on the truck

Niki Lauda interviews the race drivers Perez, Hamilton and Alonso after the podium ceremony

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field through turn one after three laps

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

Bernd Maylaender in the safety car leads the field with McLaren's Hamilton still in front whilst the track is cleaned after an accident

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Paul di Resta, Force India

After the race, third placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull celebrates in parc ferme

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren raises his trophy on the podium

Fernando Alonso's Ferrari passes Monaco's famous Hôtel de Paris

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Daniel Ricciardo of Toro Rosso is pushed to his grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

German race drivers Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel walk together to drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Former colleagues Alex Wurz, Pedro de la Rosa and Adrian Campos do TV interviews on the grid before the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, brakes into turn one in front of Schumacher's Mercedes

The field roars into formation lap

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Pit stop of race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leads the field after lap one

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, on the grid with mechanics swirling around

Race winner Fernando Alonsoenjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and his grid girl are recorded by a TV camera

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team, surfs through the puddles abroad the racing line

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Champagne showers on the podium for second placed Vettel and winner Button

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean comes to Lotus pits

Nico Rosberg scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955, when Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi finished 1-2 for the silver arrows in the Italian GP

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren receives congratulations from Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

The three Germans Timo Glock, Michael Schumacher and Nico Huelkenberg joke around on their way to the drivers parade

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams presents his trophy on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

German race drivers Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel walk together to drivers parade

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams showers with champagne on the podium after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

A cheering Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton on the podium

Williams' Pastor Maldonado congratulates Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes for achieving pole position

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Pit stop from above of Lewis Hamilton at McLaren pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Raikkonen and Schumacher

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx interviews the drivers on the podium after the ceremony

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber of RBR, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari as polesetter in the middle and RBR's Sebastian Vettel as third placed on the grid.

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, leads the field under yellow flags

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Ex-F1 race driver and BBC TV presenter David Coulthard interviews race winner Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the race

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing presents his trophy for the winning driver after the podium ceremony

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in lead whilst Grosjean causes the accident

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, pushes behind Bruno Senna's Williams, followed by Vettel

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Minutes before the drivers parade

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Ferrari Rainbow, 1976

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Sibilo, 1978

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra M530 Laser, 1971

After arriving at podium, Lewis Hamilton jumps from his McLaren car

The start field reaches turn one, Sebastian Vettel in the lead

Resigned BRDC president Damon Hill walks through the paddock with Prince Henry 'Harry' of Wales

Sir Jackie chats with Prince Harry

Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen get on the drivers parade truck

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Polesetter Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Vettel and Webber of Red Bull finish as second and third

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari celebrates his victory in parc ferme, rising his steering wheel

A grin is engraved into Alonso's face after two laps in a historic Ferarri race car

Paul di Resta, Force India

Race winner Fernando Alonso of Ferrari receives congratulations from second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull in parc ferme

Triple F1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart with Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

Felipe Massa of Ferrari finaly overtakes Rosberg's Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello locks the brakes of his Williams-Cosworth car

McLaren mechanics cheer for race winner Hamilton

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of Barrichello

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand third qualified Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, his team mate Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as second on the grid

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren on podium after the German GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren raises his trophy on the podium after the German GP

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gets a lift to parc ferme from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

Daniel Ricciardo sets the HRT-Cosworth's steering wheel buttons

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the leading Sebastian Vettel - unsuccessful in this lap

Race winner Jenson Button of McLaren celebrates in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel ejects from Red Bull Racing pits and jumps in front of Alonso's pitting Ferrari

The start field arrives at turn two, Vettel still leads in front of Hamilton and Button

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, ends his pit stop

Lewis Hamilton is serviced at McLaren pits

The drivers come to the FIA scales after qualifying

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, receives congrats from third placed Alonso in parc ferme

Moko and Boris seem to discuss serious things ...

Lewis Hamilton ends his stop at McLaren pits

A bit more than one lap after the start, Vettel still leads in front of Hamilton

Another one of the six pit stops of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A glowing pit stop of Jaime Alguersuari at Toro Rosso pits

Fragile looking carbon fiber suspension angles

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

After the start, the field heads into turn one

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to pits right the the end of Jenson Button's stop at McLaren pits

Scrutineering after the Korean GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Red Bull Racing team boss Horner celebrates with Webber and Vettel in parc ferme after the Korean GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Vitaly Petrov at Lotus Renault GP pits after his collision with Schumacher

The helmet of polesitter Sebastian Vettel shows the faces of the Red Bull Racing team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

McLaren's second placed chaser Button congratulates race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing in parc ferme after the race

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh talks with FIA president Jean Todt at the pitwall

Champagne showers for winner Vettel

Virgin Racing's Timo Glock walks in the pitlane with his physio Axel Thielmann

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, leading Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel gives Bob an interview before the drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, puts his helmet on

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Race winner Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing arrives at parc ferme after his honoury lap

Vitaly Petrov discusses with the Renault GP engineers in pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

The helmet design of polesitter Sebastian Vettel shows the faces of the Red Bull Racing team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari pitwall command center

Sebastian Vettel signs autographs before doing his parade lap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

FIA president Jean Todt, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali along with other team bosses stand still with the Formula One drivers for a minute's silence on the grid before the race in memory of Dan Wheldon and Marco Simoncelli

Previously sad but now happy again looking Fernando Alonso enjoyed a warm hug from Bernie Ecclestone on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov discusses with the Renault GP engineers in pits

F1 race drivers wait at the FIA scales after qualifying

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

As a rare shot Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car in front of the two Ferraris

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey presents his trophy for the winning constructor on the podium

Previously sad but now happy looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Red Bull Racing's race winner Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy on the podium

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey, team advisor Dr. Helmut Marko and team boss Christian Horner celebrate their new victory at the pitwall command center

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Vitaly Petrovs manager Oksana Kozachenko watches the action in the pitlane

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

After the minute's silence on the grid, a very sad looking Fernando Alonso walks into the arms of Bernie Ecclestone who speaks a serious word

Previously sad but now enlightened looking Fernando Alonso finds himself in the arms of Bernie Ecclestone

Massive architecture and fresh tarmac on the newest F1 circuit near New Delhi

FOM's Pasquale Lattuneddu poses with Samir Gaur, CEO of the race organising Jaypee Sports agency, and two pitlane marshals

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, with an open DRS wing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher enjoys the ride in a 1929 Stutz Pikes Peak Special for drivers parade

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Vitaly Petrov discusses in the pits with the Renault GP engineers

McLaren mechanics sit on the pitwall and wait for the car to come in again

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Lotus Renault GP

A Force India billboard advertises the 'national' team

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Race leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes passes the pit boards as the field turns to the main straight

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing concentrates in his car before the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, jumps over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, jumps over the curbs

Race winner Lewis Hamilton hugs Andy Latham of McLaren in parc ferme after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is prepared at his grid position

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes arrives in parc ferme after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Felipe Massa and Jaime Alguersuari chat on their way to drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing is pushed to his grid position

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing arrives in parc ferme after qualifying

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello and Jerome d'Ambrosio walk to drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Red Bull president Dieter Mateschitz wishes his driver Sebastian Vettel best luck on the grid before the race

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP overtakes Toro Rosso's Alguersuari

French racing legend Jacques Laffite chats with his colleague journalist Karen Minier, wife of David Coulthard

Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel strokes his 'Kinky Kylie' in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix, finalising the superior season for Red Bull

Jaime Alguersuari of Toro Rosso in front of Trulli

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull Racing pit stop crew pose with 'Kinky Kylie' for the season's final group shot

The Mercedes star on a McLaren nose cone tip

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel caress each other in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix, finalising the superior season for Red Bull

Brazilian Globo TV sets local hero Bruno Senna up for a larger interview

Brazilian Globo TV interviews local hero Bruno Senna

The whole Red Bull Racing team celebrates the superior success with Renault engineers subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

Red Bull Racing chief mechanic Kenny Handkammer proudly poses between the glitter-spangled victorious RBR-Renaults after the podium ceremony of the Brazilian GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus, overtakes d'Ambrosio's Virgin-Cosworth

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull adviser Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner

Sebastian Vettel takes a close look at a very cute statement of a fan and his mom

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Alguersuari

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing wins the Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull's race winner Mark Webber and second placed team mate Sebastian Vettel ashake hands on the podium after the Brazilian Grand Prix

The whole RBR team celebrates the superior success subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

The fastest three qualifiers pose together for the world's media: on the left hand third qualified McLaren's Jenson Button, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as second on the grid

Sebastian Vettel celebrates with the Red Bull Racing mechanics and funny moustaches their season's ultimate pole position hence braking Nigel Mansell's record of 14 pole positions in one season

Nico Rosberg browses through Rainer Schlegelmilch's recent coffeetable book 'Formula One World Champions' (published by teNeues, Germany), probably seeking a matching christmas present for his father Keke

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch seeks a reflection on a firemarshal's helmet visor

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing becomes second behind team mate Webber

Collected rubber marbles on Webber's RBR-Renault in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull's Helmut Marko celebrates on podium with race winner Sebastian Vettel

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Sibilo, 1978

Mario Andretti in a Lotus-Cosworth, Monaco 1979

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari, made an amazing start from 5th position on the grid to take the lead from Jones, Lauda and Arnoux

Jacques Laffite, Ligier-Cosworth JS11, Monaco Gran Prix 1979

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari, Italian GP Monza 1978

Ricardo Rodriguez leads his Ferrari team-mate Phil Hill into Eau Rouge, Belgium GP 1962

Jo Siffert passes the burning remains of Mairesse's Ferrari 156, Belgium GP 1962

The winning Ferrari 250P #0814 of Lorenzo Bandini (I) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) passes the crashed Lola Mk 6 GT Ford of Richard Attwood (GB) and David Hobbs (GB)

Start of 24h Le Mans 1963 with Pedro Rodriguez in the lead with his Ferrari 330 TRI no. 10

French Grand Prix Reims 1963 Start

Briggs Cunningham's and Bob Grossman's Jaguar E-type Lightweight (#S850664 5115 WK) becomes second in the GT+3.0 classement - despite a long unplanned stop after a crash making a replacement of the front hood necessary.

