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JPM fans

Indianapolis town

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Montoya fans

Clay Walker sings the national anthem

Musicians playing the national anthem

Formula One cars packed and strapped for transport by plane

Bob Evans, US GP 1976

Number 12 on Jochen Mass' McLaren-Cosworth M23, US West GP 1976

Harald Ertl sits on the pit wall, United States GP Long Beach 1976

Vittorio Brambilla's March-Cosworth 761 becomes damaged at the start and retires together with Carlos Reutemann's Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 and Nilsson

Hurst spokeswoman Linda Vaughn visits the cheering race drivers before the United States GP Long Beach 1976

Historic gems are shown in a support race during the US West GP 1976 weekend

Harald Ertl could not qualify the Hesketh-Cosworth 308D for the US (West) GP 1976

Carrol Shelby aviates the mother of all historic Formula One Ferrari race cars, Jose Froilan Gonzalez's historic 1951 Ferrari 375.

Harald Ertl could not qualify with the Hesketh-Cosworth 308D, United States GP Long Beach 1976

Jochen Mass kisses a promotion girl on the grid, US GP 1977

Jody Scheckter in the Wolf-Cosworth, US GP 1977

Jochen Mass on Arrows-Cosworth, United States West GP Long Beach 1980 ("Penthouse Rizla +" livery in Long Beach 1980 only)

GP Belgium 2001

Podium ceremony after the 1980 US GP (West) Long Beach: third placed Emerson Fittipaldi, race winner Nelson Piquet and second placed Riccardo Patrese

GP Belgium 2001

Podium ceremony after the 1980 US GP (West) Long Beach: third placed Emerson Fittipaldi, race winner Nelson Piquet and second placed Riccardo Patrese

GP Belgium 2001

Podium ceremony after the 1980 US GP (West) Long Beach: third placed Emerson Fittipaldi, race winner Nelson Piquet and second placed Riccardo Patrese

Podium ceremony after the 1980 US GP (West) Long Beach: third placed Emerson Fittipaldi, race winner Nelson Piquet and second placed Riccardo Patrese

Podium ceremony after the 1980 US GP (West) Long Beach: third placed Emerson Fittipaldi, race winner Nelson Piquet and second placed Riccardo Patrese

American grid girls

Groupshot of all the drivers, Bernie Ecclestone and the GP's organisers - posing before the first U.S. GP in many years (the first official at Indianapolis).

FIA president Max Mosley

Michael Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher

Bijoux

hulk

rainer fragen

Shapes

More beautiful stuff

lewis

The grid girls

webber

A large sign welcomes the circuit guests and race fans

Alonso passing the wrecked cars of his competitors

Lunch bricks

American Red Bull 'Una'

Someone will have crispy turkey for lunch

Passionate event programme vendor

Flavio Briatore's recent girl friend

Frenetic young fans touting for attention

Another American paddock beauty (please note Schumacher's physiotherapist already prepared to help in case of an emergency ;)

Racetrack safety fence protecting the grid girls

Marshals admiring their car collection

American fans support their local hero Scott Speed

A blonde racing fan shows her will to become famous

Piles of tyres for Jan Lammers on the grid before the 1979 US GP (West)

Martini Brabham, Carlos Reutemann's no. 7

Journalists were invited by Porsche to the introduction in Watkins Glen, from right to left: Herbert Völker, Klaus Reichert, Dieter Stappert and Heinz Prüller

A Goodyear blimp in a blue sky above Riverside in 1973

Jackie Stewart interviews Emerson Fittipaldi, Can-Am Riverside 1973

Nick Heidfeld

Bertrand Gachot

Thierry Boutsen

Pierluigi Martini's helmet

A young Mika Häkkinen looks forward to his F1 debut

Arrows team boss Tom Walkinshaw

Norbert Haug of Mercedes

Michael Schumacher plays at a friendly football match in soccer-unfriendly USA...

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Michael Schumacher

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Ferrari's Ross Brawn chats with FIA race director Charlie Whiting

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Michael Schumacher driving a historical Maserati, the winning car of the Indy 500 in 1941 &1942

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

The hand of Inianapolis "chief" Tony George

Barrichello

Michael Schumacher

Alonso

Security Marshal.

Rainer's shadow on a Foster's advertising

Raikkonen

mit bishop

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi always wears his Indy 500 winner's ring

Hamilton's grid girl

A busy pitlane under filled balconies

The new landmark of the Circuit of the Americas watches over the track

Vettel's grid girl shows her finger

Grid girls stand at the fiinish line

German Michael Schumacher of Mercedes is happy about a good 6th grid position after qualifying

Ferrari's Nigel Wollheim reads something...

She truly earned the pink heart

Just before football match Germany vs Argentina Premiere TV visagist Zuza had to organise some national flags

Norbert Haug with Ron Dennis

Main grandstands were fully packed

Two more big - ehm, sorry .. blond Una beauties arriving in the paddock

Beautifully smiling grid girl with a German flag

American F1 fans with pretty racing hats

A glance into Toro Rosso hospitality - happy Vitantonio Liuzzi, Neel Jani in background

Michael Schumacher showing his support for the German football team (playing against Argentina) with his special shirt

American super heroes posing with a red devil

Rear view on crowded starting grid

McLaren mechanic polishing the chrome cordon pillars

Michael Schumacher escaping boring interview questions

Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

Speedway motorcycle parking lot at Saturday

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in a green frame

Signal to Ferrari pit crew: hard tyre mixture for Raikkonen's yellow tagged car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, jumps into the company car shuttle to press conference at media center

... the chequered lady is back, even with a nice valid collar :)

Happy grid girl guards Sebastian Vettel's BMW Sauber

Indiana state police troopers enjoy the race

Willy Kauhsen

Brian Redman

Mark Donohue

A devoted Porsche fan watches the race

Renault RE 24 of Arnoux

Clowns entertain the race visitors and their children

There she is, all tarted up, setting a foot on a Ferrari's rear tyre

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella

Nick Heidfeld

Derek Warwick of Camel Lotus

Bertrand Gachot

Pierluigi Martini

Mika Hakkinen

A young Mika Häkkinen looks forward to his F1 debut

Mika Hakkinen fans

Jordan team boss Eddie Jordan

FIA president Max Mosley with F1 promotor Bernard Ecclestone

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis

Gerhard Berger

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Kimi Raikkonen

A young BMW-Williams fan

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Mika Häkkinen

Jacques A. Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer for Ford Motor Company until end of 2001

Ferrari fans

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Montoya

da Matta

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

German title contender Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing

1976, damaliger fahrer depailler

1978 patrese

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, gives an interview in the paddock in Austin.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

A grid girl holds the star-spangled banner

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

1976 lauda

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

RBR motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Lotus test driver

kobay., schumi und webber

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

1975 brambilla

1971 ickx

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Mexican Esteban Gutierrez will replace Kamui Kobayashi next season at Sauber

Former Goodyear executive Robert Lobell

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

autos fahren zur startaufstellung

Sebastian Vettel talks to Red Bull Racing race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid

Companions Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda discuss at the grid

nach q3

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

mit caubet von renault

The legendary Austrian Niki Lauda

Historic Grand Prix grid with precious vintage race cars

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fans on the hill and green lights on the straight

1980 villeneuve

1978 andretti

McLaren CEO Ron Dennis

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

recht horner

mit surer

Thoughtful Jean Todt with his girl friend and actor Michelle Yeoh in the pits

Cool ace Christian at a Klien table ;)

Fernando Alonso, Renault

BMW Sauber mechanics with their car on the way to the scrutineers

Laced boots of a grid girl

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Toyota engineer supporting the German football team

Mechanics rolling home their Renault

Third and last part of qualifying session, best 10 drivers getting ready

Teams crossing track to their pits

Seconds before the start

Rubens Barrichello, Honda Racing

Fly, cap, fly! Who will be the lucky catcher?

