In the 23rd issue of Curbs, we learn interesting facts about the Maserati A6 GCS/53, Brabham BT 16 Formula 2, Chevron, and much more. We also report on many racing events and remember the racing driver Willy Mairesse. But there is much more to read ...
Season review Group C Racing - Hobby drivers with high driving skills
In addition to the newer historic Formula One racing cars in the "FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship" (for vehicles up to 1985), the Group C racing cars in the "Peter Auto Group C Racing" championship are the fastest racing cars in historic motorsport today, with which a championship is held every year in Europe.
Season review HGPCA - In the footsteps of Nuvolari, Moss and Clark
The annual Historic Grand Prix Car Association (HGPCA) championship for historic Grand Prix cars up to 1965 in what is now almost a dozen different era classes is one of the oldest racing series in historic motorsport.
Season review FIA Masters Historic Formula One - The year of the youngster
The "FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship" is open to historic naturally aspirated Formula 1 racing cars built between 1966 and 1985 in four different era classes with the illustrious names "Stewart", "Fittipaldi", "Lauda" and "Head".
Formula 2 genes - Maserati A6 GCS/53
The Maserati A6 GCS/53 is regarded as the "comeback model" from Maserati after the Second World War. The design roots of this racing sports car series, which was built for motorsport between 1947 and 1955, go back to the Maserati A6 road sports car, the project for which began in 1941, the year of the war.
Swiss model - Brabham BT 16 Formula 2
After two-time Formula 1 world champion Cooper Jack Brabham and Australian engineer Ron Tauranac founded Motor Racing Developments Ltd. in 1961, they immediately went full throttle with the construction of racing cars under the Brabham brand name.
"Wild Willy" - Portrait of Willy Mairesse
In hardly any other internationally significant racing driver's career were triumph and crash so close together as in the career of the Belgian Willy Mairesse.
Chevron history - "Whatever racing car he built, it would be a winning car"
The gifted designer and Chevron founder Derek Bennett passed away 40 years ago next month. This article covers the history of the Chevron brand with recollections from Brian Redman, who was a Chevron factory driver for a number of years.
Sports car racing (part 4) - Porsche
For a long time, the major endurance races with sports cars, prototypes and GT vehicles were in no way inferior in importance to the Formula 1 World Championship races. Here is the continuation from Curbs 17, 18 and 20: the history of sports car racing from 1968 to 1971.
Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 racing car series - Milan Scale
Introduced in 1967, the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 racing sports car series is still the most successful internationally and in terms of the significance of the championships in motorsport history for the car manufacturer founded in Milan in 1910.
