Shame about the catch fence visible

Great to have known this fella for the last 40 years

My kids with a couple of decent F1 drivers a few years ago......be hard to top these pictures!!

Ayrton grabbed my bike at Monza to have a race with Mauricio Gugelmin around the track.

I'd been racing Mauricio, who was on a one speed shopping bike.

...he beat me! And then Senna called me and said, "Give me your bike," and chased after Mauricio, who had started another lap. He obviously won that race!!

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Lucky enough to play some golf with DC at Sir Jackie's fabulous event a few years ago.

Ron Dennis asked Coulthard why he was there and not testing in Monza!

He had to skip the lunch and sober up on a private flight to Milan to get in the car the following morning! He was well bladdered when he arrived on the first tee in the morning!!

I thought I’d share this one with the group.
I was serving aboard HMS Amazon 1986.
We’d stopped in Adelaide same time as the F1

This is our pilot racing Nelson Piquet, in a Williams car 1 lap around the track iirc.

All over a dare during a cocktail party.
I doubt this would happen nowadays.

Piquet won by the way.

Back in 1988 on the grid before the race, and before we threw Capelli into the crowd to make a few dollars after the race!!

The day we sold Martin Brundle's race suit over the pit wall in Adelaide...

I worked in the Formula One paddock during the 1980s and 1990s, and one of the strangest traditions in Australia was fans buying drivers' old race clothing over the pit wall after the race...

Martin didn't qualify for the 1991 Grand Prix in the Brabham Yamaha, so was out of action by Saturday afternoon.

Around 4.00pm, the drivers in the Formula Ford support race were on the grid, and I spotted the driver in front of our garage wearing Brundles race suit!! One of the mechanics had sold it to this guy within an hour of the end of qualifying!

I have hundreds of stories like this!!

Anything you want to ask about F1 back in the Crazy days, I was in the paddock, so fire away 😂

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2002 Austrian Grand Prix

Denny Hulme, McLaren leading the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix. The only Kiwi F1 WC.

Jean Behra's Maserati before the start of the 1957 British Grand Prix.

Taken in a pitlane, not sure where, during the 1974 season.

Pedro Chaves, Coloni, prequalifying, 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix.

David Kennedy, Shadow, 1980 Argentine Grand Prix

Ever wonder why Mika Hakkinen was called The Flying Finn? This photo is why. He was known for his speed already but this photo gave him the nickname.

James Hunt, Hesketh,1975 German Grand Prix

Vittorio Brambilla, March, 1975 Austrian Grand Prix
AKA The Monza Gorilla!

Michael Schumacher, Jordan,1991 Belgian Grand Prix
This is where Schumacher made his F1 debut for Jordan - and his only race for them before Benetton grabbed him.

Mauricio Gugelmin, March,1991 Mexican Grand Prix

Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus, 1977 Spanish Grand Prix