American Scott Speed fans

David Coulthard of Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jarno Trulli throwing signed caps to the masses

The moment after starting lights went off

Starting field speeding into first corner

Ferrari mechanics pushing another beautiful lady in red

Grid girls awaiting Michael Schumacher at his starting place

Green lights for the last qualifying session

Montoya fans on the main grandstand

Ferrari's Felipe Massa

Juan Pablo Montoya with father Pablo and manager Rick

Jenson Button, Honda

Colorful marching boots of an American grid girl

'Neat, hm?' Alright, thank you for the proof! :)

BMW Sauber test driver Sebastian Vettel replaces Robert Kubica

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber test driver Timo Glock

Signal boards at McLaren Mercedes pitwall

Renault's Heikki Kovalainen

It seems that Ferrari needs a hard hat against the English pression ;)

Motivated All-American grid girls

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his pole position

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Honda driver Jenson Button

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel prepares to race

American Toro Rosso and Speed fans

Ralf Schumacher runs back to Toyota pits after his start incident

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica announces to press that he will not attend the race because the FIA decided that the risk would be too high for him

Toyota's Ralf Schumacher in need of explanation

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' appreciate a cold sizzly welcome drink before driving the paddock crazy ;)

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen comments on the FIA's decision about Kubica's temporary driving break

Toyota's Jarno Trulli

Kimi Raikkonen, ferrari

Spyker test driver Markus Winkelhock. Rainer: 'Hey, at least you've got a great mimic - a good facial expression is very important to shoot a good portrait!' ...

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Willy Kauhsen

Emerson Fittipaldi on Copersucar-Cosworth FD04, United States GP Long Beach 1976

Formula One cars packed together for transport by plane

Clay Regazzoni's Ferrari 312T on the grid, wins the race later

Still friends; Ferrari team mates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi being interviewed at Long Beach.

Keke Rosberg

Riccardo Patrese

Ferrari driver Rene Arnoux

Felipe Massa

Jaguar's 3rd Friday driver, Swede Bjorn Wirdheim

Gregor Foitek in an unbranded Brabham-Judd

Riccardo Patrese

David Coulthard pushes his McLaren with the help of two kind marshals

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Giancarlo Fisichella with his wife Luna and their child.

Ralf Schumacher

David Coulthard retires

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

Giancarlo Fisichella with his wife Luna and their child.

F1 legends together - Dan 'Eagle' Gurney and Sir Jack Brabham

Heinz-Harald Frentzen sprays champagne at Michael Schumacher

Mika Häkkinen

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Jenson Button.

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

Michael Schumacher in the lead

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

Barrichello's Ferrari after a havy crash in practice

US GP 2002

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Nick Heidfeld

Kimi Räikkönen

Montoya

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert chats with Niki Lauda

Felipe Massa of Ferrari gets out of his race car after qualifying seventh

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Brazilian double F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi

helme hersteller vlnr: schubert, bell, arai

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari jumps out of the historic car after drivers presentation

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Keke Rosberg of Finland, F1 World Champion of 1982

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

A funny western 'wanted' sign shows Vettel and Alonso for World Champion, no reward announced

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sergio Perez of Sauber during drivers presentation

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Vettel's Finnish physio Heikki Huovinen

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher of Mercedes during drivers presentation

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, comes to finish on fourth position

Legendary director George Lucas visits the paddock

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, visits the paddock in Austin.

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, gaines second grid position

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates at the rostrum

Sensors and antennas of a Mercedes race car

Charles Pic, Marussia

mit nico

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of team mate Webber and McLaren's Hamilton

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Tifoso Moko

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

dario franchitti

Michael Schumacher's chief engineer Chris Dyer

"Schumi" rolling to setup meeting

Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn on their way to podium ceremony

Field ejecting to formation lap

Tiago Monteiro, Midland F1 (Thanks for the Ts again! :)

Ferrari team during play of German anthem for Michael Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Christian Klien savouring his Red Bull drink - keen on wings?

Michael testing new rubber mixture for rain tires on his roller

Blond girl in pink short little skirt and basque guaratees a crowded photo session

Michael Schumacher in the pits

Michelin organised a stage, bringing the drivers closer to the fans

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Restart, safety car just left track

Toro Rosso boss Gerhard Berger with Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore

Flavio Briatore with Mario Theissen

Second placed Felipe Massa receiving compliments for a good job

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Shiny McLaren car in evening light

Jean Todt at Ferrari command center

Honda Racing boss Nick Fry with BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Ferrari on the track

Jarno Trulli signing souvenirs for waiting fans

Mark Webber, Williams

Michael Schumacher jumping on his car, celebrating his victory

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Adrian Sutil, Spyker F1

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

BMW Sauber pit crew watches the race carefully

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Ralf Schumacher speaks with Toyota team manager Richard Cregan

Compressed air containers for wheel exchange air guns

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel crosses the brick line

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, with his engineers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, mowes the lawn after braking too late

Red Bull Racing sporting director Christian Horner listens to gesturing Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Coincidence - BMW rookie Sebastian Vettel at his first F1 race gives an interview to Premiere (German pay TV network)

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, prepares to race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, speeds over the remains of the famous bricks who gave the Speedway its nickname 'brickyard'

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

McLaren Mercedes mechanics hold the air gun ready, a tyre already aside

BMW Sauber pitwall command crew watches the race carefully: BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen, in front of him technical director Willy Rampf, in the background team manager Beat Zehnder

... Markus: 'OK, I'll give everything!' ...

Businessman Kimi Raikkonen, checking latest stock values?

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel with BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

The Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' are welcomed with the latest news and ...

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton closes his helmet's belt

Ferrari communication unit in ready-to-use position

Nico Rosberg, Williams

McLaren Mercedes runner-up Lewis Hamilton gives an interview

The Red Bull 'Formula One Unas' arrive at the track and go sightseeing through the paddock

Spyker driver Adrian Sutil jokes around with Lewis Hamilton

... 'And how's about this?'

Porsche Salzburg's Porsche 917/03 #003, driven by Hans Herrmann (D) and Vic Elford (GB)

Tired race fans take a nap on their car

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 1, 1973

Brian Redman (GB) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

McLaren team mates Jochen Mass and James Hunt

The World Champion's number 1 on Niki Lauda's Ferrari 312T

Number 6 on Nilsson's Lotus-Cosworth 77

Ferrari drivers Clay Regazzoni and Nikii Lauda (right side)

Linda Vaughn

Start of the 1977 US West GP, Peterson drifts out after a collision with Brambilla but joins again

James Hunt

Jochen Mass

James Hunt

Keke Rosberg, Fittipaldi-Cosworth, US GP (West) Long Beach 1980

Héctor Rebaque

TGC4

Canadian Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve

Gilles Villeneuve

Former F1 World Champion James Hunt with his wench

Brabham's 1.5 t/c BMW 4 engine

TGC4

Mark Webber of Jaguar

Renault pit crew one second before service

World Champion Michael Schumacher

Ayrton Senna, US GP Phoenix 1991

The new Ferrari driver Jean Alesi in front of Patrese's Williams, Berger's McLaren and both Benettons during the early laps of the race

