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© Archives A. Cimarosti - Nuvolari, The Flying Mantuan
Nuvolari was back in the
Maserati 8CM for the 1934 German GP at the Nürburgring. He felt the
power of the German cars would be a handicap on the circuit of 170
corners, and the agility of the Italian car and his knowledge of the
’Ring would help him keep up with the leaders. It didn’t work;
he was fourth, behind Stuck (Auto Union), Fagioli (Mercedes) and
Chiron (Alfa Romeo).
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© L'Aventure Peugeot - Peugeot
– A tradition of independence
The 402 Eclipse coupé of 1936
was unique. It used a system first applied in 1934 on the 401, a top
that retracted into the luggage compartment. Developed by the
engineer Georges Paulin, the system was first used on a production
car by Peugeot. Driven by electric motors, the metal hood
disappeared into the boot, turning the hard-topped coupé into a
convertible. Over sixty years later, Peugeot would return to the
concept with its successful 206CC and 307CC ‘coupé-convertibles’.
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© ARC -
Formula 1 World Championship
Third
on the grid in Brazil, fifth at Imola, Mark Webber and his Jaguar R4
continued to shock people – including Juan-Pablo Montoya, who was
surprised to find the Australian close to his Williams-BMW in the
starting line-up. In the race, however, the British team did not
consolidate its progress, which did not help Jaguar’s number two,
the Brazilian rookie Antonio Pizzonia whose early season was
particularly unlucky.
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©
Photo 4 - Formula 1 World Championship
Leading
from the start, Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari F2003-GA fly
toward another success in the picturesque surroundings of the
Spielberg-Zeltweg circuit. Thanks to F1 economics and politics, it
was possibly the last GP on this circuit, but the five-time champion
had only one thing on his mind here. He wanted to eradicate the
memory of 2002 and his ‘fixed’ win, which had tarnished the
images of him, Ferrari and the sport, not just in Austria, but
across the world. After sixty-nine laps, and despite a frightening
flash-fire at his first pit-stop, he led the race home alone with no
need of help from his team-mate or management.
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© Photo
4 - Formula 1 World Championship
Watching
from behind as he worked hard to make up for a bad start, Juan Pablo
Montoya
had a close-up and scary view of just what the power of a Ferrari
V10 could do to a transmission and driveshaft if things went wrong
(centre). Barrichello was on course for a podium finish when his
left rear suspension, possibly weakened by hitting the edge of the
track, disintegrated at close to 300 kph (186 mph) on the straight.
The wheel, with driveshaft attached, shot off on its own while
Rubens and the rest of the car hit the tyre wall. The Brazilian was
left with a fright, a painful neck and the disappearance of any
dreams he had of competing for the championship.
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© Clément
Marin - Le Mans 24-Hour Race
The
Corvettes were unable to match the speed or reliability of the
Ferrari 550’s prepared by Prodrive.
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©
Nigel Kinrade - NASCAR
Kurt
Busch, who adapted impressively to a CART ChampCar in a brief
demonstration run this spring, is another young talent who chose
NASCAR. He ran second to Waltrip at Daytona but soon won his second
spring race at Bristol in as many years. By then, Matt Kenseth
already had a solid lead in the championship. Busch won again at
Fontana, but several bad outings left him even further behind
Kenseth.
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