Drivers briefing before the start with Bruce McLaren, Jim Hall, Trevor Taylor, Dan Gurney and Innes Ireland

Tony Maggs in a Cooper-Climax (No. 8) and Lotus-Climax driver Trevor Taylor (No. 10) accelerate towards first corner

Followed by compassionate journalists, Edgar Barth (DDR) pushes his Porsche 718 WRS #047 without the right rear wheel through the pitlane towards his pit crew, no help allowed by racing rules! He will finish the 24h race in 8th position, 39 laps behind the winner.

Lotus driver Jim Clark starting from pole takes the lead at the start followed by Bandini's Ferrari (No 4) and Stewart's BRM (No 12)

Having missed his refuelling signal, an exhausted Chris Amon pushes the Shelby American Ford GT 40 towards the pits, being watched by officials and photographers, dropping from 3rd to 8th as a result.

Lotus owner Colin Chapman and chief mechanic Jim Endruweit congratulate Jim Clark for his first and only German GP victory

In Clermont-Ferrand waiting fatigues Jim Clark, team boss Colin Chapman and team mate Mike Spence.

Race winner Jackie Stewart on a BRM P261 and Jim Clark in a Lotus-Climax 33 (started from pole position but retires with fuel pump problems after 63 of 76 laps) fight wheel to wheel for the lead during the Italian GP at Monza in 1965.

Monaco 1966, friends and racing companions Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark and Graham Hill under the trees in pitlane.

Jim Clark in dialogue with fans, distinctive Beatle George Harrison at left hand.

Nighly pitstop of seventh placed Vic Elford (GB) and Ben Pon (NL) in the Porsche 906 154

Jim Clark and Graham Hill waiting for their practive entry.

Pitstop including refueling of Paul Hawkins' (AUS) and Rolf Stommelen's (D) Porsche 910/8 024 S-ZL 224

Driver exchange and refueling of Andrea de Adamich's (I) and Jean Rolland's (F) Alfa Romeo T33

Second positioned Jack Brabham on Brabham-Repco BT19 behind later winner Jim Clark on Lotus-Cosworth 49, followed by soon retiring Rindt and later third placed Hulme, Dutch GP Zandvoort 1967

Graham Hill gives Jo Siffert a ride on his Lotus back to pits during practice, Monaco 1967

Pitstop at night of Mike Spence's (GB) and Phil Hill's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

The Phil Hill / Mike Spence Chapparal 2F (No. 4) was fastest in practice but slow away at the start, getting into the top six before stopping with transmission failure on lap 10. Note the huge crowd and the varied mix of cars.

Nighly pit stop of Richard Attwood's (GB) and Piers Courage's (GB) Ferrari 330P3/4 #0854 entered by Maranello Concessionnaires

Jack Brabham in his Brabham-Repco BT24 leading Chris Amon in his Ferrari 312 during the British Grand Prix 1967

Porsche 908 015 #31 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Hans Herrmann (D) retires with gearbox failure

John Rhodes of Cooper Car Co. Ltd. on an Austin Mini-Cooper 'S' behind team mate Steve Neal

Graham Hill on Lotus passes Pedro Rodriguez' destroyed BRM P133, GP Monaco 1968

Third placed Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nanni Galli (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-017 are welcomed by documenting fans on their return from the 24 hours race

John Rhodes of Cooper Car Co. Ltd. on an Austin Mini-Cooper 'S'

Jacky Ickx (No 9) starting from pole position in his Ferrari, leads the field. Chris Amon (Ferrari, No 8) is second and Jochen Rindt (Brabham) third, followed by Elford's Cooper and Hill's Lotus (No 3).

Porsche 908 013 #33 driven by Rolf Stommelen (D) and Jochen Neerpasch (D) arrives third after 24 hours and becomes second in prototype classification

Richard Attwood in the Lotus brakes to late for the Rascasse corner, John Surtees in the Ferrari is going to pass him (see also next picture 593-69MC-12)

Herbert Mueller's (CH) and Jo Bonnier's (S) Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/151

The second placed Porsche 908 LH 031 with Hans Herrmann (D) and GÈrard Larrousse (F) yet in front of the later winning Porsche 908 LH 031 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB)

Race winners Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens are being interviewed at the pitsbehind their Porsche 917 009

Dr. Ferry Porsche with his winning drivers Udo Schuetz (left) and Gerhard Mitter, Targa Florio 1969

The second placed Porsche 908 LH 031 of Hans Herrmann (D) and GÈrard Larrousse (F) in pits whilst the winning Ford overtakes

The two winning Porsche drivers Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) enjoy the fresh podium air after the 1000km Monza 1969

Driver seat exchange of Hans Herrmann (D) and GÈrard Larrousse (F) during a pitstop of the Porsche 908 LH 031

German Hubert Hahne on a Formula 2 BMW 269 - BMW M11 (BMW withdrew all cars of its 269 F2 project from the race as Gerhard Mitter died in a fatal accident at Schwedenkreuz in practice session)

Podium ceremony after the 1969 Zeltweg 1000 kms

The last true Le Mans start: All drivers had sprinted to their cars while Jacky Ickx (blue helmet, middle) walkes slowly towards his Ford in order to protest against the folly traditional starting procedure

The Porsche 908 LH #030 of Udo Sch¸tz (D) and Gerhard Mitter (D) is being refueled

John Miles tests Lotus' development of a four-wheel drive Formula 1 car, the Lotus-Cosworth 63s, at a practice session before the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1969

Gerhard Mitter ¸bernimmt den sp‰teren Sieger-Porsche 908/2 von Udo Sch¸tz

Ferry Porsche on podium amidst his celebrating victorious Porsche driver team Mitter and Sch¸tz

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: The winning Porsche 917 009 with Jo Siffert (CH) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) in front of Helmut Krause's (D) and Hans-Dieter Weigel's (D) Porsche 907 2.2 029 and the Lola T70 Mk.3B GT Chevrolet SL76/151 driven by Jo Bonnier (S) and Herbert M¸ller (CH)

German Hubert Hahne on a Formula 2 BMW 269 - BMW M11 (BMW withdrew all cars of its 269 F2 project from the race as Gerhard Mitter died in a fatal accident at Schwedenkreuz in practice session)

John Surtees in the Ferrari has just passed Richard Attwood, Lotus

Porsche 908/2 010 #264 driven by Rudi Lins (A) and Gerard Larrousse (F), Targa Florio 1969

The later winning Porsche 917K #016 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

24h Le Mans 1970: Night pit stop of Gerard Larrousse (F) and Willy Kauhsen (D) on second placed Porsche 917L #043 entered by Martini International Racing Team

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #5, driven by Hans-Dieter Dechent (D) and Helmut Marko (A) becomes second placed in prototype category 1000km Spa 1970

The Ferrari 512 S #1030 is being quickly repaired whilst the other Ferrari 512 S #1014 ejects from pits

Early laps: 3rd placed Arturo Merzario (I) on Ferrari 512 S #1034 leads a queue of followers (Vaccarella, Ferrari no. 6, Hobbs, Porsche no. 22)

Second placed Porsche 917K 023 of Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ)

Brian Redman (GB) and Jo Siffert (CH) on the podium after winning the 1000kms of Spa in 1970 in S5.0 class, on the right behind them the winners in the P3.0 class Rudi Lins (A) and GÈrard Larrousse (F), on the left John L'Amie (GB) and Brian Nelson (GB) winning the S2.0 class

24h Le Mans 1970: The Porsche 917K 026 of David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB)

Pit stop for Rudi Lins (A) in his Porsche 908/02 LH #005 of Martini International Racing Team, who gains third position at finish

Pit stop of winning driver pair Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 917K 023

Jacky Ickx at the wheel of the Ickx (B)/Schetty (CH) Ferrari 512 S #1038 leads the Porsche 917L 042 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D)

Jackie Stewart, March-Cosworth 701, Monaco Grand Prix, 1970

Herbert Mueller (CH) and Mike Parkes (GB) pass the spectators with the Ferrari 512 S #1016

1000km Monza 1970: The Gulf-Porsche drivers Jo Siffert, Pedro Rodriquez (couching), Brian Redman and Leo Kinnunen relax at their business car in pits

Jacky Ickx takes a sip of champagne from Jochen Rindt's first place cup, German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 1970

Winning Porsche Salzburg team Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) surrounded by cheering officals, team members, such as Elford's wife Mary, and fans, 1000km Nuerburgring, 1970

Start for the French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand 1970: Austrian Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 6) in 5th position just behind Stewart in the blue March, followed by Pescarolo (Matra no. 20), Rodriguez and Brabham.

Debriefing session at Lotus with newcomer Emerson Fittipaldi, racing manager Dick Scammell, team boss Colin Chapman, no. 2 driver John Miles and sitting on the Lotus, championchip leader Austrian Jochen Rindt.

Jo Siffert in the BRM (No. 14), pole position, took the lead at the start. Beside him Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell Ford-Cosworth. Behind them Francois Cevert in the 2nd Tyrrell and Clay Regazzoni in the Ferrari.