Start of the first USGP in Indianapolis, Michael Schumacher in the lead

Arrows engine covers

Arrows team boss Tom Walkinshaw

Yellow lights indicate that there is a safety car on track

Pedro Diniz, Sauber Petronas

Mika Häkkinen

Start field heads into first corner, Coulthard in the lead

The Gottschalk brothers with ex F1 shareholder Haffa

Jean Alesi, Jordan-Honda. In the 2nd Grand Prix after September 11th the team shows it's support for the United States with the stars and sripes flag on the car's engine cover

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Sebastian Montoya, son of Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya

Nick Heidfeld

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, gives an interview before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, in front of Webber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Eddie Jordan with former F1 race driver John Watson

überholt kimi

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Schumacher fans enroll a large banner from the stand

FIA race doctor Gary Hartstein attends his 247th grand prix

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

kova. auch

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Tifoso Moko shows off with a new skin for his mobile phone

RBR motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko with former Mercedes manager Juergen Hubbert

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team, at the grid

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in parc ferme after the race

Vettel's race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin of Red Bull Racing in pits

Paul di Resta, Force India

lewis hat vettel überholt (hinten)

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sensors of a RBR

Niki Lauda speaks with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug, his soon predecessor

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gets out of his race car at the grid

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug chats on the grid with Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Red lady in evening dress

BMW Sauber engineer supporting the German football team

Tiago Monteiro cutting the herbage

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Michelin man trying to convince junior Ferrari fans

Heinz Paschen, BMW technical director (engines)

BMW Sauber car rear

Cool Fernando Alonso

Juan Pablo Montoya with his father Pablo and his manager Rick

Safety car slowing down the two leading Ferraris

Michael Schumacher being pushed back into pits after gaining best qualifying time in second part, Massa in the background

Michael Schumacher celebrating his Pole Position

Bernie Ecclestone stopping by heavily laden Jean Todt

Michelin as a long-time tyre supplier of McLaren sponsored a public interview with Juan Pablo Montoya

Nico Rosberg in his Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda Racing

Juan Pablo Montoya performing an autograph session for his American fans

Cars and engineers waiting in row

Ferrari press officer Luca Colajanni

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber

The World Champion leading his haunter to paddock after press conference

Franck Montagny, Super Aguri Honda

FIA race observer and former Brabham team manager Herbie Blash with legendary Nelson Piquet who became World Champion in a Brabham 1981 and 1983

Massa takes the hard mixture, too

Williams' Nico Rosberg was 'slightly delayed by a sticking fuel nozzle' (Formula1.com)

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

... Alonso seems to wonder if she is all real, and how she managed to get into paddock without a valid credential ...

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates his second victory so far

BMW Sauber pit crew watches the race on screens in pits

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Happy Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Bernie Ecclestone and triple World Champion Nelson Piquet under TV surveillance

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, over the bricks

Colorful design art of Liuzzi's Toro Rosso car

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa on podium

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, at pit lane exit

Honda driver Jenson Button

Lewis Hamilton, fits his balaclava

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen speaks on the grid with McLaren chief operating officer Martin Whitmarsh

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Spyker team mates Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Pitwall signals BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel still nineth position

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel practices pit stops with his crew on Thursday afternoon

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

... a glass of sparkling stimulant - huh, Red Bull in large bottles?

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in front of Coulthard

Kimi Raikkonen, ferrari

Gilles Villeneuve leading the race in the new Ferrari 312T4. His team-mate Jody Scheckter is far behind

Second placed Ferrari 312PB# 0894 driven by Ronnie Peterson (S) and Tim Schenken (AUS)

Watkins Glen 6h (USA): Mario Andretti

Jacky Ickx before his stint awaits the drivers exchange on his pit's wall under the eyes of watching fans

Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari 312PB #0888

Denny Hulme listens to Peter Revson, 6-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen (Six Hours of Endurance for The World Championship of Manufacturers), Watkins Glen 1972

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972

DNF for Ferrari 312PB #0892 driven by Brian Redman (GB) and Arturo Merzario (I)

John Wyer keeps times

Fans take a ride on a retal lorry

Jacky Ickx puts his helmet on

Huschke von Hanstein borrows the car keys from Paul Frere

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Brian Redman (GB) sits in the later retiring Porsche 917/10 TC

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 1, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

Emerson Fittipaldi is intervied besides a Porsche 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Formula 1 race cars are prepared for their transportation at the Los Angeles International Airport after the 1976 US GP (West)

Jacques Laffite on Ligier-Matra JS5

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

Number 11 on Hunt's McLaren-Cosworth M23

Clay Regazzoni leading the race followed by Patrick Depailler, James Hunt and Niki Lauda

James Hunt practices on a McLaren-Cosworth M23 for the United States GP Long Beach 1976

Gunnar Nilsson

James Hunt, McLaren-Cosworth, United States GP Long Beach 1977

Third placed Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth, United States West GP Long Beach 1977

James Hunt in a McLaren-Cosworth, United States West GP Long Beach 1977

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

Keke Rosberg, Fittipaldi-Cosworth, US GP (West) Long Beach 1980

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter chat on the grid before the US West GP 1980

Keke Rosberg, Fittipaldi-Cosworth, US GP (West) Long Beach 1980

Jochen Mass, Arrows-Cosworth

Elio de Angelis' Lotus-Cosworth is prepared on the grid

TGC3

Keke Rosberg

Nigel Mansell, US GP 1982

Nelson Piquet's girlfriend

Nelson Piquet's girlfriend

Brabham-BMW

Number 5 on Piquet's Brabham-BMW

Nelson Piquet's girlfriend

Zsolt Baumgartner, Minardi-Ford, US GP 2004

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh joke together at the pitwall

Ayrton Senna, McLaren-Honda

Ayrton Senna, Phoenix / USA 1991

Jacques Villeneuve

Ralf Schumacher leaves his car at pits with pneumatic valve trouble.

Podium ceremony

Michael Schumacher takes the chequered flag

US GP 2005

Michael and Rubens after another victory for Ferrari

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

McNish

Michael and Mark

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Nick Heidfeld

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren hugs team principal Marin Whitmarsh

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Group photo of Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, with the German race drivers Nico Rosberg of Mercedes and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

Former race drivers chat in Williams pits - Alex Wurz, Rubens Barrichello and Christian Danner

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Button

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR celebrates in parc ferme after qualifying

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives in parc ferme after his lap of honour

German race drivers Timo Glock of Marussia and Michael Schumacher of Mercedes walk together to drivers presentation

A jack under a Ferrari race car

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

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A firefighter watches the pitlane.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren celebrates his achievement in parc ferme

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, gives an interview before the race

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gets out of his race car after qualifying nineth

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The famous 'bricks' of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Ralf Schumacher with a traditional expression on his face

Fernando Alonso passing the chicane in front of Ralf Schumacher

David Coulthard navigating around a dirty curb

Michael Schumacher crossing the brickyard

Fernando Alonso receiving a service during second part of qualifying session

View on the straight during safety car phase

Juan Pablo Montoya pitting during second qualifying session

Michael Schumacher exiting his parked car

Renault car waiting to be scrutineered

Michael Schumacher commentating on his qualification success

Michael Schumacher hugging his mechanics

Ferrari postcard photo, Massa still in the lead

McLaren engineers testing a pit stop with Kimi

Michael Schumacher

Right front suspension of a BMW Sauber car

Midland driver Christijan Albers entering pitlane to get a new front wing

The three victorious cars in parc fermé after podium ceremony

American marshals watching the action of a passing McLaren

Relaxed Fernando Alonso joking during an interview

Jacques Villeneuve gaining 6th grid place, 3/100 of a second behind Alonso

Bernard Ecclestone in discussion with Colin Colles and Ian Phillips of Midland F1

