Articles in Design
Widescreen Gallery: The Lotus 47 sports racer
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
The Lotus 47 from 1968 was a competition car homologated for racing in Group 4. The car was developed by Lotus Components Ltd. from the Lotus 46 Europa production car. Let’s …
Formula 3: The origins, 1971-1984
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
In a new series of articles, we will take a look at the origins of Formula 3, a championship that is still seen as an important stepping stone for the premier …
Icons at the Le Mans Classic: Porsche 962-143
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
At the recently held Le Mans Classic, we came across a Porsche 962C (chassis 962-143). Thirty-four years ago, this car was at the start of Le Mans with Dominic Dobson, Will …
Legends at the Porsche Museum: The Victorious 936
During our visit to the Porsche museum, we came face to face with the 936/77. Let’s take a look at its history and enjoy some photos.
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Report & Gallery: The 50th Anniversary of the Oldtimer Grand Prix
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
Around 50,000 visitors attended 2023’s 50th anniversary edition of the Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, which was held in mid-August. This year’s meeting featured, amongst others, the 1-hour endurance race …
Icons at the Le Mans Classic Centenary
By Marcel Hundscheid/Speed-O-Graphica
At the recently held Le Mans Classic some very interesting cars appeared in the different grids that raced, so we wanted to take a closer look at them and their history.
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Mega Gallery & Report: The Le Mans Classic Centenary
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
At the beginning of July, the Circuit des 24 Heures in Le Mans was entirely dedicated to the Le Mans Classic Centenary. 235,000 visitors, over 900 drivers, more than 800 racing cars …
Group C: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Endurance Racing: Spice Engineering
By Marcel Hundscheid / Speed-O-Graphica
We continue our Group C retrospective with a look at Spice Engineering, founded by Gordon Spice and Raymond Bellm in 1986.
Spice and Bellm were racing drivers before they became sports car constructors. …
