A Formula 1 track notorious for being incredibly dangerous could be restored to racing again and theoretically approved by the FIA after a long-standing law was changed Formula 1 has settled into a comfortable routine in the last several years as we visit the same tracks year after year — but back in the day there used to be some real surprises on the calendar These forgotten Grand Prix tracks have played host to a Formula 1 race in the past Formula 1 made a stunning foray out to Casablanca The 4.724-mile circuit was designed by the Royal Automobile Club of Morocco and it was set to decide the title for either Stirling Moss or Mike Hawthorn but Hawthorn’s second place earned him the championship honor by just one point the race was marred by the ultimate death of driver Stuart Lewis-Evans Though the Swiss Grand Prix has existed in more modern Formula 1 the last time it was actually held in Switzerland was 1954 when it took place on Circuit Bremgarten in Bern Its 4.524 miles were lined with trees that blocked the sunlight and cast shadows onto the racing surface When it rained — which it often did — then it was even more treacherous The track was removed from the F1 calendar by force; after the 1955 Le Mans disaster Switzerland placed an overarching ban on motorsport and Bremgarten never again hosted a Grand Prix The Circuito di Pescara is best known for playing host to the Coppa Acerbo but the race’s name was changed in the aftermath of World War II The 15.894-mile track was used to host the Pescara Grand Prix in 1957 making it the longest track ever to feature on the F1 calendar The track was as beloved as it was dangerous thanks to its use of narrow country road even the fearless Enzo Ferrari refused to send his cars out for fear that they wouldn’t return the circuit was never used for F1 again; it only lasted a handful of years as a sports car venue before racing was totally discontinued in 1961 👉 How a multiple-time World Champion almost quit for good before entering F1 👉 Revealed: Formula 1’s surprising connection to the Great Train Robbery South Africa started off as a massive 15.199-mile beast during World War II; when it joined the F1 calendar in 1962 it had been trimmed down to a meager 2.436 miles Though the track was likely quite fun to spectate — it was built around a seaside amphitheater — it was ultimately deemed far too small for the F1 cars of the 1960s and the South African Grand Prix was moved to Kyalami soon after the oddly-shaped Zeltweg Airfield hosted exactly one Formula 1 race that was abandoned due to the abrasive nature of the track The former military airfield has been used to host Red Bull Air Race events and other powersports shows since but looking at the 1.980-mile four-turn track who would go on to posthumously take the F1 World Championship in 1970 Once a beloved hub of sports car racing in the United States Riverside International Race has now been demolished and turned into a mall it hosted the second-ever United States Grand Prix There were plenty of factors leading to a lowly turnout of just 25,000 people but one of the biggest was an ongoing battle between promoter Alec Ulmann and local papers Read next: Meet the man who gave Mario Andretti his first full-time F1 ride © Planet Sport Limited 2025 • All Rights Reserved There are some race tracks in this world that have been lost to memory and it's only with modern technology that we're able to revive what they might have looked like That's exactly what's happening with Circuit Bremgarten on Assetto Corsa Circuit Bremgarten was a 4.524-mile track in Bern Switzerland that was designed for motorcycle racing in 1931 but began hosting automobile races just three years after albeit one of the more dangerous ones in Europe There was no actual straight on the track; instead it was composed of a lot of twists and bends through the Bremgarten forest north of Bern Very few of those bends were low-speed corners Visibility on the tree-lined track was often poor and the variable light filtering through the trees often made for changeable track conditions especially when a race started wet and began to dry Bremgarten hosted Grand Prix racing from 1933 to 1954 with the lap record being secured by Auto Union's Bernd Rosemeyer in 1936 The track claimed the lives of several racers before Switzerland entirely banned motorsport after the 1955 Le Mans tragedy killed upwards of 80 spectators GPLaps on YouTube recently posted a great video of a lap of Bremgarten on Assetto Corsa a racing simulation video game that can be modified to include a wider variety of custom race tracks someone created a Bremgarten track and ran a lap that you can watch here: the biggest challenge of this track is the changing terrain with new and old asphalt swapping places several times and even the inclusion of a cobblestone path heading to the starting straight with parts of it transformed into modern roadways and other parts given over to nature You can actually watch one YouTuber traverse the old track in honor of Rosemeyer: There are several periods where he dips into the forest and has to battle through the trees to stay on the track It's great to see the clip in Assetto Corsa in all of its natural glory Enjoy the clip and this little piece of motorsport history HB-RSC (msn 4175) remains registered as an antique aircraft in the Swiss register and is formally owned by a local investment broker The 1955 vintage quad-engine aircraft was last flown in 2016 and subsequently "professionally disassembled" following the sale by its previous Swiss owners DIAG Aviation had hoped to rebuild and reactivate the aircraft but never did so It is now stored at Bremgarten and can be transported globally to a new owner The aircraft was configured for up to 36 passengers The aircraft was the penultimate flying C-212C in the world. Following its disassembly, the last active unit of the type is VH-EAG (msn 4176), operated by the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Australia Get started with a ch-aviation subscription unrestricted access to all of ch-aviation's news and data for 14 days Upgrade to our Data and News Subscriptions Aviation Intelligence for your everyday use We offer a comprehensive aviation industry database utilised by various entities such as operators The center for asylum-seekers in Bremgarten There is controversy over rules in the town that would keep asylum-seekers away from public places Swiss officials are attracting attention with a plan in one town to segregate asylum seekers from the rest of the population The town of Bremgarten will ban them from entering public swimming pools Mayor Raymond Tellenbach told German broadcaster ARD: "We have decided on security grounds not to allow access to these areas