Both Ferraris together

Fans and models during a photo session with the Renault drivers

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enjoys his second pole position so far

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet on the grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel becomes fourth fastest on Friday's first practice

After a good start Adrian Sutil keeps his Spyker for a while in the field's middle

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld, the two Finns Kovalainen and Raikkonen fight in the background

Ralf Schumacher gives hopefully good advice to BMW Sauber youngster Sebastian Vettel

Toyota's Ralf Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld on his grid position

Ralf Schumacher parks on the lawn after an accident at start

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel passes the old Speedway grandstands

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel in a green landscape

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Merk Webber, Red Bull Racing

Honda's Jenson Button

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren mechanics push Lewis Hamilton's car backwards

Kimi's Ferrari being well covered after qualifying in parc fermÈ

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Toro Rosso

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld being refueled

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

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

A Greyhound bus was rented by Porsche as an airport shuttle

George Follmer

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Peter Revson

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

Camera girl

George Follmer (USA)

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 3, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

Jody Scheckter (ZA) on Porsche 917/10 TC #018 entered by Vasek Polak Racing, Inc.,

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 1, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 1, 1973, Roger McClusky

Emerson Fittipaldi talks with Revson and Hulme

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Hans-Joachim Stuck, US GP Long Beach 1976

Regazzoni's Ferrari 312T

A show run of Juan Manuel Fangio in his old championship winning Mercedes motor car.

USA-West GP 1976

Niki Lauda, Ferrari, gets himself ready for practice session

Colin Chapman with his Lotus driver Bob Evans who could not qualify for the USGP West

Ferrari driver Niki Lauda

Mario Andretti's victorious Lotus-Cosworth at his home GP, the 1977 US (West) Grand Prix in Long Beach

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

McLaren Ford-Cosworth

Alan Jones.

Jochen Mass is prepared in the Arrows-Cosworth

Keke Rosberg, Fittipaldi-Cosworth, US GP (West) Long Beach 1980

Jochen Mass is prepared in the Arrows-Cosworth

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

On the podium winner Alan Jones, 2nd team-mate Carlos Reutemann (left), and 3rd Nelson Piquet.

Héctor Rebaque

Héctor Rebaque

Héctor Rebaque

Héctor Rebaque

Gilles Villeneuve in the Ferrari finished 3rd but was later disqualified for using a curious rear wing which was declared illegal

Ferrari team-mates Didier Pironi and Gilles Villeneuve

John Watson sits in his McLaren-Cosworth, engine bonnet open

No. 5: Piquet's Brabham front wing

Empty but prepared pitlane

Local hero Juan Pablo Montoya

Suits of the Ferrari drivers Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher

Sunday morning drivers parade with Michael Schumacher followed by Coulthard

Jarno Trulli greets his fans after retiring in lap 12 with mechanical problems

Tony George waves the chequered flag for winning Schumacher

Ralf and Frentzen

Rubens and Juan Pablo

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Schumacher passing the chequered flag

US GP 2003

Bruno Senna of Williams and Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso walk to drivers presentation

Second placed Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives in parc ferme after the race

Paul di Resta, Force India

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel of RBR congratulates his country fellowman Michael Schumacher of Mercedes for a good 6th grid position after qualifying

Parc ferme after qualifying

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren second placed Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Paul di Resta, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with second qualified Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

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Both Ferraris racing in the oval, passing an empty grandstand

Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos

Sparkling rear of a McLaren

Chris Dyer welcoming Michael Schumacher at his grid place

Austrian security professional 'Pfaffi' searching for suspicious devices

Champagne shower for Ross Brawn

The destroyed BMW Sauber F1 car of Nick Heidfeld after a rollover during the destructive start accident of the 2006 US GP, retiring with 6 further cars

Kimi Raikkonen after qualifying in parc fermé

Christian Klien, Red Bull Racing

First and second grid position: Michael Schumacher giving his teammate a ride on his roller instead of using the FIA shuttle to press conference

Right rear mirror of a BMW Sauber

The Hondas arriving in parc fermé after qualifying session

Podium ceremony with winnning car in foreground

TV presenters Florian König and Niki Lauda like to use the red carpet (sometimes until they are being wrapped;)

Both McLaren Mercedes team mates together, Lewis Hamilton in the lead

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel takes a seat for his first F1 race

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with his driver Nick Heidfeld

Felipe Massa pits during qualifying

Winner Lewis Hamilton shakes hands with third placed Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso share the champagne with their team

Lewis Hamilton takes a green curb at first corver with his McLaren Mercedes

Kind ladies distribute The Red Bulletin around the track

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

BMW Sauber technical director Willy Rampf gives last words of wisdom to Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld

Ferrari team mates Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld's BMW eats dust between the two Ferraris

James Hunt on Wolf-Cosworth, US West GP Long Beach 1979

Ferrari driver Jody Scheckter

Jody Scheckter, US West GP, Long Beach, 1979

Dan Gurney (USA)

Phil Hill (USA)

Phil Hill (USA)

Jackie Oliver's Shadow Mk3 Chevrolet is being prepared in pits

Roger Penske and Ferry Porsche

Roger Penske chats with Dan Gurney

Peter Revson (USA) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Milt Minter (USA) on Porsche 917/10

Second placed Ferrari 312PB# 0894 driven by Ronnie Peterson in front of later winner Mario Andretti (USA) in the Ferrari 312PB #0896

David Hobbs (GB) on Lola T310 Chevrolet

Tired race fans take a nap on their car

Race fans

John Wyer

Peter Revson

Hulme's McLaren Chevrolet in pits

Tired race fans take a nap on their car

Warm-up lap, pictured is Mario Andretti (USA) on the Ferrari 312PB #0896

6h of Watkins Glen, USA, 1972: Jacky Ickx (B), Ferrari

Mario Andretti (USA) jumps the winning Ferrari 312PB #0896

Austrian and German jounalists were invited by Porsche and brought from the hotel to the racetrack and back in a hired Greyhound 'shuttle' bus

Can-Am, Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer (USA), Porsche 917/10 TC

Peter Revson made the fastest lap in his McLaren M20 Chevrolet and ended in second position

Second placed Ferrari 312PB# 0894 driven by Ronnie Peterson (S) and Tim Schenken (AUS)

Denny Hulme (NZ) on McLaren M20 Chevrolet in front of George Follmer's (USA) Porsche 917/10 TC

Denny Hulme's winning McLaren M20 Chevrolet at pits

Peter Revson

Peter Revson and Denny Hulme

François Cevert (F) on McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Mario Andretti (USA) on the winning Ferrari 312PB #0896

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 2, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

An unknown VIP with an extraordinary moustache

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973: Winner Mark Donohue on the podium

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 3, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

The 1975 F1 World Champion, Niki Lauda, Ferrari

USA-West GP 1976

Ferrari 312T

Niki Lauda, Ferrari driver

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

Niki Lauda is being interviewed in Ferrari's garage, United States GP Long Beach 1977

Lotus team-mates with Peter Warr

USA-West GP: Niki Lauda

Jochen Mass

Austrian Hans Binder in a Surtees-Ford with durex ad

James Hunt

Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell-Ford P34

Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi FD04

Carlos Reutemann on Ferrari is involved in the start incident of the United States West GP Long Beach 1977

New Ferrari driver, Argentinian Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2

Carlos Reutemann's Williams-Cosworth retires with a driveshaft failure after 3 laps of the US West GP 1980

Keke Rosberg, Fittipaldi-Cosworth, US GP (West) Long Beach 1980

Nelson Piquet (Brabham) in the lead, along side him Rene Arnoux (Renault), 3rd Alfa Romeo's Patrick Depailler.

