In the 17th issue of Automobilsport, we learn a lot of interesting facts about the Aston Martin DBR1 in over 25 pages. There are also reports on the Fiat 131 Abarth Rally, Leyton House F1, the 27th Tour Auto Optic 2000 and the stories of the Trento Bondone hill climb classic, Lodovico Scarfiotti and Ivan Capelli.
Mountain classic Trento Bondone - Column Eckhard Schimpf
There is still one mountain race in Italy that has to be considered a classic: Trento Bondone. It starts at the bottom of the Adige valley and then winds its way over 17.3 kilometers - through three villages - up to an altitude of 1650 meters, just below the summit of Monte Bondone. Trento Bondone has been raced since 1925.
Aston Martin DBR1
In the summer of 1955, Ted Cutting, Chief Racing Designer at Aston Martin, begins work on the new DBR1. It is the first Aston Martin of the David Brown era to be designed from the ground up as a racing car. This 25-page article reports on Aston Martin's first thoroughbred racing car, how it became world champion and explains the car's technology.
Fiat 131 Abarth Rally high-flyer
The Fiat 131 Abarth Rally made its debut in the World Rally Championship in 1976 and won three manufacturers' titles and two drivers' world championships with Markku Alén (FIA Cup) and Walter Röhrl in the years up to 1980 (its last works season).
The long road to recognition - Lodovico Scarfiotti
June 8, 1968, the training for the "10th International Berchtesgaden Mountain Run" is underway. Lodovico Scarfiotti sits behind the wheel of the white car with the number 2, a Porsche 910 Spyder, and waits for the go signal at the starting line. In a rush of adrenaline and full of concentration, he shifts up the gears with natural ease.
Insider tip in Miami blue - The 1987 and 1988 seasons of Leyton House F1 (Part 1)
After a four-year absence, March returned to Formula 1 in 1987 - with the new main sponsor Leyton House from Japan and racing cars in eye-catching "Miami blue". The budget was meagre, the staff tiny, the drivers Ivan Capelli and Mauricio Gugelmin were Formula 1 rookies - anything but good prerequisites. Nevertheless, the team achieved sixth place in the 1988 constructors' championship and even outperformed the previous year's champions Williams.
Ivan Capelli
From 1985 to 1993, Ivan Capelli competed in a total of 93 Grands Prix. The big breakthrough eluded him - he was too often on the road with inferior material and too often retired with defects. Capelli had the most successful season of his career in 1988 in the March 881.
"We should celebrate the careers of our racing heroes" - Interview with Bill Warner
Automobilsport interviews the former motorsport photographer and journalist, car collector and founder of the Amelia Island Concours.Amelia is a unique event in the classic car world and, thanks to its founder, pays special attention to the history of motorsport. In this interview, Bill Warner gives us some deeper insights.
Extra class - 27th Tour Auto Optic 2000
After the traditional start in Paris, this year's Tour Auto took the participants through south-eastern France, past picturesque old towns such as Besançon, Avignon and Aix-en-Provence, before finally arriving in Nice after five days. In addition to the timed special stages, a circuit race was also on the program each day.