to prevent conflict and guard against possible drug use." It's a move supported by the head of the country's immigration office and other local politicians but opposed by human rights groups and the church Switzerland isn't alone in public opposition to refugees Just last month, Pope Francis said Mass on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa – a gateway to Europe for those fleeing Africa — where he criticized the "global indifference" to the plight of migrants refugees and asylum-seekers are a hot-button issue in places as far afield as Australia it's not unusual to see resentment toward refugees and asylum-seekers," says Sarnata Reynolds program manager for statelessness at Refugees International "What I think has changed is that the political rhetoric that would have been considered outrageous and appalling and shocking in the past The issue of refugees is global: There were 15.4 million worldwide at the end of 2012, according to U.N. figures The bulk of them lived in developing countries relatively stable nations that border states engulfed by conflict it is up to an individual state to determine whether that person is a refugee under international law Switzerland has historically had generous refugee policies Switzerland now has more asylum-seekers per capita than any other European country, and resentment against them has grown. In June, voters overwhelmingly approved measures to tighten asylum restrictions Reynolds says policies like the one in the town of Bremgarten make it more likely that citizens of a country will perceive "segregation ostracism and discrimination as a reasonable response to a dangerous threat." Echoes of the Swiss debate can be heard in Australia, where the government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced last month that all asylum-seekers who arrive by boat will be sent to neighboring Papua New Guinea to be housed in refugee-processing centers Both Australia and Papua New Guinea are signatories to the U.N. convention on refugees. As The New York Times notes "If the asylum seekers are found to be entitled to refugee status under the convention and not simply economic migrants they will be resettled in Papua New Guinea but they forfeit any right to seek asylum in Australia." There are tensions even in Sweden, where the shooting of a 69-year-old man in a neighborhood popular with asylum-seekers earlier this summer led to riots that lasted nearly a week The country accepts the second highest-number of refugees in Europe after Germany, where there's also growing opposition to refugee shelters Meanwhile Malta, the smallest EU member, this week rejected African migrants who sought asylum on its shores Italy stepped in and allowed them to land in Sicily In the Middle East, Syria's refugees, escaping the civil war in their home country, are stretching resources in several countries, including Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt poorer countries take the bulk of the world's refugees "They're taking in overwhelming numbers of people often in a very very quick period of time where there aren't opportunities to plan for it as there are in other developed countries," Reynolds says She says that richer countries have opportunities to plan for the incoming refugee population: "They can determine where people can live in dignity and humane conditions They can determine how many people come in and they can get communities ready for the entry of refugees and asylum-seekers .. 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Sign-Up Now PRO membership payments go directly back into the website to pay for hosting It's what also enables us to offer a free download tier Join over 145,000 subscribers of our free dedicated flight simulation newsletter Are you using the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 release Alberto Ascari became Ferrari’s first World Champion winning all but one GP – and he didn’t start that race (in Switzerland). No matter Piero Taruffi won the only Grand Prix that fellow Italian Alberto Ascari didn't in 1952 two teams dominated GP racing – Ferrari and Alfa Romeo Alfa withdrew after winning that year’s title the organisers decided the 1952 and 1953 championships would be held to Formula 2 rules.   1952 World Champion Alberto Ascari chats to the great Enzo Ferrari at trackside there is no motor racing in Switzerland, banned after the 1955 Le Mans disaster when 83 spectators were killed by a car that somersaulted into the crowd. In 1952, the Swiss GP opened the calendar Ferrari team leader Ascari was absent in America, preparing for the rich and prestigious Indianapolis 500 in a Ferrari specially developed for the race on the high-speed banked oval.   Alberto Ascari smiles proudly following his victory at Indianapolis in 1952  back at the Bremgarten circuit in Switzerland Taruffi led a Ferrari 1-2 to give the Tipo 500 its first GP win.There was another 1-2 at the next round at Spa in Belgium Ascari beating teammate Nino Farina by almost two minutes.   Audi announce organisational restructure ahead of F1 arrival in 2026 5 Winners and 5 Losers from Miami – Who excelled in the Sunshine State Tsunoda concedes he ‘made life much more difficult’ with five-second penalty in Miami after battling for final point Antonelli taking plenty of positives from Miami weekend despite struggles on way to P6 in the Grand Prix ‘We took the tough decision’ – Vasseur defends Ferrari team orders situation in Miami as he acknowledges Hamilton’s frustration Max Verstappen is now a double F1 world champion putting the 2022 crown out of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez’s reach with victory in Japan It also means he becomes the 11th driver in the history of the sport to win back-to-back titles we decided to flick through the archives and look at the select group of legendary names he has joined.. who did the double for Ferrari in 1952 and 1953 An utterly dominant 1952 season (winning six of the seven races he contested) saw Ascari finish comfortably clear of main rivals Giuseppe Farina and Piero Taruffi becoming the Scuderia’s first world champion driver in the process READ MORE: Formula 1 Hall of Fame – Alberto Ascari he got the better of Juan Manuel Fangio and Farina in a closer contest – his second title win still the most recent for an Italian driver in F1 Ascari is also one of only two Ferrari drivers Alberto Ascari after taking victory at the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix in Bremgarten (Photo by Bernard Cahier/Getty Images) After missing out on a second F1 world title in 1953 Fangio reclaimed overall honours by storming to the 1954 crown notably racing with two different manufacturers the Argentine switched to Mercedes-Benz when the German