The Fittipaldi team with their drivers Emerson Fittipaldi and newcomer Keke Rosberg

USA-West GP 1980

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Héctor Rebaque

TGC4

Héctor Rebaque

Gilles Villeneuve with a slightly damaged Ferrari front wing

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.

Keke Rosberg in his Williams talking to teamboss Frank Williams and race engineer Frank Dernie (sunglasses) during practice

Mario Andretti steps into the Williams-Ford Cosworth FW07C after Reutemann's retirement from Formula 1 just after the last race at Jacarepaqua, Rio de Janeiro

John Watson, McLaren-Ford, winner of the USA-West Grand Prix, Long-Beach (CA), 1983

Later winner John Watson in a McLaren-Cosworth leads his team mate Niki Lauda and a group of chasers

Manfred Winkelhock and Gunther Schmid talk behind the ATS-BMW in pits

Drivers parade: Kimi Raikkonen and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Second placed Jean Alesi, race winner Ayrton Senna and third placed Thierry Boutsen enjoy the podium after the US Grand Prix Phoenix 1990

Michael Schumacher wins the first 'new' Indianapolis USGP

US GP 2000

The Renault on the pitlane.

Michael and Rubens after the qualifying

Start, Ralf Schumacher locking up a wheel

Podium

Barrichello crossing the brickyard

Podium

Press

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, follows an HRT

Pedro de la Rosa, HRT

lewis hat vettel eingeholt

webber hat sich gedreht

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, stuck behind an HRT

vorne wieder kimi

Final whistle of the game in which France beat Brasil - deafening cheers at Michelin motorhome where all francophile people meet

Michael Schumacher's jumps have become less frequent, but still very high as usual :)

Massa's nose cone and front wings

Renault front

Line up of the best three positioned after qualifying: third Felipe Massa, polesitter Lewis Hamilton and second Fernando Alonso - note faces and hands

Takuma Sato and Felipe Massa walk to drivers parade

BMW Sauber engineers perform last setup checks before race

McLaren team mates and brothers in arms Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso appear on the podium

Fernando Alonso commences his pit stop

McLaren principal Ron Dennis chats on grid with Slavica and Bernie Ecclestone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, on the last meters to win his second Grand Prix

Jenson Button, Honda

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton passes an ad board of his team's sponsor Vodafone

McLaren team mates Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in a Sheik's beautiful vintage Mercedes

Patrick Tambay on McLaren-Cosworth, United States (West) GP, Long Beach 1979

Arturo Merzario, Merzario Ford-Cosworth A1B

The Ferrari drivers Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter (right)

Héctor Rebaque retires after an accident with Daly

Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari 312 T4

The legendary adult entertainment star Linda Vaughn and a friend attend the event as Martini-branded VIP guests of Lotus

Jody Scheckter, Ferrari 312T4

George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Herbert Voelker, editorial director of the Austrian magazine Auto Revue

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC in pits

General Motors chief designer Bill Mitchell talks with Ferry Porsche on a crowded grid

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC on the grid

Jacky Ickx puts his helmet on

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC on the grid

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

Peter Revson

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

A warning sign in a private Lamborghini car

Drivers women at the Penske pits, Can-Am race, Watkins Glen (USA), 1972

Reinhold Joest's Porsche 908/3 008 #42, driven by Reinhold Joest (D) and Mario Casoni (I), gains fifth place

Winning Ferrari 312PB #0896 driven by Mario Andretti (USA) and Jacky Ickx (B)

Peter Revson, Denny Hulme and Teddy Mayer, 6-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen (Six Hours of Endurance for The World Championship of Manufacturers), Watkins Glen 1972

Jacky Ickx leading teammate Ronnie Peterson

A kind warning besides the highway

George Follmer

Hurley Haywood (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by Brumos/Kendall

Second placed Hurley Haywood (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC

Second placed Hurley Haywood (USA) on a Porsche 917/10 TC entered by Brumos/Kendall

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Brian Redman (GB) in front of team mate Jody Scheckter (ZA), both Porsche 917/10 TC entered by Vasek Polak

Charlie Kemp (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

Charlie Kemp (USA) in a Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

Vic Elford (GB) on a Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo

John Cordts (CDN) on a McLaren M8D Chevrolet

Tom Dutton (USA) on a McLaren M8E Chevrolet entered by Burmester Racing

Charlie Kemp (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

Brian Redman (GB) in a Porsche 917/10 TC

USA-West GP: Gunnar Nilsson in his Lotus Ford-Cosworth

The 1975 World Champion Niki Lauda slips into Fangio's silver arrow Mercedes, US Grand Prix West, Long Beach, 1976

Carlos Reutemann on Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45, United States GP Long Beach 1976

Emerson Fittipaldi in his Copersucar Fittipaldi-Ford

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

American icon and Hurst spokeswoman Linda Vaughn with her escort at the race track

Later third placed Jody Scheckter on Wolf-Cosworth receives a tyre service, United States West GP Long Beach 1977

Carlos Reutemann, Ferrari 312T2

At the start of the United States GP at Long Beach 1977, Carlos Reutemann in the Ferrari, brakes to late into the 1st corner and steers around Hunt's McLaren

Tyrrell driver, Frenchman Patrick Depailler, US Grand Prix West, Long Beach, 1977

Arrows steering wheel

TGC4

Brazilian Nelson Piquet celebrates his 3rd place at the Long Beach Grand Prix, the 1981 season opener.

Gilles Villeneuve and his Ferrari team-mate Didier Pironi

Brabham driver Nelson Piquet and Sylvia, today's mother of Renault F1 driver Nelsinho Piquet

David Coulthard fights back Michael Schumacher

Jordan driver Heiz-Harald Frentzen with famous TV entertainer Thomas Gottschalk

Mika Häkkinen celebrates 'one of my most important victories' with a cake after the race

After a memorable 2005 US GP with only six Bridgestone-equipped cars crossing the finish line, Ferrari's Barrichello, Brawn and Schumacher stand in parc ferme

Start to the warm-up lap with Trulli (Toyota) and Raikkonen (McLaren) leading the field

US GP 2002

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren is showered with champagne at the rostrum

Race winner Lewis Hamilton of McLaren raises his trophy at the rostrum

Big nose of a Red Bull car

BMW Sauber car - nose cone

Michael Schumacher in discussion with his chief engineer Chris Dyer

Red Bull VIP guests listen to technical hymns in the pits: Red Bull test driver and IRL contestant Robert Doornbos with R&B superstar and multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter Pharrell Williams (Formula1.com) and F1 promoter Tara Christopher Ramos

Press conference with the best three qualifying positioned: second Fernando Alonso, pole setter Lewis Hamilton and third Felipe Massa

Lewis Hamilton proudly raises his trophy

Winner Lewis Hamilton caresses third placed Felipe Massa in parc fermé

Start field at first corner, Lewis Hamilton in the lead

Ralf Schumacher in discussion with Toyota motorsport president John Howett and team manager Richard Cregan

BMW Sauber driver Sebastian Vettel rolls out to his first F1 challenge

Winner Lewis Hamilton jumps on his car in parc fermé

Hans-Joachim 'Striezel' Stuck, US GP Long Beach 1979

Reine Wisell (S) on Lola T260 Chevrolet entered by Roman Bria

Mario Andretti (USA) and Jacky Ickx (B) on the podium with the winning Ferrari team members

Peter Revson made the fastest lap in his McLaren M20 Chevrolet and ended in second position

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC prepares for practice

George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC prepares for action, Roger Penske watches besides the car

A pretty small TV camera

Follmer's Porsche 917/10 TC in pits

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Penske timekeepers

Winners for Ferrari: Jacky Ickx and Mario Andretti (at the right). Between both drivers are Andretti's children.