During a pit stop Vic Elford takes the winning Porsche 908/03 008 over from Gerard Larrousse

Jacky Ickx, Ferrari, on his way out of the pits, while French driver Francoise Cevert is stepping into the cockpit of his Tyrrell

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

Ickx' Ferrari 312B2 rear side, Monaco GP 1971

The Ferrari 312 PB #0878 has some overheating problems as you can see on jumping Clay Regazzoni's (CH) oil-spilled overall

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

Reine Wisell and Colin Chapman with the Lotus-Cosworth 72D, being watched by Emerson Fittipaldi (right)

Jackie Stewart on the grid, Monaco GP 1971

Jo Siffert (CH) waits besides the Porsche 908/03 012 whilst mechanics try to fix chassis problems

Dieter Glemser, Ford Capri

Jo Siffert (CH) and Derek Bell (GB) await the preparation of the third placed Porsche 917K 014/029 in the pits

The mechanics dismounted the bodywork of Tim Schenken's (AUS) Ferrari 312 PB #0894. Team mate Ronnie Peterson (S) listen to his descriptions

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

Spy view through the engine cover of FranÁois Cevert's (F) McLaren M8F Chevrolet at the busy mechanics

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Both Ferraris of Peterson (S) and Andretti (USA) in the lead

Steve Durst (USA) at pits with a McLaren M8E/D Chevrolet

Second placed Peter Revson shows his enjoyment about a check

1-2 photo finish for Henri Pescarolo/Graham Hill (car #15) and Francois Cevert/Howden Ganley (car #14). Both Matra-Simca MS670 entered by Equipe Matra-Simca Shell, 24h Le Mans, 1972

Francois Cevert, Tyrrell-Cosworth 002, British GP Brands Hatch 1972

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus-Cosworth 72D, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1972

FranÁois Cevert (F) leads on second position in the Matra-Simca MS670 02

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Team principal Ken Tyrrell at pits with 'his' drivers Francois Cevert and Jackie Stewart

Start to the Can-Am Race in Riverside 1973

At the start Peterson (No. 2) from pole went into the lead with Lotus teammate Fittipaldi chasing him while Hulme's McLaren (No. 7) claimed third ahead of Stewart's Tyrrell (No. 5) and Revson's McLaren (No. 8), Italian GP Monza 1973

Winning Matra team mates Henri Pescarolo and GÈrard Larrousse celebrate on podium

A Ford Capri LV driven by Dieter Glemser (D), John Fitzpatrick (GB) and Hans Heyer (D)

At the start polesetter Ronnie Peterson goes into the lead with Lotus team-mate Fittipaldi chasing him while Peter Revson, McLaren (no. 8), is about to loose his 2nd position on the grid, Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1973

Swede Ronnie Peterson took his first Grand Prix victory. His wife Barbro, Lotus teamboss Colian Chapman and teammanager Peter Warr are jubilating

Start of 1000km Nuerburgring 1973: The Matra-Simca #4 of Cevert and Beltoise in the lead before retiring with engine failure in lap 12, the pursuing Ferrari with No. 1 (Ickx/Redman) wins the race.

Matra mechanics work at the Simca engine

Steve Durst (USA), McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Mark Donohue (USA) in the winning Porsche 917/30 TC entered by Sunoco Porsche+Audi

Lotus timekeepers Helena Fittipaldi and Barbro Peterson keep the times of their husbands, Le Castellet 1973

Arturo Merzario (I) on pole position in the Ferrari 312 PB #0896 on Le Mans' grid just before the race. Next to him on the right Brian Redman (GB), Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Herbert Mueller (CH) drove the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 0686 R7 entered by Martini Racing/Porsche AG to fifth position

Charlie Kemp (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Jody Scheckter (ZA) on Porsche 917/10 TC

Start of the British Grand Prix in Silverstone: Exceptional 1st pole position for Tom Pryce in the Shadow, but Pace in his Brabham (no. 8) went away quickest to snatch the lead from the Welsh

Start for the Swedish Grand Prix 1975: Vittorio Brambilla in a March-Cosworth 751 on pole position besides Patrick Depailler on Tyrrell-Cosworth 007.

Princess Gracia Patricia and Prince Rainier de Monaco drive a lap of honour before the start of the Grand Prix race

Daniele Audetto (Ferrari team manager) and Clay Regazzoni talk to Niki Lauda in the Ferrari cockpit, German GP 1976

The 2nd 1-2 victory of the season for Lotus, with winner Mario Andretti, 2nd Ronnie Peterson and Ligier driver Jacques Laffite as 3rd, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1978

At the start both Lotus drivers Mario Andretti (No 5) and and polesetter Ronnie Peterson leading the field

Prince Rainier and his wife Princess Grace on their honorary lap around the race track 1/2 an hour before the start

Winner Nelson Piquet flanked by Emerson Fittipaldi (left) and Riccardo Patrese.

Patrick Depailler chauffeurs Bruno Giacomelli and a girl friend on a small moped through Rascasse

Renault RE 24 Turbo V6

Andrea de Cesaris, McLaren no. 8, between Rosberg and Rebaque, during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, 1981

Bernie Ecclestone (middle) and Gordon Murray (wearing headphones) at Nelson Piquet's car in the Brabham pits, Austrian GP, Zeltweg, 1981.

DRM race winner Bob Wollek on Jägermeister Kremer Racing's Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2

Unexpected pit stop of Juan Pablo Montoya with smoking brake disks

Ralf Schumacher and Olivier Panis fighting during the race

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1st lap of the Monaco Grand Prix, 1984, with Alain Prost, McLaren, leading Lotus driver Nigel Mansell and both Ferraris of Arnoux and Alboreto

Still happy winning Michael

Marc Gene on the grid

Happy Kimi on the podium

Le Mans 24h 1988, Porsche 962C (#17 Hans-Joachim Stuck, Klaus Ludwig, Derek Bell)

The cheering Word Champion Michael Schumacher at the Spa parc ferme

Winner Nigel Mansell, Williams, gives Ayrton Senna a ride back to the pits after the race, with 3rd placed Prost, Ferrari, just behind. British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1991.

Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher with American sprinter Michael Johnson

2nd start for the German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2001, with both BMW Williams' of Juan Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher in the lead, followed by the McLaren's of Hakkinen and Coulthard

FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh visit Michael Schumacher on the grid

Sebastian Vettel's pit board shown by his physio Heikki Houvinen

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start field after turn one, Webber in the lead

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, retires after an unsuccessful overtaking attempt against Bruno Senna

Turn one is cleans as the field passes by

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari takes the chequered flag and wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, takes the chequered flag and wins the Canadian Grand Prix as the 'magic' seventh winner in the seventh round of the season

Dutchman Giedo van der Garde, Caterham test driver

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

After the start accident, the safety car takes the lead of the field through Eau Rouge's combination 'La Raidillon'

Lap two begins with yellow flags, announcing the deployment of the safety car

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Third placed Fernando Alonso presents his trophy during the podium ceremony and takes the lead in the drivers championship

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme

A victorious Mark Webber presents his trophy for the winning driver during the podium ceremony

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

The quite surprising fastest three race drivers pose for the international media after the qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix: On second position Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi on the left, pole sitter Jenson Button of McLaren in the middle and William's Pastor Maldonado as third on the grid

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, takes the chequered flag in fifth position in front of Rosberg after falling back from P1 with worn out tyres

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

Sebastian Vettel comes to Red Bull pits and tests a stop under heavy rain

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

überreicht bernie symbolisch einen vip pass für den us grand prix, der später in der saison stattfinden wird

A victorious Pastor Maldonado of Williams cheers in parc ferme after winning the Spanish Grand Prix 2012

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso battles with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado for the lead

Podium group photo before the ceremony of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one, chased by two Lotus-Renaults and Kobayashi in the Sauber-Ferrari

Frenchman Jules Bianchi, Force India test driver

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing takes the chequered flag, becomes second placed and passes by his cheering team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

Race winner Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing shakes hands in parc ferme with his third placed team mate Sebsatian Vettel

Podium group photo before the ceremony of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one, followed by the two Lotus-Renaults

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The start of the Spanish Grand Prix 2012 - Ferrari's Alonso wins the battle for the lead with Williams' polesetter Pastor Maldonado before turn one

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Frenchman Jules Bianchi, Force India test driver

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari brakes in front of Raikkonen

Michael Schumacher prepares for the race, Daimler chairman Zetsche watches the scene

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Interview on the grid with Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing before the Hungarian Grand Prix

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, brakes into turn one

German TV RTL presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig interview the German drivers before their drivers parade

Pit stop from above of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, with a quick nose cone exchange

Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Pedro de la Rosa and Heikki Kovalainen return from drivers parade

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Concept Car, Bertone Autobianchi Runabout, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Autobianchi Runabout, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Autobianchi Runabout, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Sibilo, 1978

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra M530 Laser, 1971

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra M530 Laser, 1971

Concept Car, Pininfarina Autobianchi A112 Giovani, 1973

Concept Car, Pininfarina Autobianchi A112 Giovani, 1973

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Polesitter Hamilton and McLaren team mate Kovalainen congratulate each other for a silver grid front row

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi lifts off the ground after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Resigned BRDC president Damon Hill walks through the paddock with Prince Henry 'Harry' of Wales

After nearly one lap the large gap between leader Vettel and his chasers is already enormous

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi ploughs through wet lawn after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Prince Harry chats with Williams' Pastor Maldonado

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi hits the tyte barrier after slipping over a wet curb in Friday morning practice

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, takes a grainy shortcut to the pits

Alonso sprays champagne showers from the podium at the Ferrari team

Fernando Alonso missed the drivers parade truck and gets a lift from the medical cars

Fernando Alonso takes the chequered flag and wins for Ferrari 60 years after Gonzalez did in Silverstone

Hot air emitted by roaring engines cover the grid before the start of the British GP 2010

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India third driver

Sauber F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi gets out of his damaged car after a slide and crash in Friday morning practice

Sebastian Vettel on the grid with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari has parked the car besides the track as engine saving precaution and gets a lift from Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh chats on the grid with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium

Race winner Jenson Button, McLaren, raises his trophy on the podium

Champagne showers on the Hungarian podium

Sebastian Vettel rushes to Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, passes the finish line in front of a stand full of fans but becomes fourth at the end

The pack squeezes into turn one

Sebastian Vettel returns to the race after a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel gets a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton right hand and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the left hand side