manufacturer returned to Grand Prix competition mid-season winning six of the eight races he entered that year READ MORE: F1’s Best Drives #5 – Fangio’s race of a lifetime Fangio stuck with Mercedes for 1955 to make it two from two; moved to Ferrari in 1956 to narrowly deny Stirling Moss and extend his winning run; then returned to Maserati to make it an incredible four on the bounce – sealed with an incredible 24th and final F1 victory at the Nurburgring at the 1957 German Grand Prix (Photo by Bernard Cahier/Getty Images) Jack Brabham became F1’s third back-to-back world champion in the space of a decade by notching up the 1959 and 1960 titles taking full advantage of Cooper’s ground-breaking mid-engined design a close battle with Tony Brooks and Moss went Brabham’s way during a dramatic finale at Sebring – the Australian pushing his car across the line for P4 amid late technical trouble READ MORE: Formula 1 Hall of Fame – Jack Brabham His and his country’s first F1 title in the bag Brabham then charged to glory in 1960 with a run of five race wins in the middle of the campaign F1 would not see another example for some 25 years Jack Brabham is followed by the media at the 1960 British Grand Prix at Silverstone (Photo by Bernard Cahier/Getty Images) Having come close to winning the F1 title with Renault in 1983 it was not until 1985 – having made the move to McLaren – that Alain Prost broke his championship duck taking five victories to finish comfortably clear of the field Prost and McLaren continued their winning partnership in 1986 but this time it was far from straightforward READ MORE: Prost vs. Senna – The top 10 moments of F1's defining rivalry A season-long fight for the crown was dramatically settled at the finale when Nigel Mansell’s Williams suffered a tyre blowout and the Briton lost the podium position he needed opening the door for Prost to take the win required on his part ahead of fellow challenger Nelson Piquet Prost remains the sport’s only French champion After playing second fiddle to Williams in 1987 McLaren were reinvigorated for 1988 as Honda engines arrived and rising star Ayrton Senna joined as Prost's team mate intra-team relations quickly become strained and with the 1988 and 1989 titles split between the two drivers – via several contentious moments etched in F1 history – Prost moved to Ferrari BEYOND THE GRID: Steve Nichols on creating the most dominant F1 car of all time Senna had the chance to lead McLaren’s charge one that he grasped by winning 13 races in two years and securing back-to-back titles Both championships were settled at the penultimate round in Japan – Senna infamously running into Prost at Turn 1 of the 1990 race and then holding up Mansell at the start of the 1991 encounter before his rival spun out Prost vs Senna: How the infamous Suzuka 89 clash unfolded Michael Schumacher’s haul of seven world titles came in two batches – an initial brace achieved with Benetton in the mid-1990s Despite being disqualified from two races and banned from two more Schumacher entered the 1994 finale in Adelaide a point clear of main rival Damon Hill WATCH: Schumacher's Greatest Rivals – Damon Hill Schumacher led the opening exchanges before running off the track and clipping a wall What followed was a moment of pure drama as Schumacher closed the door on Hill while getting back up to speed and the pair collided ending their races and confirming the German as champion Schumacher would beat Hill to the title again in 1995 but this time controlled proceedings to finish almost 30 points clear Michael Schumacher scored the first two of his seven F1 world titles in the mid-1990s while racing for Benetton (Photo by Ben Radford/Getty Images) Mika Hakkinen was not the first Finnish driver to win an F1 championship – Keke Rosberg achieving that feat back in 1982 – but he was the first from his country to win two in a row the McLaren driver had to fend off a Ferrari eclipsing Michael Schumacher in 1998 and Eddie Irvine a year later RISE OF THE ROOKIE: How Mika Hakkinen went from humble Helsinki beginnings to become F1’s Flying Finn Both were close run affairs; Hakkinen and Schumacher sat level on points heading into the final two races of the 1998 season but two wins for the Finn sealed honours; then Hakkinen bounced back from his painful retirement at Monza to edge Irvine for the crown by two points – the Northern Irishman leading Ferrari’s charge after Schumacher broke his leg mid-season F1 VAULT: Mika Hakkinen seals his first title in Japan Following his initial title wins with Benetton Schumacher went on an unprecedented run in the early 2000s as he and Ferrari combined to devastating effect Having stayed patient for several seasons while the Scuderia showed promise but ultimately fell short of the drivers’ crown the breakthrough came in 2000 when Schumacher denied Hakkinen a third straight title TOP 10: Moments of Michael Schumacher brilliance Four more championships followed from 2001 to 2004 in a sequence that would take Schumacher’s tally to a record seven – this number being matched by Lewis Hamilton in 2020 Schumacher’s five titles in succession remain the most of any driver in F1 history Schumacher’s hopes of challenging for a sixth title in a row were quickly dashed in 2005 as Ferrari endured a challenging campaign amid changes to the technical regulations In stepped Renault and McLaren to fight it out for glory with Fernando Alonso emerging victorious after a thrilling fight against Kimi Raikkonen while Ferrari returned to competitiveness and McLaren dropped back giving F1 fans another treat as Alonso and Schumacher went to battle every weekend Having been level on points with two races to go it was Alonso who enjoyed the cleaner run-in – Schumacher suffering a costly retirement in Japan – to pull clear and seal back-to-back titles A LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF: Fernando Alonso The next era of F1 dominance came in the early 2010s as Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull hit their purple patch after narrowly missing out at the end of the 2009 campaign Not quite matching Schumacher’s five in a row Vettel put together a similarly stunning run of four successive championships WATCH: 10 moments of brilliance from four-time champion Sebastian Vettel While his 2010 and 2012 titles were won in dramatic circumstances at the final round Vettel displayed dominance by cruising to the 2011 and 2013 crowns – including nine straight race wins during the latter season Vettel’s huge 155-point margin over his nearest challenger in the 2013 standings is the largest in F1 history Sebastian Vettel celebrates his maiden F1 title win after a dramatic 2010 season finale in Abu Dhabi (Photo by Ker Robertson/Getty