In the 15th issue of Automobilsport, we learn a lot of interesting facts about Ferrari in over 60 pages. There are also reports on the Formula 2 European Championship, the 25th Ennstal Classic, the 45th AVD Oldtimer Grand Prix, the 44th Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion, the 20th Goodwood Revival and the 25th Spa Six Hours, as well as the stories of Niki Lauda, Bernie Ecclestone and Dan Gurney.
Ferrari monopostos - part of an unbridled passion
He was small, red and perhaps not the most beautiful of his kind, but his competitors mostly saw him from behind on that May day in Rome in 1947. The shrill song of its twelve-cylinder engine thrilled the thousands of spectators along the Piacenza circuit. Franco Cortese easily won the race for Ferrari with the Type 125 - and this laid the foundation for the Ferrari legend that is unique in motorsport today, 70 years later.
Interview Niki Lauda - "Ferrari is a myth, then as now"
Niki Lauda's Ferrari years from 1974 to 1977 finally cemented the ambitious Viennese driver's place at the top of the world: twice world driver champion, once runner-up in the world championship, once fourth in the world championship. 58 Formula 1 World Championship races, 15 Grand Prix victories, 32 podium finishes and 242.5 world championship points will forever remain in the history books. Automobilsport met the current Mercedes-AMG man for an exclusive interview in Vienna and spoke to him, for the first part of the interview, about his years in Italy.
Ferrari 246 Dino Tasman - Champions Down Under
In the second half of the 1960s, Ferrari suffered a long dry spell in Formula 1. After Ludovico Scarfiotti's victory at the 1966 Italian Grand Prix, it took almost four years before Jacky Ickx once again brought a Ferrari to the finish line at the new Österreichring in 1970. The 166 Formula 2 was also unsuccessful. Only at the other end of the world, in New Zealand and Australia, did Ferrari monopostos achieve victories and even two championships during this period.
Formula 2 European Championship 1967-1971 - At eye level (Part 2)
Introduced in 1967, the Formula 2 European Championship was intended as a "flow heater" for the premier class, where later Grand Prix winners such as Jochen Rindt, Jacky Ickx, François Cevert and Clay Regazzoni attracted attention on the international stage. However, established stars also occasionally competed in the Junior Formula, where they collected lucrative entry fees and victory bonuses. Among them was two-time world champion Jim Clark, who tragically died in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim.
45th AVD AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix Nürburgring - Four wins
This premiere comes 24 years late: At the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix, the Class 1 quattro, which the Ingolstadt-based team intended to field in the German Touring Car Championship in 1993, rolls onto the race track for the first time. However, none of the Audi works drivers of the time will be at the wheel for the Touring Car Classics race, but Toni Werner. The rally driver and four-ring fan from Lower Bavaria has owned the red and silver racer for several years.
20th Goodwood Revival - Scottish Rock
"It all started with the Ecurie Ecosse," says Sir Jackie Stewart about the beginning of his career. Goodwood was once an important stage in the career of the three-time Formula 1 champion, but he earned his first spurs in his native Scotland. It was there that his talent caught the eye of the founder and director of Ercurie Ecosse, David Murray. Murray invited Stewart to join his team, where he first drove a Tojeiro Buick and later a Cooper Monaco. Stewart immediately set a new lap record at Goodwood in the Cooper, which in turn prompted circuit manager Robin Machay to pass on the newcomer's name to Ken Tyrell. After a test, again at Goodwood, "Uncle Ken" signed Jackie for the 1964 Formula 3 season. The rest is history - Stewart and Tyrell won the world championship together in 1969, 1971 and 1973.