The start, Vettel leads in front of Hamilton and Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Sebastian Vettel gets a fast service at Red Bull Racing pits

The second before the start

Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel is surrounded by journalists during an interview with RTL TV presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig

Button and Rosberg battle for position in the pit lane

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing, followed by a Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vattel, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa walk to drivers parade

Red Bull Racing's Webber and Vettel congratulate each other in parc ferme after the Korean GP

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits in front of a pushing Webber

Bruno Senna changes tyres at Lotus Renault GP pits

Daniel Ricciardo on HRT-Cosworth

Mark Webbers Red Bull-Renault car arrives on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, stops in pits

A golden glowing Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

At the beginning of his parade lap Fernando Alonso jokes around with the photographers

Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes GP team mate find themselves in the middle of the field at the apex of turn one

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Ferrari's Felipe Massa takes a drink for his fans sake at drivers parade

10 smilies in Kinky Kiley's cockpit

Paul di Resta, Force India, with an open DRS wing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, in front of Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton looks forward to his parade lap in a historic car

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari has a problem after a spin and touch at turn one after the start

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP in the middle of the field in turn one

FIA race observer Herbie Blash and race director Charlie Whiting walk in the pitlane

Renault's Vitaly Petrov behind Perez and the pack

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, kisses his shiny silver cup

Photographers swarm around Sebastian Vettels historic parade vehicle

Toro Rosso's Friday driver Jean-Eric Vergne

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates in parc ferme after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Mark Webber makes his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

A white smile for the snappers

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as third on the grid on the right (note the special McLaren driver suits)

Mark Webber ends his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

The two Brazilians chat after the race - Bruno Senna of Lotus Renault GP (16th placed) and Felipe Massa of Ferrari (5th)

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of Kovalainen

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Paul di Resta, Force India

Mark Webber makes his last stop at Red Bull Racing pits with one lap to go

2011 World Champion Sebastian Vettel greets from the podium after the Brazilian GP

The whole Red Bull Racing team celebrates the superior success with Renault engineers subsequent to the podium ceremony after the Brazilian GP

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says hello to Jean-François Caubet, now managing director of Renault Sport F1 (second from right), with other accompaigning Renault VIPs

Paul di Resta, Force India

The McLaren team poses for the season's final group shot

Sebastian Vettel speaks on the grid with his Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Toro Rosso's third driver Jean-Eric Vergne drives here in Brazil on Friday morning only

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

The start field squeezes through turn one, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads in front of team mate Webber

Mark Webber ends his stop at Red Bull Racing pits

The Red Bull Racing team smiles for the season's final group shot

A crowded paddock with TV presenters Niki Lauda and Florian König in the middle, watched by countless journalists and bystanders

Bernie Ecclestone and the King of Spain, Juan Carlos, visit Championship contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull at his first grid position

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Jody Scheckter leads his Ferrari teammate Gilles Villeneuve through the Casino square into Mirabeau at the Monaco GP 1979.

Podium ceremony after the Autrian Grand Prix 1979 in Zeltweg: Second placed Gilles Villeneuve, winner Alan Jones and a happy third positioned Jacques Laffite. Jones takes an orange juice rather than champagne refering to his Middle East sponsors.

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Race winner Gilles Villeneuve, US GP Long Beach 1979

The moment of the start, from left to right: no. 19 the third placed Ferrari 330P #0822 of John Surtees (GB) and Lorenzo Bandini (I), no. 11 the Ford GT40 GT/103 driven by Richie Ginther (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), no. 15 the Ferrari 330P #0810 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Skip Hudson (USA), no. 10 the Ford GT40 GT/102 of Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ), no. 14 the second placed Ferrari 330P #0818 of Graham Hill (GB) and Jo Bonnier (S)

Lorenzo Bandini, Ferrari 1512, slides around the corner under pressure of Graham Hill, BRM P261. Monaco Grand Prix, 1965

On the grid before the start of the Italian GP 1965: Jochen Rindt relaxes at the rear of his Cooper-Climax V8, Jo Siffert (left) and Rindt's team boss John Cooper at his side.

The winning Ferrari 330P2 #0828 of John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) takes the chequered flag after 1000 kilometers

Car no. 19 is John Surtees (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) on a Ferrari 330 P2 #0828 in front of Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA) on the Ferrari 250 LM #5893

Nino Vaccarella (I) refuels the Ferrari Dino 166P #0834 whilst talking to team mate Lorenzo Bandini (I)

Start for the Italian Grand Prix, Monza 1966: Jim Clark, Lotus-BRM 43, behind both Ferraris of Ludovico Scarfiotti (no. 6) and Parkes

Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon (both NZ) win the 24hr Le Mans 1966 on the victorious Ford Mk II #1046

Freiherr von Diergardt presents Jack Brabham with the winners trophy, watched by second placed John Surtees, whilst Fuerst von Metternich hands Jochen Rindt his cup for third place.

Paul Metternich (D) leans against his and Wittigo Einsiedel's (D) Austin Mini-Cooper 'S' C-A2S7-L/956939

Winner of the 1300cc class Steve Neal (Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S, #26, 8th overall), British Saloon Car Championship, Silverstone 1967

A Ford slides after the turn in front of the chasing Mini-Coopers

The victorious Porsche drivers Paul Hawkins and Rolf Stommelen pose together with Huschke von Hanstein (from right side)

Winner of the 1300cc class Steve Neal (Equipe Arden Austin Mini Cooper S, #26, 8th overall) in front of second placed John Rhodes, British Saloon Car Championship, Silverstone 1967

After the start of the 24h Le Mans 1968, Jochen Neerpasch (D) takes the lead with car no. 33, a Porsche 908 013 S-J 6271, followed by Gerhard Mitter (D) in the Porsche 908 #016 (car no. 32) and the Porsche 908 015 S-J 6273 (car no. 31) of Jo Siffert (CH)

Lotus team principal Colin Chapman sits in pits in front of Graham Hill's timekeeping wife Bette, GP Belgium 1968

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Lucien Bianchi (B) with the Ford GT40 1075 in front of Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nanni Galli (I) in an Alfa Romeo T33/2 75033017

The Ford drivers Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB) celebrate their victory on Le Mans podium in 1969

Porsche's legendary engineer Helmuth Bott takes the times, Ferdinand Piech is about to jump from the pitwall. Journalist Helmut Zwickl stands in the middle while Porsche driver Brian Redman reads the schedules.

Movie actor Steve McQueen during the production of the famous movie 'Le Mans'

1000 km Zeltweg 1969: Winning driver team Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens admire their trophies, second placed Joakim Bonnier watches them from behind

Nino Vaccarella (I) and Andrea de Adamich (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 2.5, Targa Florio 1969

The winning Ford GT40 1075 crosses the finish line, driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Lucien Bianchi (B), entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd.

The Porsche 917K #004 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering, driven by Jo Siffert (CH), currently at the wheel, and Brian Redman (GB), retires later in an accident

Start for the Belgian Grand Prix 1970: First row with polesetter Stewart (blue Tyrrell), Jochen Rindt (Gold Leaf Lotus) and Chris Amon (STP March)

The winning Porsche 917K 016 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) finishes the honoury lap with many mechanics as passengers

Johnny Servoz-Gavin on Matra-Simca MS650 #03 overtakes his retired team mate Beltoise's Matra-Simca MS650 #01 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Heading of the grid on a damp but drying track: Two Wyer-Porsches in the lead with Jo Siffert (CH) car no. 24 of Siffert/Redman and polesetter Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) in the other 917K no. 25 driven by Rodriquez/Kinnunen

Dechent's Porsche 908/2 #26, driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Rudi Lins (A) retires with gearbox failure during the Targa Florio 1970

1000km Spa 1970: Both John Wyer Gulf-Porsches driven by Jo Siffert (no. 24) and Pedro Rodriquez (no. 25) start from the front row on a damp but drying track. The later winner is the Porsche 917K 0014 of Siffert (CH)/Redman (GB). Rodriguez (MEX)/Kinnunen (SF) will retire after 44 laps.

Jochen Rindt was hit in the face by a stone during practice. Despite track undulations making him physically sick he was able to win the race. Rindt enjoys his 3rd GP victory of the year with his wife Nina and the Lotus team

Podium with 2nd placed Ickx and winner Jochen Rindt. On the right Duke of Metternich and Huschke von Hanstein.

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) drive the Porsche 917K #016, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. for the 24hrs of Le Mans 1970

Zeltweg 1970: Nina and Jochen Rindt in pits with Lotus team boss Colin Chapman

The Gijs van Lennep (NL) / David Piper (GB) Porsche 917K #021 entered by Team AAW

Nino Vaccarella (I) watches John Surtees (GB) disappear from pits in the Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042

Race leader Jochen Rindt in the Lotus, closely followed by Jack Brabham

Gijs van Lennep (NL) and Helmut Marko (A) exchange drivers seats on Martini's Porsche 908/03 #007 and become third placed after the 1000 km endurance race at the Nuerburgring in 1971

24h Le Mans 1971: The winning Porsche 917K 053 of Helmut Marko (A) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in pits

Nino Vaccarella (I) and Jose Juncadella (E) on Ferrari 512 M #1002, yet in front of the second placed Porsche 917K 031 #026 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert Muller (CH) and the later also retiring Porsche 917L 043/044 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Jackie Oliver (GB)

A group of cars slipstreaming around the autodromo, the lead passing backwards and forwards between them: Ronnie Peterson, March, side by side with Mike Hailwood in the Surtees. Behind them are Cevert (Tyrrell no.2) and Amon, Matra

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

GÈrard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB) on Martini International Racing Team's Porsche 917L 042

Race cars leave the pitlane to grid formation proir to the 1971 BOAC 1000kms

David York with Pedro Rodriguez at Porsche pits

24h Le Mans 1971: The Porsche 917L #042 driven by Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB) both drivers on the far right, is being refueled at Martini International Racing Team pits, Helmut Bott in front observes the procedure whilst engineer Helmut Flegel holds the light

Second placed Peter Revson shows his enjoyment about a check

Mario Andretti (USA) on the podium with his kids, Jacky Ickx (B) and the winning Ferrari team members

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Joest (D) exchange their drivers seat in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

Clemens Schickentanz (D) and John Fitzpatrick (GB) on the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco, did not finish the 1973 1000km Spa but become fourth placed in the GT classement.