Images) With F1 embarking on a turbo-hybrid era featuring all-new power units and cars Mercedes stole a march on their rivals and gave drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg a golden opportunity to go head-to-head for overall honours READ MORE: Hamilton's route to the 2014 F1 world title it was Hamilton who won the early intra-team battles as he secured back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015 – winning 21 of 38 races over the two-year period But Hamilton’s winning run would come to an end in 2016 when Rosberg delivered the season of his career to edge out his team mate Abu Dhabi was also the venue for Lewis Hamilton's first title in Mercedes colours and his second at the time (Photo by Paul-Henri Cahier/Getty Images) After narrowly losing out to Rosberg in 2016 (the German retiring from F1 thereafter) Hamilton regrouped and came back fighting for 2017 to kick off another title-winning run He saw off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari in 2017 and 2018 before finishing comfortably clear of team mate Valtteri Bottas in 2019 and 2020 – winning 42 of 79 races over four years IN NUMBERS: The incredible stats from Lewis Hamilton's career Hamilton entered the 2021 season finale level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen amid an intense battle for the crown – the Dutchman winning out in dramatic circumstances The moment Lewis Hamilton became a 7-time world champion Verstappen’s aforementioned title win was the first for a Dutch driver in F1 and despite major regulations changes for 2022 he has doubled down to become only the 11th man to secure back-to-back championships While 2021 went back-and-forth between himself and Hamilton Verstappen and Red Bull masterfully adapted to this year’s rules reset and grew stronger by the race to ultimately cruise to honours READ MORE: How winning the championship made Verstappen a more potent driver than ever With victory in Japan – his 12th win from the 18 races held in 2022 so far – he moved mathematically clear of early-season rival Charles Leclerc and team mate Sergio Perez Verstappen will now be looking to join Fangio Vettel and Hamilton as the only drivers to have won more than two titles in a row Max Verstappen after winning his first world title in 2021 – a crown he has defended in style (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) Piastri wins from Norris and Russell as McLaren seal commanding 1-2 in Miami Grand Prix Norris concedes he 'paid the price' as he reflects on Lap 1 battle with Verstappen in Miami MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How Leclerc and Hamilton’s opposing Miami strategies culminated in fractious Ferrari radio exchanges © 2003-2025 Formula One World Championship Limited 01-13-2015EXPOSURE Photography was integral to the business of Switzerland’s national airline a peek inside the defunct airline’s archives BY Shaunacy Ferro In Switzerland, flying and photography have long been partners in crime. Commercial photography was integral to the business of the country’s national airline, Swissair (which went bankrupt in 2002) a Swiss photographer and aviation pioneer who founded one of Swissair’s predecessors discovered aerial photography to be a more stable source of income than passenger flights (at that time a new book examining the airline’s expansive archive of images pulls from 135,000 aerial photographs of landscapes and industry in Switzerland taken by Swissair photographers between 1918 and 1999 who published several bestselling books of aerial photography before his death in a mountaineering accident in 1937 was the founding photographer behind Swissair’s photo service and the airline’s archives contain some 18,000 negatives of his work as well as images taken by Mittelholzer’s successors The photography featured serves as a bird’s-eye view of a period of great change for Europe what is most striking is how forcefully and vividly these images convey the extent to which Switzerland’s landscapes and villages have changed over the past century in the course of which the face of the country has been transformed more radically than ever before in its entire history This makes the Swissair photographs bearers of the collective memory and hence an exceptionally valuable part of the country’s cultural heritage that deserves to be more widely known in addition to picturesque mountains and pristine rural valleys Mittelholzer and other aerial photographers captured the changing landscape of post-war industrialization–the rise of suburbs and urban sprawl the construction of highways and infrastructure and factories–and the decline of farming and reshaping of forests and wilderness they tell a larger story of development and environmental change predating the existence of extensive high-resolution satellite imagery of Earth from above Get the book here for $65 The final deadline for Fast Company’s Brands That Matter Awards is Friday, May 30, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today. Shaunacy Ferro is a Brooklyn-based writer covering architecture, urban design and the sciences. She's on a lifelong quest for the perfect donut More Fast Company & Inc © 2025 Mansueto Ventures Fastcompany.com adheres to NewsGuard’s nine standards of credibility and transparency. Learn More 27/04/2024 By a young man doing his Swiss military service was killed when a rifle went off which occured at the Bremgarten weapons range in Aargau on Tuesday the military justice department opened an investigation the department announced the death was probably suicide a shot was fired from an assault rifle in a military vehicle The shot hit a 22-year-old army member in the head A helicopter flew the injured man to a hospital but he failed to survive Based on the preliminary investigation results said military media spokesman Florian Menzi The military justice system has solid evidence that it was a suicide The last time a firearms accident occured in the Swiss army was in June 2023 in Gossau Gallen when an unintentionally fired shot injured three people In 2022, there were 958 suicides in Switzerland One reason behind higher male suicide rates around the world is the greater access men often have to lethal weapons More on this:SRF article (in German) For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter Filed Under: Human interest By subscribing you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy Previous Newsletters Copyright © Le News Sàrl 2014-2022 / Company number: CH-550.1.129.786-5 / VAT number: CHE-193.843.357 TVA By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy The army says the 22-year-old was hit in the head by a round when a weapon discharged inside a military vehicle at the facility in Bremgarten.  