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11 Jan 2014
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Bruce’s first for McLaren

Fifty years ago – on Saturday, January 11, 1964 – Bruce McLaren not only won his home Grand Prix at Pukekohe, near Auckland, New Zealand, but also opened the single-seater account for his brand new team – Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd.  Driving his creatively-engineered lightweight Cooper-Climax, Bruce recovered tenaciously from a slowish start, passed Jack Brabham to take the lead and then parlayed a late-race shower into the victory margin he needed.  To commemorate this historic win, I’ve voiced-over a hithertoo silent piece of footage from the race:

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Posted in Circuits, Days Past, F1, The Tasman Series and tagged , , , , , ,
10 Jan 2014
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2014 F1 entry list (almost)

Apart from the two Caterham drivers and the second Marussia (kind of), here is the FIA’s official entry list for 2014.  Note that both McLarens are entered by Vodafone McLaren Racing (even though Vodafone are no longer the title sponsor of the team – or are they?) and that, in accordance with the new rules, the drivers have now chosen their own numbers.  Seb Vettel takes Number One as World Champion but has reserved Nigel Mansell’s Number Five for other years just in case.

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Posted in F1
03 Jan 2014
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Tasman scrapbook

Tags headIf it’s January it must be Tasman Time – with a little bit of SCG as well, of course. Read more…

Posted in Circuits, Days Past, F1, The Tasman Series
31 Dec 2013
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Happy New Year!

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Posted in F1
28 Dec 2013
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A record-breaking (seventh) win

ACBCIt seems strange now but in 1963 it was part of motor racing tradition: Christmas and New Year meant South African sunshine. Read more…

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24 Dec 2013
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Happy e-Christmas

Time was when the publication of the latest collection of Michael Turner Christmas cards signalled the genuine arrival of Christmas. Read more…

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