During practice, #98 John Cannon (CDN) leads a queue in a McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Clemens Schickentanz (D) and John Fitzpatrick (GB) on the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco, did not finish the 1973 1000km Spa but become fourth placed in the GT classement.

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Second placed Hurley Haywood (USA) in front of Charlie Kemp, both driving a Porsche 917/10 TC

The two Matras of Henri Pescarolo and Chris Amon into the lead followed by Jacky Ickx' Ferrari (No. 1) and Derek Bell's Mirage Ford-Cosworth.

Mario Andretti practices in a McLaren Chevrolet

Clemens Schickentanz (D) and John Fitzpatrick (GB) on the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco, did not finish the 1973 1000km Spa but become fourth placed in the GT classement.

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Carlos Pace, Brabham, takes over the lead at the start from polesitter Niki Lauda, Ferrari no. 12

Swiss Ferrari driver Clay Regazzoni has taken the lead at the 1st start for the German Grand Prix 1976. Pole sitter James Hunt (McLaren no. 11) drops back, so as Niki Lauda in the 2nd Ferrari. Jochen Mass in the 2nd McLaren (no. 12) starts on dry weather tyres in the slippery conditions.

Qualifying resulted in Niki Lauda (Ferrari) taking pole position with James Hunt (McLaren) alongside him. Mario Andretti (3rd) had just stalled his Lotus and is waving hands.

Start for the British Grand Prix, 1976, at Brands Hatch: The front row with James Hunt (McLaren no. 11) and polesitter Niki Lauda (Ferrari), behind them Andretti (black Lotus) and Regazzoni (2nd Ferrari)

Start of the 1978 Spanish GP Jarama: James Hunt starting from 4th position in the McLaren-Cosworth no. 7, takes the lead from polesetter Andretti, Lotus 79 (no. 5), while Peterson, 2nd on the grid, made a poor start and is to end up in ninth place after the first lap.

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A better start of Jean-Pierre Jabouille in the Renault Alpine, he takes the lead from Jacky Ickx, Porsche (No. 5)

Porsche 935, team Henri Cachia

Michael Schumacher and Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, chairman of the Bahrain International Circuit

Champagne again

The new awaited new sponsor Sega is presented by the Williams drivers Alain Prost (in the cockpit) and Damon Hill at the 1993 season opener, the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami

German Grand Prix, Hockenheim, 2000: Championship leader Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, goes off after a collision with Fisichella

The most beautiful backdrop in Formual One

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, race winner Nico Rosber of Mercedes GP, his motorsport director Norbert Haug and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

The podium ceremony is displayed on a giant screen in front of the Casino

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

After qualification session part 3, Raikkonen and second grid placed Hamilton get out of their cars in parc ferme

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Romain Grosjean of Lotus, McLaren's team principal Martin Whitmarsh, race winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Sergio Perez of Sauber

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Race winner Fernando Alonso enjoys a champagne shower of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button on the podium after the German Grand Prix

Paul di Resta of Force India, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Felipe Massa of Ferrari practise launches in the rain at pit lane exit

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, still keeps his position in front of chaser Nico Hulkenberg of Sahara Force India

HRT's Pedro de la Rosa and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton walk to drivers parade

A delighted Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug shakes the constructors trophy on the podium

After the start, the field squeezes through turn one and two

Pastor Maldonado's Williams retires just after the start with a broken front wing

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

German TV RTL presenters Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig interview the German drivers before their drivers parade

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, still behind Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing car is prepared in the pitlane from where he will start

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel was never seriously challenged as he led from start to finish to win the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal, extending his title lead in the 2013 championship

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Autobianchi Runabout, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Ferrari Rainbow, 1976

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Bertone Design Studie NSU Trapeze 1973

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 128 Pulsar, 1971

Concept Car, Pininfarina Autobianchi A112 Giovani, 1973

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Mercedes-Benz "Silberpfeil" W 196, 1954

Wheel to wheel Hamilton nearly overtakes McLaren team-mate Kovalainen

After one lap the large gap between leader Sebastian Vettel and his chasers Webber and Alonso is already enormous

Race winner Fernando Alonso is caressed by Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali in parc ferme

Mark Webber comes to Red Bull Racing pits in front of pursuer Alonso

The field comes around Mercedes arena, Alonso leads fourth placed Vettel

Moko is always a good TV filler when there's nothing going on in the pitlane :)

The Hungarian fans celebrate the heroes on the podium - second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, Jenson's race engineer Dave Robson, race winner Jenson Button of McLaren and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP, is about to be overlaped by race leader Jenson Button of McLaren

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, passes the finish line and crowns his 200th Grand Prix anniversary with a fine victory

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, race winner Sebastian Vettel, his third placed team mate Mark Webber and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner as winning constructor in their middle

Both Ferrari pass the pit board signals behind Rosberg's Mercedes

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to team boss Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel in the pits

Sebastian Vettel and his mechanics burst in laughs as the song 'Who let the dogs out?' is played in the pits whilst the session is stopped because a wild dog is hunted on the race track

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing-Renault car stops in the pitlane with a stalled engine

Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are pushed backwards to pits during qualifying

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off in parc ferme after Q3

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT, in front of Button's McLaren

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey is visited in Red Bull pits

Besides all the fun, Sebastian Vettel has to focus on setting up the race car for the new track

Sebastian Vettel listens to his race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin in Red Bull Racing pits

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT in front of Hamilton and Kovalainen

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

A large sip of champagne for Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey

Sebastian Vettel is pushed backwards to pits during the qualifying pit stops by the Red Bull mechanics

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Eric Besson, French Minister of Industry, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, visit technical director Adrian Newey for an informational chat in Red Bull pits

Daniel Ricciardo in a HRT-Cosworth

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso, in front of McLaren's Hamilton

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel and his mechanics burst in laughs as the song 'Who let the dogs out?' is played in the pits whilst the session is stopped because a wild dog is hunted on the race track

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes GP greets the fans on the stand

Sebastian Vettel leads the row of race cars after one lap

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing follows Massa's Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes takes the chequered flag and wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, McLaren's Andy Latham, race winner Lewis Hamilton and his third placed team mate Jenson Button of McLaren

The cars brake into turn one after the start, Vettel leads the field in front of the two McLaren-Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Button

Paul di Resta, Force India

Piero Lardi Ferrari, Ferrari Vice-President, chats besides the grid with Sebastian Vettel and in front of many lenses

Daniel Ricciardo, HRT

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel arrive in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Red Bull's race winner Webber and second placed team mate Vettel arrive in parc ferme after the Brazilian Grand Prix

Triple F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983 and 1987) performs an honoury lap on his original 1981 Championship winnning Brabham BT49 and waves the flag of his Brazilian soccer club Vasco da Gama FC

Both Toro Rosso drivers Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari speak with their adviser Dr. Helmut Marko

Toro Rosso drivers smile with their team for the season's final group shot

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Sebastian Vettel, strategist Will Courtney, race winner Mark Webber (all Red Bull Racing) and third placed Jenson Button of McLaren

The start field squeezes through turn one, Senna and Schumacher already side-by-side promising a battle for later

Global sponsor Banco Santander's chairman of the board, Emilio Botin

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Podium ceremony after the Autrian Grand Prix 1979 in Zeltweg: Second placed Gilles Villeneuve, winner Alan Jones and a happy third positioned Jacques Laffite. Jones takes an orange juice rather than champagne refering to his Middle East sponsors.

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Drivers briefing before the start with Bruce McLaren, Jim Hall, Trevor Taylor, Dan Gurney, Jo Siffert and Innes Ireland

Mike Parkes (Ferrari No. 22), John Surtees (Ferrari No. 23) and Bruce McLaren (Aston Martin No. 8) at the start for the Le Mans 24h

Joakim Bonnier (S), Ferrari 330P, followed by the Porsche 904 GTS of Buchet (F)/Ligier (F), the Ford GT40 of Attwood (GB)/Schlesser (F) and, comming out as winners, the Ferrari 275P of Guichet (F)/Vaccarella (I)

Drivers briefing, German GP Nuerburgring 1965: Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill, Mike Spence and Jackie Stewart

Pole position, fastest lap and third victory in Monaco 1965 for Graham Hill, here on his honoury lap. Former Grand Prix driver Louis Chiron, now race director, waves a flag and still lives a dangerous life - like the photographer Horst Baumann.

Polesetter Dan Gurney gets in his Ford MkII no. 3. Followers are Ken Miles, John Whitmore, Bruce McLaren, Pedro Rodriguez, Graham Hill and Mike Parkes.

John Surtees gets the drop on Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and Ludovico Scarfiotti. The eventual winner Jack Brabham (No. 3) is on the second row.

The two works Porsche 906s, 6th and 7th in the line-up, of Udo Schuetz (No. 16) and Bob Bondurant (No. 17), who decided they could not wait for the rest.

Start for the 6th race of the 1966 Formula 1 season on a damp Nurburgring track with John Surtees, Cooper no. 7, in the lead followed by polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus no. 1, Jackie Stewart's BRM, and Scarfiotti's Ferrari

Princess Gracia Patricia and Prince Rainier de Monaco, Monaco GP 1966

The Lotus team enjoys the sunshine before the start of a practice session: Graham Hill, Keith Duckworth, Colin Chapman and Jim Clark

Zandvoort 1967, finally the Lotus 49 with the new Ford-Cosworth engine is operational. Jim Clark and Graham Hill rejoyce together with team boss Colin Chapman und engine constructor Keith Duckworth.