The victim was helicoptered to hospital yesterday morning Military police have started an investigation.  The Federal Council issued a statement saying it offers its condolences to the family of the soldier.  the de facto capital of Switzerland earlier this month became the first city in the federal republic to establish a dedicated cemetery for Buddhists. An inauguration ceremony was held on 5 June attended by around 150 lay and monastic Buddhists to consecrate the new burial ground within the city’s Bremgarten cemetery The addition of a dedicated final resting place for Buddhists is part of the city’s ambition to offer comprehensive funeral and burial facilities that meet the needs and practices of the world’s five largest religious traditions Bremgarten cemetery is already home to burial grounds for Bern’s Christian and Muslim populations and the city also offers a cemetery for people of the Jewish faith People of no religious affiliation can be buried in any of the city’s three cemeteries The city government next plans to dedicate a similar space for its Hindu community Out of a total population in 2016 of some 8.4 million people there were an estimated 37,000 Buddhists living in Switzerland of whom roughly a third were born in Thailand About 66.9 per cent of the country’s population identify as Christian with Islam representing 5.2 per cent and Judaism 0.3 per cent Some 24.9 per cent of the population have no religious affiliation Despite a relatively short history in Switzerland Buddhism has already established strong roots in the country through a number of buddhist temples and communities serving the Mahayana The renowned German-born Theravada monk Nyanatiloka Mahathera (1878–1957) had planned to establish a Buddhist monastery in Switzerland but despite considerable effort was eventually forced to abandon the project due to ill-health Geshe Rabten Rinpoche (1921–86) founded the Rabten Choeling Centre a Vajrayana monastery and study centre for monastics and lay Buddhists in Mont Pèlerin The Swiss Buddhist Union was established by the Czechoslovakian psychotherapist and Buddhist Mirko Fryba (1943–2016) in 1978 as an umbrella organisation for Buddhists and Buddhist communities in Switzerland and has been a long-term member of the European Buddhist Union Bern creates cemetery for Buddhists (SWI)Swiss Buddhist UnionEuropean Buddhist Union All Authors >> var _ctct_m = "e13686134fe4ed809d4f346e45779db5"; Be sure you have your GPS enabled and try again when he triumphed in the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort This was the first German victory since the 1939 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten “Taffy,” as he was known in racing circles He was the only child of Eduard Graf Berghe von Trips and Johanna Adelheid Melzer and grew up in the family castle at Horrem His family wanted him to study agriculture and take over the farming business The fields he was interested in ploughing were located in places like Nürburgring The family’s nonapproval of a career in racing led him to enter his first race in 1953 as Alex Linther he won the German championship driving a Porsche and placed second in the GT1.5 class at Mille Miglia Porsche’s cross-town rival Mercedes hired Von Trips The silver cars dominated the RAC Tourist Trophy at Dundrod in Northern Ireland taking the top three positions with Von Trips and French teammate Andre Simon third The winning Mercedes 300 SLR was driven by Stirling Moss and American John Fitch with Juan Manuel Fangio and Karl Kling second The Levegh tragedy at Le Mans led to Mercedes withdrawal from motor racing Von Trips was back in the cockpit of a Porsche he took victory in his class and finished fifth overall at Le Mans His teammate was fellow German Richard von Frankenberg This would be Von Trips’ only finish in the French classic in five attempts Sixth overall and another class victory with Hans Hermann was scored in the Sebring 12 Hours in Florida Von Trips and Italian Umberto Maglioli took fourth overall and class victory in the 1000km race The 1956 Formula 1 season finale at Parco Monza was to be Von Trips Grand Prix debut in a Ferrari D50 but a crash due to steering failure in practice prevented him from qualifying he was classified sixth in his first championship Formula 1 race in a shared drive with Cesare Perdisa and Peter Collins Von Trips second outing came in Round 2 in Monaco where he qualified ninth and finished seventh His third and final appearance came in the season finale at Monza He started eighth and finished on the podium in third place behind race winners Moss and Fangio The final and tragic Mille Miglia in 1957 saw Scuderia Ferrari drivers take the top three positions; Von Trips finished second to Piero Taruffi and ahead of Belgian Olivier Gendebien Von Trips took part in six of the ten Grand Prix on the calendar His best qualifying position came in the French Grand Prix at Reims he scored his best finish of the season in third This race is remembered as the final F1 start for Fangio led to the top ten position in the championship standings with nine points There were only two appearances in Formula 1 during the 1959 season He crashed his Porsche in the Monaco Grand Prix and raced his Ferrari to a sixth-place finish in the inaugural United States Grand Prix at Sebring Von Trips finished joint sixth with Gendebien in the championship with ten points There was no podium appearance for the German count and driver but he did score four top-five finishes: fifth in Argentina He also won the non-championship German race at Solitude near Stuttgart The 1961 season started on a winning note for Von Trips he took his first Formula 1 Grand Prix victory he and Gendebien triumphed in the Targa Florio at the wheel of their Ferrari 246 SP His Ferrari teammate Phil Hill won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps; Von Trips was second won on his championship debut in a thrilling slipstreaming battle over the Porsche of Dan Gurney at Reims in the French Grand Prix von Trips failed to score any points due to engine issues The British Grand Prix took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool This turned out to be the final victory of his life After finishing second to Moss in the German Grand Prix Five red cars proudly displaying the prancing horse from the Ferrari stables occupied the top six positions on the grid Championship leader Von Trips was in pole position the first for a German driver in Formula 1 His championship challenger Hill was fourth on the grid sharing row two with fellow Californian Richie Ginther The real surprise in qualifying was the teenager Enzo Ferrari had entered for his Formula 1 debut looked set to see the return of glory days in international