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Second placed Hurley Haywood (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by Brumos/Kendall

Brian Redman (GB) on Porsche 917/10 TC

Mark Donohue beside his Porsche 917

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973: Winner Mark Donohue and Jack Cook, who represents the sponsor Volkswagen on the podium

Vic Elford (GB) in his Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo

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

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 2, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

USA-West GP 1976

TGC3

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

Clay Regazzoni, Ensign, USA-West GP, 1980

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.

Victory lap (left to right): The winner Nelson Piquet, 2nd Emerson Fittipaldi and 3rd Riccardo Patrese.

TGC3

Williams engineers joke around with Carlos Reutemann on the grid before the US West GP 1981

Mario Andretti, Alfa Romeo, US GP Long Beach 1981

Elio de Angelis in the controversial twin-chassis Lotus 88, which only run during practice

Winner Alan Jones with 2nd placed Carlos Reutemann (left) and 3rd placed Nelson Piquet (right).

BAR Honda drivers present their new sunglasses sponsor Ray Ban

US GP 2000

Winner Mika Häkkinen, second placed Michael Schumacher, third placed David Couldthard

Podium

Another victory for Ferrari but ... Michael just beeing passed by Rubens!

Michael and Rubens after another win for Ferrari

David Coulthard and Vitantonio Liuzzi

BMW Sauber car's front

Mirror mirror on the floor - oh it's a McLaren front wing

Michael Schumacher proudly presenting his trophy

Indianapolis wreckyard display - cars of Heidfeld, Speed and Montoya

Local hero and Toro Rosso driver Scott Speed with Midland F1 driver Christijan Albers on their way to drivers presentation

The obligatory podium group photo (this time quite in red) with a happy Giancarlo Fisichella

Start field passes first corner, Lewis Hamilton wins the internal McLaren team mate battle

Former F1 and now IRL driver Robert Doornbos chats with the BMW Sauber drivers Timo Glock, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica

Reining world champion Mario Andretti about to let Villeneuve's Ferrari through

Patrick Tambay in the Lowenbrau McLaren M26

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

A Greyhound bus was rented by Porsche as an airport shuttle

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Denny Hulme is being interviewed and international media watches

FranÁois Cevert (F) in a McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Jean-Pierre Jarier (F) on Ferrari 712M #1010 entered by North American Racing Team

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer (USA) starts on a Porsche 917/10 TC in front of the two McLaren Chevrolets

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: The strongest Porsche Turbo

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

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: Roger Penske and two young race fans pose for a group photo besides the Porsche 917/10 TC

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

Charlie Kemp (USA) in a Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside 2, 1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

Race winner Mark Donohue (USA) in a Porsche 917/30 TC #003 entered by Sunoco P+A

The rear of a Porsche 917/30 TC

Race winner Mark Donohue (USA) in a Porsche 917/30 TC #003 entered by Sunoco P+A

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Brian Redman (GB) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

David Hobbs (GB) leads the field with a McLaren M20 Chevrolet entered by Carling Black Label

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Jody Scheckter (ZA) on a Porsche 917/10 TC entered by Vasek Polak leads the queue at the start

Brian Redman (GB) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

Former F1 driver Stirling Moss in a Maserati 250F

Carlos Pace's Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45 on the grid

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

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

Winner Niki Lauda (1st win in the 3rd Grand Prix of his comback season 1982), 2nd Keke Rosberg (left) and 3rd Gilles Villeneuve (later disqualified for using an illegal rear wing).

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.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Race winner Mika Hakkinen being filled up with champagne by McLaren team-mate David Coulthard

Final podium group photo with second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, his winning 'enfant terrible' Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh watches the champagne flowing for the fastest cowboys: second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren's winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of team mate Webber and McLaren's Hamilton

Mario Andretti, Italian racing multitalent and 1978 Formula 1 World Champion, interviews second placed Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull, McLaren's winner Lewis Hamilton and third placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari on the podium

Jenson Button and Juan Pablo Montoya

BMW pitwall executives watch their incoming car

Both Ferrari cars start from the front row at the 1979 US West GP, Villeneuve and Scheckter will also win 1-2

Jody Scheckter listens to Ferrari teammate and race winner Gilles Villeneuve at he US GP Long Beach 1979.

Peter Revson and Denny Hulme on the podium

François Cevert (F) at pits in a McLaren M8F Chevrolet

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

George Follmer (USA) on a Porsche 917/10 TC

Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet no. 5, besides him team mate Peter Revson (USA) in no. 4

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

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

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

Brian Redman (GB) in a Porsche 917/10 TC

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Race winner Mark Donohue (USA) in the Porsche 917/30 TC #003 entered by Sunoco P+A

George Follmer discusses with Roger Penske

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Car no. 6, Porsche 917/30 TC #003, entered by Penske-Roger Enterprises Inc., driven by Mark Donohue (USA)

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

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

Brabham designer Gordon Murray with his driver Carlos Reutemann

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).

James Hunt' McLaren (No. 1), Carlos Reutemann's Ferrari (No. 12) and Ronnie Peterson's Tyrrell (No. 3) at a start incident.

French drivers Rene Arnoux and Alain Prost chat on the grid before the United States West Grand Prix in Long Beach 1981

Elio de Angelis, Lotus-Cosworth

Winner John Watson on the podium, flanked by McLaren team mate Niki Lauda and third placed René Arnoux

Jordan driver Heiz-Harald Frentzen with famous TV entertainer Thomas Gottschalk

Lewis Hamilton takes the chequered flag

Drivers briefing on Sunday before the start

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Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet no. 5 on the right side, besides him team mate Peter Revson (USA) on car no. 4

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet no. 5, besides him team mate Peter Revson (USA) on car no. 4

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

Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet no. 5, in front of him team mate Peter Revson (USA) on car no. 4

Second placed Peter Revson shows his enjoyment about a check

Can-Am Watkins Glen 1972: George Follmer in Penske's Porsche 917/10 TC

Winner Denny Hulme (NZ) in the McLaren M20 Chevrolet

Start to the Can-Am Race in Riverside 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

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Mark Donohue chats with a mechanic on grid besides the Porsche 917/30 TC

Vic Elford (GB) in the Shadow DN-2 Chevrolet Turbo with a damaged front wing

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973

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

16th Annual Los Angeles Times Grand Prix And International Race of Champions, Riverside International Raceway, IROC 1974, Round 1-3 27./28.10.1973, Porsche Carrera RSR 911

IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 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

Charlie Kemp (USA) on Porsche 917/10 TC entered by RC Cola

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Jody Scheckter (ZA) on Porsche 917/10 TC

Winner Nelson Piquet flanked by Emerson Fittipaldi (left) and Riccardo Patrese.