Carlo Chiti at the driver exchange and refueling of Andrea de Adamich's (I) and Jean Rolland's (F) Alfa Romeo T33

Aerial view of Le Mans pits 1967. The white N.A.R.T. entered Ferrari 330P3/412P of Pedro Rodriguez/Baghetti heads the line-up.

Just before the start: Front row with polesetter John Surtees (Honda, no. 14), Bruce McLaren (McLaren-Ford no. 2) and Chris Amon (Ferrari no. 9)

The start with the Porsche 908 015 S-J 6273 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Hans Herrmann (D) on pole position. Siffert is about to jump into his car.

Drivers briefing before the French GP at Rouen-Les-Essarts 1968

Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Lucien Bianchi (B) leads the queue with a Ford GT40 1075 entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering Ltd. to victory at Le Mans 24hrs 1968

The Formula 2 grid before the start. Car no. 6 Kurt Ahrens, car no. 10 Derek Bell and car no. 1 Jim Clark.

Polesetter Jochen Rindt (No. 2) in his Lotus, 2nd on the grid Jackie Stewart (Matra No. 3) and Denny Hulme (McLaren No. 5) lead the field at the start of the British Grand Prix 1969

At the start, Mario Andretti's Ferrari 312P (no. 1), Jo Siffert's Porsche 908L (no. 4) and Pedro Rodriguez' Ferrari (no. 2) in the lead, 1000 km Monza, 1969

Juan Manual Fangio lowers down the starting flag. Pole position for Jacky Ickx' Mirage Ford-Cosworth (No. 9), 2nd on the grid Joakim Bonnier in the Lola-Chevrolet (No. 33).

Race winner Jackie Stewart (covered, right hand), second placed Jean-Pierre Beltoise (left hand) and third Jacky Ickx enjoy their victory surrounded by cheering crowds after the French GP 1969

Vic Elford lässt seinen später zweitplatzierten Porsche 908/2 betanken, auf der Boxenmauer steht Fahrerkollege Umberto Maglioli, Targa Florio 1969

Joakim Bonnier in the Lola-Chevrolet (No. 33) leads at the start, in 2nd position Jacky Ickx' Mirage Ford-Cosworth (No. 9)

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Porsche 908 presentation with Jo Siffert, John Wyer, Porsche's Ferdinand Piech and Vic Elford

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) become fifth placed with the Porsche 917K #021 which was entered by Racing Team AAW

Jo Siffert in the Porsche 917K #004 overtakes Pescarolo's Matra-Simca MS650 #03 during the 1000km BOAC Brands Hatch 1970

Race winner Jochen Rindt in his Lotus-Cosworth 49C leads Piers Courage, Jo Siffert and Bruce McLaren

The third placed Porsche 908/02 LH 005 of Rudi Lins (A) and Helmut Marko (A) in parking position besides pits whilst the winning Porsche 917K 023 of Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) is being serviced in front and the just retiring Porsche 917L 042 of Vic Elford (GB) and Kurt Ahrens, Jr. (D) with unhappy looking mechanics around it behind them

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team with the drivers Helmut Kelleners (D) and J¸rgen Neuhaus (D) in front of later retiring J. W. Automotive Engineering's Porsche 917K #004/017 driven by Rodriguez and Kinnunen

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

The Porsche 917K #031/026 of J. W. Automotive Engineering driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Herbert M¸ller (CH) receives a full service

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

Second placed Andrea de Adamich (I) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3 entered by Autodelta SpA

Graham Hill, Matra-Simca MS670

Warren Agor (USA) on McLaren M8B Chevrolet

Just before the start of the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch 1972: Jacky Ickx on Ferrari 312B2 no. 5, will start from pole position. Alongside him and second on the grid is Championship leader Emerson Fittipaldi, on Lotus-Cosworth 72D no. 8.

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC in pits during practice, the strongest Porsche ever with 1400 hps from two turbochargers

Peter Revson and Denny Hulme on the podium

Spy view through the engine cover of a Porsche 917/10 TC

Jacky Ickx, Tim Schenken and Ronnie Peterson chat together

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC in pits during practice, the strongest Porsche ever with 1400 hps from two turbochargers

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Sam Posey (USA) on a Ferrari 512M

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Nice habit during the British GP weekend 1974: F1 drivers as cricket players - Mass, Peterson, Hill, Lauda and Regazzoni.

Austria-Trophae, 4h Salzburgring, 1974: Bilstein's Hugo Emde, Ford's Michael 'Mike' Kranefuss, Alpina's Dr. Fritz Indra and race driver Jochen Mass

Both Matras of Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Jarier in the lead

Start of the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder: John Watson, Brabham Alfa Romeo (no. 7), takes the lead from polesetter Mario Andretti, Lotus

Ecclestone and his Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

Hattrick for Michael, second 1-2 win for Ferrari

D4 Cosworth V8

Nelson Piquet in the Brabham-BMW cockpit, surrounded by chief mechanic Charlie Whiting, Brabham team boss Bernie Ecclestone and the car's designer Gordon Murray

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Rainer Schlegelmilch, San Marino Grand Prix, 1989

Battle for points at the first chicane: Brazilian Felipe Massa, Sauber-Petronas, passes BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve. Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, 2002

A fast Jordan passing the crowds at Hotel de Paris

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Paul di Resta, Force India, approaches the tunnel part of pitlane exit

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes takes the chequered flag to win the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, 2012

Podium group photo after the ceremony of second placed Nico Rosberg, race winner Mark Webber, Red Bull's Adrian Newey and third placed Fernando Alonso

The vibrating second before the start

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari wins the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim, closely followed by third placed Sebastian Vettel

Podium group photo after the ceremony with second placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, race winner Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus, and Red Bull's third placed Sebastian Vettel who is still leading the championship

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one whilst Grosjean causes the start accident

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, yet in front of Alonso

Tyre rubber 'marbles' pollute the track besides the racing line at Piscine

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Rubber marbles besides the racing line at the last turn

Now cheeky Hamilton graby Haug's elbow for the shower

Photographer Keith Sutton poses with composer Leo Sayer in the paddock

Heidfeld leads Raikkonen

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 128 Pulsar, 1971

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 128 Pulsar, 1971

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra M530 Laser, 1971

Concept Car, Pininfarina Autobianchi A112 Giovani, 1973

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Final podium ceremony group photo of Red Bull's second placed Sebastian Vettel, race winning Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, his team boss Stefano Domenicali and third placed Mark Webber of Red Bull on the podium after the British GP 2011 in Silverstone

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Tommi Parmakoski signals Vettel fifth position with the pit board

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

Vettel brakes hard behind team mate Webber into turn one after the start, losing positions to Alonso

At the start, Hamilton overtakes polesitter Webber

After the start, McLaren's Hamilton leads the field into turn one

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and the whole Red Bull Racing team celebrate winning the F1 constructor championship after the Korean GP

Both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field into turn one with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, in front of Sutil

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Official sponsor Hublot supplies the pitlane clock

Mark Webber is pushed backwards to Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel increases the distance to the other race cars after three laps

Karun Chandhok, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

The qualifyings fastest Vettel, Webber and Hamilton return from the FIA weight control after qualifying

Whilst HRT's Karthikeyan passes turn one after the the start witout any problems, Barrichello's damaged Williams car is pushed into the foreground

Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Former F1 driver and team boss Gerhard Berger chauffeurs King Juan Carlos of Spain over the grid before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche chats with Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug

Chilled mooded H. E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak (UAE) Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Isa Hamad Al Khalifa watch Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa who checks PMs on his mobile phone

Emilio Botin, Banco Santander's chairman of the board, visits Alonso's grid position

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra Laser, 1972

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Ferrari Rainbow, 1976

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

John Campbell-Jones in a Lotus 18 approaches the burning Ferrari wreck of Mairesse, Belgium GP 1962

The winning Ferrari 250P #0814 of Lorenzo Bandini (I) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) passes the dissected Lola Mk 6 GT Ford 1 of Richard Attwood (GB) and David Hobbs (GB) which hit the barrier in an accident after 151 laps

Lorenzo Bandini (I) and John Surtees (GB) sit on the pit wall (Margherita Bandini with glasses in the back) and speak to Ferrari engineer Mauro Forghieri, surrounded by curious people, 24h Le Mans, 1964

Lorenzo Bandini (I) and John Surtees (GB) sit on the pit wall (Margherita Bandini with glasses in the back) and speak to Ferrari engineer Mauro Forghieri, surrounded by curious people, 24h Le Mans, 1964

On the grid before the French GP 1965 in Clermont-Ferrand, the Prime Minister of France, Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou, chats with BRM's racing driver Graham Hill and journalist Gerard "Jabby" Crombac

The winning NART Ferrari 250 LM 5893 driven by Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA) during the Le Mans 24hrs in 1965

Podium ceremony after 24 hours in Le Mans 1966, Ford wins in both P2.0+ and P2.0 classes: Bruce McLaren (NZ), Henry Ford II (USA), an unknown lady, Colin Davis (GB), Jo Siffert (CH) and Chris Amon (NZ).

John Surtees leads Jackie Stewart through Gasometre hairpin, GP Monaco 1966

Dan Gurney (USA), A. J. Foyt (USA) and the Ford mechanics celebrate their victory on the winning Ford Mk IV J6, entered by Shelby American Inc.

Jim Clark wins the British Grand Prix 1967 in a Lotus-Cosworth. The Lotus mechanics proudly display the trophy after Clark scored his 22nd Grand Prix victory for the team.

Jim Clark celebrating the first victory for the Ford-Cosworth V8 engine with Lotus team owner Colin Chapman and Keith Duckworth (at the back of the car).