motor racing for the German nation It went all wrong from the start of the race and as the cars went into the Parabolica on the opening lap none of the top three Ferraris featured Von Trips in the cockpit young Scottish Lotus driver Jim Clark was trying to re-pass the shark-nose Ferrari 156 of Von Trips when the two made contact just before the braking zone This is Clark’s version after the race: “I was preparing to overtake him and my front wheels were almost level with his back wheel as he started to brake I honestly don’t think “Taffy” realised I was there he had decided his was the faster car and I would be left behind.” The result was deadly for Von Trips and fourteen spectators striking spectators protected only by a wire fence; the driver was ejected from the car and both the body of Von Trips and the remains of his car were hurtled back on the track His Lotus team would endure more dark days at Monza Autodromo in 1970 and 1978 Hill won the race to become the first American Formula 1 World Champion A single point was his advantage over his fallen teammate and friend Hill would remember Von Trips as an “adventurous spirit.” Von Trips purchased one of the first go-karts manufactured in the United States Karting had originated from southern California in the late 1950s Wolfgang von Trips was unable to achieve his goal of becoming the first German World Champion but the karting facility he created helped fire the desire and determination of a young boy in Kerpen who not only became the first German to win the Formula 1 World Championship but went on to become one of the greatest legends of motor racing 27 May was a busy day both in Formula 1 and at the Indy 500 over the years starting with Juan Manuel Fangio’s Alfa Romeo won the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten from Piero Taruffi’s Ferrari and Nino Farina in another Alfa Romeo while Stirling Moss ended eighth on his GP debut The rest of the F1 races on this day were in Monte Carlo where Jody Scheckter took his second Monaco win in 1979 for Ferrari from former Ferrari men Clay Regazzoni’s Williams-Cosworth and Carlos Reutemann in a Lotus Cosworth in a race of attrition Retirements included 1976 World Champion James Hunt from his final F1 race Ayrton Senna’s McLaren-Honda started the 1990 race on pole position led every lap and set the fastest race lap en route to his second Monaco win to the trot and third in all from Jean Alesi’s Tyrrell Cosworth and Gerhard Berger in the other McLaren Michael Schumacher beat Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine’s Jaguar to his fifth and final Monaco win in 2001 while Fernando Alonso took his second of two Monaco wins from McLaren Mercedes teammate Lewis and Felipe Massa’s Ferrari in ’07 The other two Monaco wins on this day resulted in Australian Red Bull Renault drivers taking a fully clad swim on the team’s yacht after winning the race – Mark Webber became the record sixth different GP winner of the opening six races of 2012 from Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes and ‘s Fernando Alonso in a Ferrari Daniel Ricciardo followed his compatriot into the pool with a 2018 win over Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes 27 May is a day of quite remarkable double victories on the same date at the Indianapolis 500 each separated by a number of years between the wins Ari Luyendyk in 1990 and ’97 and Dario Franchitti in 2007 and ’12 while Mark Donohue also won the 500 on this day in 1972 Webb Jay won the Chicago Harlem Racetrack’s 1905 opening race aboard White’s ‘Whistling Billy’ on the steam car’s debut Raymond Leroy drove his Bugatti 35C to win the ‘27 Dijon Six Heures de Bourgogne Guy Moll’s Alfa-Romeo Tipo-B P3 won the ‘34 Berlin Avusrennen on the same day that Benoit Falchetto’s Maserati 8CM took GP de Picardie victory Andre Lagache and Rene Leonard’s Chenard & Walcker won the first Le Mans 24 hour this day 1923 Inness Ireland’s Ferrari 250 GTO won at Brands Hatch ’62 and there were three Nurburgring 1000s where Stirling Moss Jean Behra and Harry Schell shared a Maserati 300S to win the ‘56 race Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill’s Ferrari Dino 246SP won in ’62 and Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman’s Ferrari 312PB ’73 Elliott Forbes-Robinson’s Spyder NF10-Chevrolet won the ’78 Charlotte Can Am and in IMSA Drake Olson’s Porsche 962 took the ’85 win and Gianpiero Moretti and Max Papis’ Ferrari 333SP ’96 There were three World Championship Acropolis Rallies over the years today won by Jean-Luc Therier’s Alpine Renault A110 in ‘73 Miki Biasion’s Lancia Delta Integrale in ’80 and Sebastien Loeb’s Citroen DS3 in 2012 On the day that F1 racer Piers Courage and sportscar driver Pierre-Henri Raphanel share birthdays Barney Oldfield broke the magic Indianapolis 100 mph mark aboard his front wheel drive Christie in 1916 practice and triple land speed and also water speed record holder Henry Segrave was knighted by King George V on this day 1929 The four-day East African Coronation Safari in Kenya as a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 before becoming the it was renamed the East African Safari Rally in 1960 and the World Championship Safari Rally from the ‘7os Get quick access to your favorite articles Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers Make your voice heard with article commenting After a 64-year absence from the country following the Swiss motorsport ban prompted by the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the inaugural Zurich E-Prix last weekend was a big moment for motorsport and FE deserves credit for pulling it off seeing as its existence even required a change of Swiss law The historical significance was clearly not lost on the competitors race winner Lucas di Grassi was tweeting pictures of the start of the 1954 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten alongside the Zurich race start Audi team principal Allan McNish "sent an email to the main heads of department in Audi after [the race] with a picture of it just saying - 'look The two full-season Swiss FE drivers - as well as nearby resident Nick Heidfeld who travelled in by train just because he could - were also clearly pleased to finally have a race on home soil Sebastien Buemi - running a modified helmet design to prominently display the Swiss flag - recalled how he previously "could never dream" of a Swiss-based race while climbing the single seater ladder who was enjoying his second home event of the season after Rome thanks to his dual nationality said it was simply "amazing to be racing here" the event came together at the very last minute - but this was purely to keep the disruption to the city and its residents to an absolute minimum