Legends

Extraordinary characters from motor racing history

This section has grown from Friday Chaps which was started by the late Chris Bowen. Over the past few years we worked with Chris to add and contribute to the Friday Chaps stories. Chris had started in F1 with Brabham in 1984 before moving on to Benetton, McLaren, Ligier, Arrows, Toyota, Red Bull, Honda, Brawn GP and in 2010 to Mercedes AMG Petronas. Sadly Chris passed away suddenly in 2020. His knowledge and story telling ability were of the highest order.

Thus in the spirit of proper chaps, our featured items will not necessarily come from the annals of Formula 1, they will be characters from all the corners of motor sport and the globe. Their one requirement is to be, for whatever reason, good or bad, to have a story worth telling.

Legends Index

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Olivier Gendebien
Olivier Gendebien

After serving with the British army in WWII he took up Rallying. He was hired by Enzo Ferrari to race his sports cars...

Christian Kautz
Christian Kautz

Christian Kautz. Mercedes and Auto Union driver pre-war, he was killed in the Swiss Grand Prix in 1948.
George Béthenod de Montbressieu
George Béthenod de Montbressieu

Comte George Raphaël Béthenod de Montbressieux raced under the nom de volant of 'Raph' he was a F...

Count Alexander Kolowrat
Count Alexander Kolowrat

Born in New York, Alexander returned to Austria-Hungary where he set up the first film studio in Vienna. A keen racin...

Giancarlo Baghetti
Giancarlo Baghetti
Giancarlo Baghetti, arguably the first and only person to win his very first F1 World Championship Grand Prix when the F...

Legendary Drivers