Race winners Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA) on a Ford Mk IV J6 entered by Shelby American Inc., close behind the Abarth 1300 OT #0033 of Marcel Martin (F) and Jean MÈsange (F)

The Porsche 910/8 024 S-ZL 124 of Paul Hawkins (AUS) and Rolf Stommelen (D) lifts off during the car-by-car start out of the 'pit lane'

Jacky Ickx (No 9) on pole position in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari, No 8) on second and Jochen Rindt at third starting place in his Brabham - on a rainy grid at the Nuerburgring in 1968.

Moments before the start: Jacky Ickx (no. 9), pole setter in his Ferrari, Chris Amon (Ferrari no. 8) second and Jochen Rindt third in his Brabham, German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, 1968

Pole setter John Surtees, Honda, lays a long rubber mark at the start, driving side-by-side with Bruce McLaren. Behind them Amon's Ferrari (white helmet, no. 9), Hill's Lotus and Ickx' Ferrari. Currently 6th is Denny Hulme (McLaren no. 1), followed by Jackie Stewart in his Matra no. 4.

David Piper (GB) and Richard Attwood (GB) on Ferrari 250 LM #8165 return to pits after the 24hr race as second placed in S5.0 group (seventh overall)

Eberhard Sindel (D) and Dieter Benz (D) in pits with the Porsche 911 S entered by Rallye Gemeinschaft Ulm

Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB) celebrate their victory on Le Mans podium

The Porsche 917K #020 driven by Richard Attwood (GB) and Hans Herrmann (D) speeds through Eau Rouge, finishing 6th

24h Le Mans 1970: The destroyed Porsche 917K 026 of David Hobbs (GB) and Mike Hailwood (GB) is being removed from track

John Wyer (2nd from the left) celebrates the victory at Targa Florio 1970 with his winning Porsche drivers Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB)

British Grand Prix 1970 podium ceremony: Jochen Rindt presents his trophy to Lotus team boss Colin Chapman and to his wife Nina

Start of the British GP 1970: Later race winner Jochen Rindt, Lotus-Cosworth 72C (no. 5), starts from pole position, next to him Jack Brabham, Brabham-Ford BT33 (no. 17) and Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312B (no. 3)

Pit stop and change of driver of Jacky Ickx (B) and John Surtees (GB) on Ferrari 512 S #1038

The winning Martini-Porsche 917K 053 driven by Helmut Marko (A) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) overtakes a Porsche 911S

Jacky Ickx (B) in the Ferrari 312PB #0878 leads at the start in front of Stommelen's (D) Alfa Romeo T33/3. Behind them later winning Vic Elford (GB) and van Lennep (NL), both in the Martini-Porsches 908/03, closely followed by Siffert's (CH) and Rodriquez' Gulf-Porsche

Jacky Ickx (B) stands besides the Ferrari 312 PB #0878 and listens to what Clay Regazzoni (CH) talks to Mauro Forghieri whilst mechanics try to fix the overheating issue

Porsche 917K (car #8) entered by Martini Rossi Racing Team, driven by Vic Elford and Brian Redman, retires with fuel tank leakage

Alfa Romeo's race winners Andrea de Adamich and Henri Pescarolo celebrate on the podium after the 1971 BOAC 1000kms

Second placed car of Targa Florio 1971: Alfa Romeo 33/3 (#2) driven by Andrea de Adamich and Gijs van Lennep

The 'red pig' Mercedes Benz SEL 6.8 AMG of Hans Heyer (D) and Clemens Schickentanz (D) becomes second placed and wins the group classement

Podium ceremony after the 1000 km Nurburgring, 1971: The winning Porsche team of Gerard Larrousse (F) and Vic Elford (GB), beside them on the left is Helmut Kohl, minister-president of Rhineland-Palatinate and later Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998.

intake manifolds

intake manifolds

intake manifolds

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Charlie Kemp's (USA) Porsche 917/10 TC is being prepared for the Can-Am race on the grid

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Always good for a joke, Niki Lauda returns James Hunt's steering wheel.

Vettel's physio signals position three with one lap to go

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in front of Rosberg

Bernie and Fabiana Ecclestone (right hand) chat on the grid with FIA president Jean Todt and his wife Michelle Yeoh

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and Eric Lux of Genii chat on the grid

Ex-F1 race driver and BBC TV presenter David Coulthard interviews winner Kimi Raikkonen on the podium after the race

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in lead whilst Grosjean and Hamilton collide

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

At the start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, the start field approaches turn one with pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen, Romain Grosjean and Lewis Hamilton collide on the left

Peter Sauber, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay, drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez with Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn announce their new partnerhip in front of the pits

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari Cr 25, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Ferrari Rainbow, 1976

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 128 Pulsar, 1971

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is about to overtake the race leader Sebastian Vettel

Now as the track beguines to dry, all cars come in for their obligatory pit stops

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the leading Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, fights back for the leading position against Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Jenson Button is about to pass Vettel, getting closer to his leading team mate Hamilton

Just as Nico Rosberg celebrates his 100th Grand Prix, the Mercedes-Benz FO 108X 2.4l V8 engine is presented by Michael Schumacher, motor sport director Norbert Haug and team boss Ross Brawn

Now Vettel faces a pushing Button from behind, quite understeering after he had to let Hamilton pass

Unbeatable double World Champion Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag to win the Korean Grand Prix

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel receives congratulations in parc ferme after Q3

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media from parc ferme: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

FIA president Jean Todt speaks with Bahrain's FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al Khalifa

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Already being double World Champion, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the Grand Prix of India

Paul di Resta, Force India

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Formula One god father Bernie Ecclestone sits on a rail for a group photo with the top five drivers Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, visits Championship favourite Fernando Alonso on the grid

Concept Car, Michelotti Matra Laser, 1971

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Start of the Dutch Grand Prix 1963: Smoking wheels in first row from later race winner Jim Clark (Lotus Climax 25, #6), Graham Hill (BRM P57, #12) and Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax T66, #20)

BRM pits at the Belgian Grand Prix 1965: Jackie Stewart listens to a discussion between Tony Rudd (BRM team manager and engineer) and team mate Graham Hill, Belgian photographer Eric de la Faille stands aside. The drivers wives Bette and Helen are sitting in the pits guarded by 'Lord' Louis Stanley with his wife Jean, sister of Tony Rudd.

After 24 hours racing Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB) cross the finish line in the Ford GT40 #1075, still being chased by Hans Herrmann (D) and Gérard Larrousse (F) on Porsche 908 LH 031

Business talk in Lotus pits - from left to right: Bette Hill, Jochen Rindt, Jo Siffert, Graham Hill, an unknown fan and Nina Rindt

Winning Porsche driver pair Gerhard Mitter (D) and Udo Sch¸tz (D) crosses the finish line with the Porsche 908/02 028=>02 014

30 seconds before the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1970. Pole position for Jackie Stewart, in the blue March no. 11. Alongside him sharing the front row are Jochen Rindt, Lotus, and Chris Amon, March no. 10.

Car number 12 with Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW close behind queue leader car number 14 with Jurgen Neuhaus (D) and Helmut Kelleners (D) in a Porsche 917K #007 entered by Gesipa Racing Team

The Wyer-Porsche-Team for the 24h Le Mans 1970: Leo Kinnunen, Pedro Rodriguez, Brian Redman and Jo Siffert

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: The winning Gulf-Porsche 917K #016 driven by Rodriguez/Kinnunen leads their team mate's Siffert/Redman later retiring Porsche 917K #004

Exchange of drivers of Helmut Marko (A) and team mate Gijs van Lennep (NL) during a service stop of the later winning Porsche 917K 053 at Martini International Racing Team pits

Race winners Graham Hill (GB) and Henri Pescarolo (F) celebrate their victory on podium

Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

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Clemens Schickentanz (D), Paul Keller (CH) and Günter Steckkönig (D) compete in the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885, entered by Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing, and become second placed in the GT+1.6 classement (12th overall) at the 1973 1000km Nuerburgring

Honoury lap for race winner Jody Scheckter and the Tyrrell team, Jo Ramirez takes a sip of champagn, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 1974

The Crown Prince posing with the pitlane marshalls

Exciting 1-2 victory for the McLaren-Merecedes team with Juergen Schrempp, David Coulthard, Norbert Haug, Mario Illien, Mika Hakkinen and Juergen Hubbert, Jerez, Spain, 1997

The Red Bull Racing team celebrates their achievement after the race

The Red Bull Racing team celebrates their achievement after the race

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 128 Pulsar, 1971

Concept Car, Michelotti Lancia Beta Mizar 4, 1974

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Prince Harry, Prince Michael and Sir Nigel chat with Sir Jackie on the grid

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

The race cars stand in line before the formation lap

At the start Sebastian Vettel sneaks in front of Red Bull team mate Webber

Two silver arrows are prepared for a display lap with the McLaren Mercedes dream team David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen, here taking part of a group shout with Mercedes chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche amongst other managers and VIPs

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, tries to overtake the still leading Sebastian Vettel - unsuccessful in this lap

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, battle for the leading position

Green lights to formation lap

Both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field into turn one with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Green lights for formation lap

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

A second before the start

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field with a cheaky Button of McLaren sneaking in from behind

Final podium ceremony group photo with Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and as third Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

Renault-Nissan group CEO Carlos Ghosn, Jean-Francois Caubet, Renault head of communications, and Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner chat on the grid before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

At the start, both Red Bull-Renaults lead the field

First press conference in Korea with the top five drivers Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso

Kalman von Csazy (CH) on Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT, Grand-Tourisme-Rennen Solitude 1962

Start for the 1000 km Nurburgring: Both Ferraris 250 P of John Surtees (GB, car no. 110) and Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) beside Edgar Barth's (DDR) Porsche 718 WRS (car no. 101)

Pedro Rodriguez, Lorenzo Bandini and Mike Parkes are the first three starters for the Le Mans 24hrs in 1963

The Bizzarrini entered Jean de Mortmart/Regis Fraissinet Iso Grifo A3/C (BO 222) car no. 3 that finished 9th and the Scuderia Filipinetti Shelby Cobra Daytona coupe (CSX2602) of Peter Sutcliffe/Peter Harper that retired with a blown engine in the Esses.