The race ran on a Sunday so that the road closures needed to put the final walls and barriers in place Extra seating areas and fan amenities popped up overnight on Saturday as everything appeared to be in place come race day It was a busy paddock - sponsor tours regularly packed the pitlane - and the organisers claim 160,000 attended the eVillage fan zone people crammed against the barriers to watch - only reserved grandstand seating required tickets - and others watched out of windows in the office buildings and homes that lined the 1.531-mile circuit the race attracted many motorsport stars - from Emerson Fittipaldi to Mark Webber and Peter Sauber - and other celebrities including supermodel Naomi Campbell FIA president Jean Todt also visited the latest city to join the location-list of the governing body's "baby" championship "It's a historic moment," he told Autosport "To bring Formula E to a city like Zurich is absolutely fascinating and very rewarding for all who have been able to participate." there were some complaints reported regarding the disruption to locals but the vibes for motor racing's return to Switzerland seemed pretty positive we applied an integrative approach for the residents living in the heart of the city of Zurich One example is the personal invitation of all residents living in the inner circle of the race or directly outside of the track "The event [included] a pitlane walk one day before the race We expected maybe 200 residents participating who arrived driven by curiosity and left the pit lane with a lot of impressions residents will become even more important in preparation of the Zurich E-Prix 2019 Zurich Mayor Corine Mauch described the race as a useful way highlight the benefits of e-mobility to the city's residents while Derron added that it "surpassed our expectations" The number of people visiting the eVillage was "a great success for all involved," he continued and even though the race was tame by FE's standards the first Zurich ePrix was an accomplished feat - and particularly rewarding for the electric championship's many Swiss-based sponsors and their guests From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport In order to keep delivering our expert journalism we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker The FIA has communicated to Pirelli each team’s tyre choices for the forthcoming Chinese Grand Prix Round 2 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel have opted for similar tyre choices as have drivers for Red Bull Mercedes duo have chosen to go separate paths with championship leader Nico Rosberg opting for three sets of Mediums and five sets of Softs as well as five sets of Supersofts Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has opted for four sets of Medium four sets of Softs and five sets of Supersofts Williams driver Felipe Massa has made the most aggressive choice by selecting only one set of Mediums five sets of Softs and seven sets of Supersofts Below is the full allocation for the race weekend in China: Former world champions Red Bull will race with TAG Heuer-branded engines until at least the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season which has its own works team and will also provide engines to Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso next year Red Bull’s relationship with Renault hit the rocks after the French manufacturer started the new V6 turbo hybrid era in 2014 with an uncompetitive and unreliable unit who had been long-term partners to McLaren switched to Red Bull this year with their name on the engine instead of Renault and Red Bull are the only team other than dominant world champions Mercedes to have won races this season They are also sure to finish the year second overall Whatever went down on that controversial December evening in Abu Dhabi in 2021 under the floodlights of the Yas Marina circuit and what followed in terms of protests and withdrawal of appeals has been well documented and sufficiently reported now Max Verstappen in the 2021 F1 World Champion and Lewis Hamilton is away from the spotlight licking his wounds and contemplating his future as the FIA are yet to produce the results of the investigation they have launched in the aftermath of the 2021 F1 season finale to try and understand and then explain what happened regarding the safety car period late during the race and the manner in which it was administered which Mercedes and Hamilton believe handed over the race victory and the Championship to Verstappen usually quite active on social media has gone AWOL since Abu Dhabi with rumors flying around about his future as everyone is speculating about his future both friend and foes Craig Slater gave whatever information he had in the matter when asked by Sky Sports about the yet to be known future of the seven-time World Champion Based on what he called “senior sources close to Lewis Hamilton” with 69 days to go until the first Grand Prix in Bahrain it is still unclear whether Lewis Hamilton will be on the grid at the end of that grand finale to the season he stood on the podium alongside Max Verstappen he left quietly at the end of the day without speaking to reporters,” he recalled Hamilton only spoke to Jenson Button in a post race interview where  a question about his future was answered by: “well we’ll see about that” something Slater stressed on during his interview “I’ve spoken to various individuals since who have had some contact with him,” he said “By and large they told me that they expected Lewis to be back to try and win an eighth world title in 2022 “What they explained to me though was that even if he seemed to take it well on the night it hit him very hard in subsequent days [what went on] the manner of losing the victory on the night and therefore the championship “Remember he said over team radio that he felt what had happened towards the end of the grand prix was that events had been manipulated,” Slater mused Adversity causes some to break; others to break records. 