Renault RE 24 Turbo V6

Winner John Watson on the podium, flanked by McLaren team mate Niki Lauda and third placed René Arnoux, who just recveives the right sponsor cap

Winner John Watson on the podium, flanked by McLaren team mate Niki Lauda and third placed René Arnoux, who just recveives the right sponsor cap

The race cars eject to formation lap

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of McLaren's Hamilton and team mate Webber

At the start, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing leads in front of McLaren's Hamilton and team mate Webber

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen with Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug and DaimlerChrysler chairman 'Dr. Z' Dieter Zetsche

Lewis Hamilton passes the brickyard's finish line and wins for his second time, by a wide margin ahead of team mate Alonso

McLaren principal Ron Dennis and DaimlerChrysler chairman 'Dr. Z' Dieter Zetsche take care about a VIP guest on the grid (any hint who this is is appreciated;)

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Race winner Gilles Villeneuve, US GP Long Beach 1979

Musician/producer Pharrell Williams (USA)

Musician/producer Pharrell Williams (USA)

Musician/producer Pharrell Williams (USA)

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

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IROC International Race Of Champions Riverside, 1973

During practice, #98 John Cannon (CDN) leads a queue in a McLaren M8F Chevrolet

Can-Am Riverside 1973: Second placed Hurley Haywood (USA) in front of Charlie Kemp, both driving a Porsche 917/10 TC

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Mario Andretti practices in a McLaren Chevrolet

One second before the start of the race

Warren Agor (USA) on McLaren M8B Chevrolet

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

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

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

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

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

Track owner Tony George waving the chequered flag for race winner Michael Schumacher

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA)

Chuck Parsons (USA) and Tony Adamowicz (USA) on Ferrari 312 P Coupe #0872

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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

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

Podium group photo (from right to left): third placed Felipe Massa, winner Lewis Hamilton, second Fernando Alonso and DaimlerChrysler chairman 'Dr. Z' Dieter Zetsche

Bob Bondurant (USA) and Carroll Shelby

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Lloyd 'Lucky' Casner (USA) in the Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) #2472 entered by Camoradi USA

Dan Gurney (USA) and Jerry Grant (USA) in a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2286

Winning team Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA) celebrate with champagne on podium

Phil Hill (USA) and Hap Sharp (USA) on Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

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

George Follmer (USA) takes his helmet off

The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2286 driven by Dan Gurney (USA) and Jerry Grant (USA)

The fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

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

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

Dan Gurney (USA) and Jerry Grant (USA) on Ford Mk II #1047, entered by Shelby American Inc.

Mario Andretti (USA) on Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Skip Scott's (USA) and Peter Revson's (USA) Ford GT40 #1038 with the Ford GT40 #1007 of Guy Ligier (F) and Bob Grossman (USA) close behind

Ford Motor Co.'s Ford GT40 GT/103, driven by Richie Ginther (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA)

Fourth placed team of Dan Gurney (USA) and Bob Bondurant (USA) on Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2299

A smoky pitstop of Phil Hill's (USA) and Hap Sharp's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

A hectical pitstop of Phil Hill's (USA) and Hap Sharp's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

The start, the the Ferrari 250 LM #5893 of Masten Gregory (USA) and Charlie Kolb (USA) in front

The winning NART Ferrari 250 LM #5893, driven by Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA)

The start, in front car no. 34 with Joe Buzzetta (USA) and Scooter Patrick (USA) on Porsche 908 #014

Pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Phil Hill (USA) on Ford GT40 GT/103

Shelby American Inc.'s winning Ford Mk IV J6, driven by Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA)

Pit stop ends for the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Nightly pit stop of the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Pit stop ends for the fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA)

Mario Andretti (USA) in the winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888

Mario Andretti (USA) in the winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888

The winning Ford Mk IV J6 driven by Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA), entered by Shelby American Inc.

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

Pitstop at night of Bob Bondurant (USA) and Dick Guldstrand (USA) on Chevrolet Corvette 194377S113787 entered by Dana Chevrolet Inc.

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)

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)

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

Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA) win the 24h Le Mans 1965 in the NART Ferrari 250 LM #5893

The winning Ferrari 250 LM 5893 entered by North American Racing Team driven by Jochen Rindt (A), Masten Gregory (USA) and Ed Hugus (USA)

The Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001 driven by Phil Hill (USA) and Hap Sharp (USA) retires after 8 laps with a tyre puncture

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

David Piper's (GB) and Ed Cantrell's (USA) Ferrari 250 GTO #3767GT

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)

Winning team (category P+5.0) Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA) celebrate with champagne on podium, laughing second placed Mike Parkes left hand

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.

Erwin Kremer (D) and Nicolas Koob (L) on Porsche 911 S besides the Ferrari 312 P Coupe #0872 of Chuck Parsons (USA) and Tony Adamowicz (USA)

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

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.

Winning team (category P+5.0) Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA) celebrate with champagne on podium, legendary photographer and journalist Bernard Cahier left hand

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

Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Ken Miles (USA) on Ford Mk II GT/106

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 of Lucien Guitteny (F) and Bob Grossman (USA)

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)

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)

Winning Ferrari 312PB #0888 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Mario Andretti (USA)

Winning Ferrari 312PB #0888 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Mario Andretti (USA)

Winning Ferrari 312PB #0888 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Mario Andretti (USA)

Pedro Rodriguez' (MEX) and Richie Ginther's (USA) Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0846 in front of Paul Hawkins' (AUS) and Mark Donohue's (USA) Ford Mk II #1032 and another Ford

The Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder #0846 of Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Richie Ginther (USA)

The victorious driver pair Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the Nürburgring podium

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

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

The winning Chapparal 2D Chevrolet, driven by Joakim Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA)

Mark Donohue (USA) and David Hobbs (GB) on the NART-entered Ferrari 512 M #1040

The NART Ferrari 512 M #1040 driven by Mark Donohue (USA) and David Hobbs (GB)

Ferrari 512 BB of Jacques Guerin (F), Jean-Pierre Delaunay (F) and Gregg Young (USA)

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)

Guy Ligier (F) and Bob Grossman (USA) on Ford GT40 #1007, entered by Ford France

Guy Ligier (F) and Bob Grossman (USA) on Ford GT40 #1007, entered by Ford France

The jumping Porsche 910 007 S-ZL 123 of Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA)

Mark Donohue's (USA) NART Ferrari 512 M #1040 entered by Roger Penske and Kirk F. White

Mario Andretti (USA) gets the rear view mirror of the winning Ferrari 312 PB #0888 cleaned

The fourth placed Ferrari 512 S #1014 driven by Sam Posey (USA) and Ronnie Bucknum (USA) passes the bridge in front of Claude Laurent (F) and Jacques Marché (F) on a Porsche 911 S

Bob Johnson (USA) and Tom Payne (USA) on Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287 (car no. 10) lead the later 8th overall placed Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2299 (car no. 11) driven by Jack Sears (GB) and Dick Thompson (USA) which becomes first placed in the GT5.0 group

Race leader Dan Gurney (USA) and A. J. Foyt (USA) on Ford Mk IV J6 in front of second placed Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) and Mike Parkes (GB) in a Ferrari 330P4 #0858

Phil Hill (USA) takes place in the Ford GT40 GT/103 but retires after 6 laps

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on the winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001

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

Frank Gardner (AUS) and Roger McCluskey (USA) on Ford Mk IIB #1031, entered by Holman & Moody

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

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

Chris Craft (GB) and David Weir (USA) on David Piper 's fourth placed Ferrari 512 M #1028

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

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)

Phil Hill (USA) sits in the Ford GT40 GT/103 and chats with teammate Bruce McLaren (NZ)

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

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

Victorious Porsche drivers Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA) are picked from podium by their cheering mechanics

Pitstop at night of Mike Spence's (GB) and Phil Hill's (USA) Chaparral 2F Chevrolet 2F001

Denny Hulme (NZ) and Lloyd Ruby (USA) on Ford Mk IV J8, entered by Holman & Moody

The Ford Mk IV J8 of Denny Hulme (NZ) and Lloyd Ruby (USA) slides through the courner

Pit stop of the winning Ferrari 312PB #0888 driven by Jacky Ickx (B) and Mario Andretti (USA)

Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ) on a Ford GT40 GT/102, entered by Ford Advanced Vehicles

Phil Hill (USA) and Bruce McLaren (NZ) on a Ford GT40 GT/102, entered by Ford Motor Co.