Jackie Stewart (BRM no. 32), John Surtees (Ferrari no. 8) and polesitter Jim Clark, Lotus-Climax no. 24, start from the front row at the Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 1965

Jo Siffert (CH) and Colin Davis (GB) on Porsche 906 LE 153 S-XR 761 in front of Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Richie Ginther's (USA) Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0846

Race winner Jackie Stewart, second placed Jean-Pierre Beltoise (left hand) and third Jacky Ickx enjoy their victory surrounded by cheering crowds after the French GP 1969

1000km Spa 1970: Both John Wyer Gulf-Porsches driven by Jo Siffert (No. 24) and Pedro Rodriquez (No. 25) in the lead on a damp but drying track

Moments before the start for the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim 1970: Pole position for Jacky Ickx (Ferrari no. 10), alongside him Jochen Rindt (Lotus no. 2). 3rd place on the grid for Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari no. 15), 4th Jo Siffert (March no. 12).

Victorious Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) carresses team mate Richard Attwood (GB) after gaining first place in John Wyer's Porsche 917K 034/013, 1000km Zeltweg 1971

Moments befor the start for the Spa 24 hours: On the 1st row from lefthand Ivo Grauls, Niki Lauda and Dieter Glemser

Chequered flag for two Porsche cars after the 1971 BOAC 1000kms

At the end of the first lap Jody Scheckter lost control over his McLaren and spun across the track into the pitwall.Polesetter and later third Ronnie Peterson on Lotus battles against Carlos Reutemann on Brabham for 2nd place, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, 1973

Clemens Schickentanz (D) and John Fitzpatrick (GB) on the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885 (starting number #46), entered by Oldenkott Tobacco, do not finish the 1973 1000km Spa but become fourth placed in the GT classement. No. 64 is the BMW of Hans-Joachim Stuck (D), next to him Niki Lauda (A), also on BMW.

A busy grid before the installation lap

The start, Alonso's Ferrari in the lead with Webber behind him

The grid is ready for the formation lap

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012, pole setter Button in front of Raikkonen and Maldonado

The start, Alonso's Ferrari in the lead with Webber behind him

Concept Car, Bertone Citroen GS Camargue 1972

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Cheerful Lewis Hamilton presents his trophy

One second before the start

Massa's Ferrari slides on the rubber marbles in the last corner, failing to overtake McLaren's Hamilton on the last metres

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, enters pit lane in front of Vettel on the penultimate lap

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren takes turn one in front of Webber and Alonso

A crowded grid before formation lap

Peter Sauber and Monisha Kaltenborn introduce the Sauber F1 Team's driver line-up for the 2012 season: Esteban Gutierrez as third driver with Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi

Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault-Nissan, Red Bull Racing technical director Adrian Newey and Eric Besson, French Minister of Industry, pose for a group photo in front of Red Bull pits

President of the Bahrain Motor Federation and FIA delegate Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa jokes around with BBC TV presenters Eddie Jordan and Martin Whitaker (left hand)

The cars accelerate after the start signal, Vettel leads the field in front of the two McLaren-Mercedes cars of Hamilton and Button

Drivers briefing, Belgium 1962

Kalman von Csazy (CH), Ferrari 250 GTO #3809GT, Grand-Tourisme-Rennen, Solitude, 1962

Le Mans 24h 1965, podium ceremony with prototype GT class winners: Noecker (eft) and Linge (black shirt) 1st in the GT class up to 2000cc with a Porsche 904/6, Gregory and Rindt (right) 1st place in a Ferrari 250LM, prototype GT class 4000cc

Fifth placed Jo Siffert (CH) and Hans Herrmann (D) on Porsche 907 LH 004 close behind Jochen Rindt (A) and Gerhard Mitter (D) in their Porsche 907 LH 003

Princess Gracia Patricia, Prince Albert and Prince Rainier de Monaco, Monaco GP 1969

Juan Manual Fangio in front of the approaching cars, ready for lowering the starting flag. Pole position for Jacky Ickx' Mirage Ford-Cosworth (No. 9), 2nd on the grid Joakim Bonnier in the Lola-Chevrolet (No. 33).

J. W. Automotive Engineering's Porsches start from front row, car no. 24 is the later winner Porsche 917K 0014 driven by Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB), car no. 25 the Porsche 917K 004/017 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) retires after 44 laps

1000km Brands Hatch BOAC 1970: Vic Elford (GB) and Denny Hulme (NZ) are being chased in their second placed Porsche 917K 023 by later eighth placed Jacky Ickx (B) and Jackie Oliver (GB) on Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1010

Lotus driver Emerson Fittipaldi, winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, 2nd place for Tyrrell driver Francois Cevert (on the right), 3rd George Follmer, driving for Shadow

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

Bob Nagel (USA) on Lola T260 Chevrolet in front of Bob Peckham on McLaren M8C Chevrolet and John Cannon (CDN) on a McLaren M20 Chevrolet

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

The Crown Prince, architect Hermann Tilke and Willi Weber

Seconds before of the start of the race

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field

Start collision of Romain Grosjean's Lotus

At the start, Schumacher hits the rails

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

The moment of the start

The cars accelerate after the start signal, Vettel leads in front of the McLarens of Hamilton and Button

The cars leave the grid to their formation lap

Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug, Daimler chairman of the board Dieter Zetsche and FIA technical director Jo Bauer have fun on the grid before the race

Pescarolo and Hill enjoy a sip of champagne

At the start of the 24 heures du Mans 1973, Brian Redman (GB) on Ferrari 312 PB #0888 with the two Matra cars behind, driven by FranÁois Cevert (F) and Henri Pescarolo (F)

At the start, after a collision with Schumacher, Romain Grosjean's Lotus cannonballs through the field and Kobayashi's Sauber aviates towards turn one

One second before the start

Concept Car, Michelotti Fiat 132 Flares, 1972

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team, battles for position with Force India's di Resta

The cars wait in line for the start signal, Vettel on pole positions besides Hamilton

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

The start, car no. 24 with Johnny Servoz-Gavin (F) and Henri Pescarolo (F) on a Matra-Sports 630M 03, then car no. 41 Nino Vaccarella (I) and Giancarlo Baghetti (I) on Alfa Romeo T33/2 #75033-022

The winning Porsche 917K 016 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Leo Kinnunen (SF) in front of second placed Ferrari 512 S Spyder #1042 of Ignazio Giunti (I) and Nino Vaccarella (I)

The bunch of Formula 1 drivers listens carefully before the Monaco GP 1975

Freiherr von Diergardt tries to brief a disinterested bunch of drivers, who are not listening to a word he is saying (fltr.: Dan Gurney, Jackie Stewart, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme, Mike Spence, Frank Gardner, Jochen Rindt, Paul Hawkins).

2pm local time, round 6 of the 1966 F1 season is about to start. Polesetter Jim Clark, Lotus No 1, John Surtees' Cooper, Jackie Stewart's BRM, and Scarfiotti's Ferrari made it on to the front row of the grid.

With Graham Hill and Gurney away in the lead, no. 1 Ken Miles (USA), 2nd on the grid in one of the many Ford's Mk II, is getting jumped at the start by John Whitmore's Ford no. 8, Mike Parkes' Ferrari (no. 20), Jo Bonnier's Chaparral-Chevrolet (no. 9) and Bondurant's Ferrari (no. 18). In the back you can see the no. 2 Ford of McLaren/Amon.

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Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Polesetter Dan Gurney runs to his Ford MkII no.3. Followers are Ken Miles, John Whitmore, Bruce McLaren, Pedro Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Mike Parkes, Jean Guichet, ...

The start of the Belgian Grand Prix 2012

Clemens Schickentanz (D) and John Fitzpatrick (GB) on the Kremer Porsche Carrera RSR 911 #360 0885 (starting number #46), entered by Oldenkott Tobacco, do not finish the 1973 1000km Spa but become fourth placed in the GT classement. Cars arround are the Porsche no. 41 of van Lennep (NL), a Lola of Portugese Gaspar (no. 65) an both BMW's of Lauda (no. 60) and Stuck (no. 64).

Drivers groupshot, from left to right: Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Hubert Hahne, Lucien Bianchi (above), Jacky Ickx (above), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (below), Piers Courage (below), Jackie Oliver (below), Jo Siffert and Graham Hill

The later winning Porsche 908 LH 026 of Jo Siffert (CH) and Brian Redman (GB) trapped in between between the two Ferraris 312P - car no 1 in front is Mario Andretti (USA) and Chris Amon (NZ) on Ferrari 312 P #0870, car no. 2 at third position is the Ferrari 312 P #0868 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Peter Schetty (CH). The two following Porsches are Vic Elford (GB) and Richard Attwood (GB) on Porsche 908 LH 028 (car no 6) and Udo Sch¸tz (D) with Gerhard Mitter (D) on Porsche 908 LH 027 (car no. 5)

Juan Carlos, King of Spain, Prince Albert de Monaco, Flavio Briatore, Prince Andrew, Fernando Alonso and his Highness the Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al Kalifa

F1 drivers as cricket players: (below, left to right) Scheckter, Bell, Lauda, Stewart, Peterson, Mass, Hulme and (standing, left to right) Tyrrell, Watson, Edwards, Hailwood, Hunt, Hill, Depailler, Gethin, Purley and Regazzoni.

Nice habit during the British GP weekend: F1 drivers as cricket players. Below, left to right: Scheckter, Bell, Lauda, the already retired driver Stewart, Peterson, Mass, Hulme and (standing, left to right) Tyrrell, Watson, Edwards, Hailwood, Hunt, Hill, Depailler, Gethin, Purley and Regazzoni.

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Jochen Rindt

Helmut Marko (A)

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

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Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda