His maiden win at Monza was overshadowed by a death in practice. Nine years later he gave a struggling new team its first Grand Prix win. Six months after that, a brake failure ended his career.
Regazzoni recommended him to Ferrari, beat him fair and square at Long Beach, and thirty years later stood at his funeral. The story of a teammate who was never quite a rival.
Four pieces, four different questions. One is about a car, one about a face, one about a circuit and one about a season - and the choice is easier once you know which of those you actually want on the wall.
Vintage racing pictures are easy to like and hard to place. Three things changed in one season - wings, helmets and paint - and between them they date almost any Formula 1 photograph on sight.
He led all 67 laps in the rain and won by 62.978 seconds. The only other car on the lead lap was a Ferrari; his own team-mate finished a lap down.
Where the engine sits, how high the wings stand, how wide the track is — almost every change to the silhouette of a Formula 1 car started life as a change to the rule book.
Sizing, framing, a wall you are not sure about — send a photo and we will tell you straight.
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