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

The winning drivers Jochen Rindt (A) and Masten Gregory (USA) are welcomed by the press and officials after the race

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

Honoury lap of second placed Ford driver team Ken Miles (USA) and Denny Hulme (NZ) on Ford Mk II #1015

Ken Miles (USA) and Denny Hulme (NZ) in the second placed Ford Mk II #1015 entered by Shelby American Inc.

David Piper (GB) and Dick Thompson (USA) on Mirage M1 Ford #100 01, entered by J. W. Automotive Engineering

The Ford Mk IIB #1031 of Frank Gardner (AUS) and Roger McCluskey (USA) retires after 179 laps in an accident

Victorious Porsche drivers Udo Schütz (D) and Joe Buzzetta (USA) on the Nuerburgring rostrum with german politician Franz Josef Strauss

Mario Andretti (USA) and Chris Amon (NZ) lead the queue of Ferraris and Porsches with the Ferrari 312 P #0870

Peter Revson (USA) and Rolf Stommelen (D) finished third in the Alfa Romeo 33TT3 entered by Autodelta SpA

Peter Revson (USA) and Rolf Stommelen (D) finished third in the Alfa Romeo 33TT3 entered by Autodelta SpA

Peter Revson (USA) and Rolf Stommelen (D) finished third in the Alfa Romeo 33TT3 entered by Autodelta SpA

Peter Revson (USA) and Rolf Stommelen (D) finished third in the Alfa Romeo 33TT3 entered by Autodelta SpA

The third placed Ford Mk II #1016 of Ronnie Bucknum (USA) and Dick Hutcherson (USA) passes the wreck of a retired racecars besides the track - car no. 14, the Ford GT40 #1040 driven by Peter Sutcliffe (GB) and Dieter Spoerry (CH)

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)

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)

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

The winning drivers for the North American Racing Team on a Ferrari 250 LM: Masten Gregory (USA) and Jochen Rindt (A).

The winning Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001 driven by Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) during practice session

Mauricio de Narvaez (CO), Kenper Miller (USA) and Paul Belmondo (F) drive the Porsche 956 104 entered by New-Man-Joest Racing

Richie Ginther (USA) enters the cockpit of the Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation which was not classified as 'Invited entry'.

Bob Bondurant (USA) and Umberto Maglioli (I) on Ford GT40 #1004, entered by R.R.C. Walker Racing Team/Shelby American Inc.

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

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

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) and Graham Hill (GB), who drove a Rover-BRM Turbine entered by Owen Racing Organisation as 'Invited entry', were not classified.

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

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

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

Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Mark Donohue (USA) become fourth overall in the Ford Mk IV J5 (2nd in P+5.0 group)

Mario Andretti (USA) and Chris Amon (NZ) – in the cockpit – discuss the setup of the Ferrari 312 P #0870 with their engineers at pits

Nighly pitstop of fourth placed pairing Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Mark Donohue (USA) in the Ford Mk IV J5 entered by Shelby American Inc.

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jöst (D) arrived at tenth position in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Joest (D) exchange their drivers seat in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jˆst (D) arrived at tenth position in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jöst (D) arrived at tenth position in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jöst (D) arrived at tenth position in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

George Follmer (USA) and Reinhold Jöst (D) exchange their drivers seat in the Porsche Carrera RSR 911 360 #0588 R6 entered by Porsche Stuttgart

The Porsche 911 S of Alan Johnson (USA) and Elliot Forbes-Robinson (USA) entered by Richie Ginther Racing Inc. with an open bonnet behind Sylvain Garant's (F) / Pierre Greub's (CH) Porsche 911 S (car no. 35) and the later 13th placed Porsche 911 S of Bernard Cheneviere (CH) and Björn Waldegaard (S)

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

Bruce McLaren (NZ) and Mark Donohue (USA) on Ford Mk IV J5, entered by Shelby American Inc., become second placed in P+5.0 group

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

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

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

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

Sam Posey's (USA) and Massimo Natili's (I) Bizzarini GT Strada 5300 #106 (entered by Prototipi Bizzarini) is being disqualified after 39 laps for crossing pit safety line

Sam Posey's (USA) and Massimo Natili's (I) Bizzarini GT Strada 5300 #106 (entered by Prototipi Bizzarini) is being disqualified after 39 laps for crossing pit safety line

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

Hans Laine (SF) on Porsche 917K 021 entered by Racing Team AAW overtakes car no. 39, Masten Gregory (USA) in the Alfa Romeo T33/3

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

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

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'.

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'.

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'.

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

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

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'.

Despite a damaged front bodywork, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2299 driven by Jack Sears (GB) and Dick Thompson (USA) gains first position in the GT5.0 class (8th overall)

Car no. 9 Jo Bonnier (S) and Phil Hill (USA) on Chaparral 2D Chevrolet 2D001, in front of Mike Parkes' (GB) and Ludovico Scarfiotti's (I) Ferrari 330 P3 #0848

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

Ronnie Bucknum (USA) and Paul Hawkins (AUS) on Ford Mk IIB 1047, Shelby American Inc., in front of later second placed Ferrari 330 P4 #0858 of Ludovico Scarfiotti (I) and Mike Parkes (GB)

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

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 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

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

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).

Lucien Bianchi (B) and Mario Andretti (USA) on Ford Mk II #1031 in front of André de Cortanze's (F) and Jean-Pierre Hanrioud's (F) Alpine A210 Renault #1719 and the Alpine A210 Renault #1720 of Bengt Jansson (S) and Pauli Toivonen (SF)

Sam Posey's (USA) and Massimo Natili's (I) Bizzarini GT Strada 5300 #106 (entered by Prototipi Bizzarini) still in front of Richard Attwood's (GB) and David Piper's (GB) luckless Ferrari 365 P2 Spyder #0826, but being disqualified after 39 laps for crossing pit safety line

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

Despite a damaged front bodywork, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2299 driven by Jack Sears (GB) and Dick Thompson (USA) gains first position in the GT5.0 class (8th overall), seen here in front of Graham Hill's (GB) and Jackie Stewart's (GB) Rover-BRM Turbine

The Porsche 908 #014 (no. 34) of Joe Buzzetta and Scooter Patrick (both USA) of Porsche System Enginnering retires after 115 laps with a failing alternator. Behind it waits the Porsche 908 013 S-J 6271 of Neerpasch and Stommelen which becomes second placed in P3.0 class

The Ferrari 512 M 1040 of Mark Donohue (USA) and David Hobbs (GB) entered by North American Racing Team pushes from behind (car no. 27 Christian Poirot (F) on Porsche 910, car no. 36 Porsche 911 S of Bernard Cheneviere (CH) and Björn Waldegaard (S) entered by Ecurie Jean Sage)

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 the back is the Ferrari 312 P #0868 driven by Pedro Rodriguez (MEX) and Peter Schetty (CH)

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.

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)

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)

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Helmut Marko (A)

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

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

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

Jochen Rindt

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

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

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Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

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)

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

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

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

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

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 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

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, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

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