💜🖤💪 pic.twitter.com/KVTf6iXKma — Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) January 2, 2022 Slater referred to the FIA investigation that was launched to analyze the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP events as a factor in Hamilton’s decision whether or not to race in 2022 He explained: “What I can report today is that in terms of Hamilton coming back to Formula 1 getting over the ‘disillusionment’ which his team boss Toto Wolff stated he had for the sport after the events of December they believe the onus is on the FIA to deliver on the pledge they made before Christmas to investigate the happenings on that final lap and to come up with some findings “They want to see something tangible from that investigation and they want to see it sooner rather than later,” Slater pointed out claiming that a delay in the outcome of the investigation will make matters worse as he even speculated that a “sabbatical” maybe on the cards for Hamilton “It’s been put to me like this: the longer this drags on the longer we don’t get a result to that investigation and some findings from the FIA in terms of how F1 is to conduct itself going forward then the worse the Lewis Hamilton situation is and that is from a senior source close to that situation “So while you would expect Lewis to be back as things stand at the moment it is unclear within the team that that is what he will be doing and I suppose all the options might be on the table maybe even a sabbatical year for Lewis if he doesn’t feel ready to come back in 2022 as well the onus is on the FIA to make good on their pledge to investigate that final lap in Abu Dhabi and to come up with some findings,” Slater summed up the less chance we’ll see Lewis” Craig Slater gives his insight on whether or not we will see Lewis Hamilton when the season starts 🤔 pic.twitter.com/MgdpVxFpQE — Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) January 10, 2022 Rio Haryanto will race in this weekend’s German Grand Prix the Indonesian said in a statement issued by his Manor team ahead of thee weekend in Hockenheim has a contract with Manor for the full season but the funding his sponsors have committed only guaranteed his drive up to last Hungarian Grand Prix “The team have been very supportive and also the fans so I’m really happy that I will be racing here,” Haryanto said in a Q&A previewing engine-supplier Mercedes’ home race “I intend to put all the speculation regarding my future to one side and concentrate on the racing here in Hockenheim.” It is still unclear whether the 23-year-old Haryanto will see out the season He indicated that negotiations to secure him the seat for the remainder of the year were still ongoing “We’re working as hard as possible on the future behind the scenes but that’s where I want to keep that side of things for this weekend,” he said Haryanto’s main sponsor is state-owned oil company Pertamina which has contributed five million euros ($5.53 million) towards the funding needed to secure his seat at the sport’s smallest team Indonesian media reports have put the total needed at 15 million euros Yesterday's stage win was all about who was quickest in the bunch sprint Today's was down to the strength of a long As he has done on several occasions in the past Italian rider Daniele Contrini (LPR) gave his all in a long distance effort breaking away after approximately 40 kilometres and this time staying clear until the very end The stage victory in the Tour of Switzerland is the highlight of what has been an eleven year pro career the 31 year old turning professional with the Brescialat team back in 1996 and taking wins in events such as the Route Adélie and stages of the Tour de Picardie plus the Sachsen-Tour in that time Earlier this season he went close to a stage victory in Tirreno Adriatico but was overhauled with about 200 metres to go and as a result he described the win as the best of his career and the day as the best of his life smiling continuously throughout the post race press conference "I only thought about winning the stage in the last kilometre because before then I was suffering badly with cramps I was thinking back to the Tirreno Adriatico earlier this year when I was caught with just 150 metres to go Fortunately my directeur sportif gave me loads of encouragement today and that helped me to give everything to win the stage." "I was initially motivated by the thoughts of taking the yellow jersey but as the kilometres passed I want to dedicate it to my team because they showed confidence in me which is the most important after the three Grand Tours and so it was important for us to take a stage here." The Team L.P.R rider broke away after approximately 40 kilometres and with race leader Tom Boonen's Quick.Step squad unwilling to commit to a chase his advantage stretched right out to almost 15 minutes Milram and Lampre teams did some work towards the end he had more than enough time to race home for victory the winning margin of five minutes and two seconds over Daniele Bennati (Lampre) and the rest of the main field was more than offset by the five minutes and 33 seconds he conceded yesterday meaning that yellow would be on the shoulders of someone else Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) did what he could to take over setting off in pursuit with 22 kilometres remaining and opening up one and a half minutes on the main field He had finished in the main bunch yesterday and so if he was able to get close enough to the leader However the acceleration of the main field near the end saw him hauled back with one kilometre to go the smart money was on race leader Tom Boonen holding on The Belgian's finishing speed is such that he would normally be right up there in the sprint but instead he rolled across the line 61st the time bonus he lost out on was compounded by a split in the peloton which ensured that he finished a further six seconds behind Bennati the world champion ended the day eight seconds behind the new leader Bennati "My team didn't initially go out thinking about going for the yellow jersey but were instead targeting a stage win," he stated "When that was out of the question we went for the jersey instead particularly as the Tour de Suisse is such a big race." The QuickStep team had initially tried to control things but then eased back after what was a very chaotic and aggressive start and the fact that Boonen wasn't right up there in the sprint at the end "I am perplexed as to why Tom Boonen didn't go for it Perhaps as he had already won a stage he was satisfied with that victory My teammates did a lot of work for me today and I would like to thank them for that "Nobody really tried to bring the gap down In the last few kilometres my team then started to work so that I could go for the yellow jersey When asked if he will try to win tomorrow while wearing the race leader's maillot jaune Tomorrow is a bit more difficult but my form is good We will try to defend the lead and also go for the stage." Happiest man today was undoubtedly Contrini He is a two time silver medallist in the Italian time trial championships and has also taken a bronze there That skill against the clock came in very useful today "Heading towards the end I had a lot of cramps – in my stomach the peloton had started very quickly and Bettini was trying to control it The wind was very strong and with the experience I have from being a pro for eleven years I realised that I could use this to my advantage When I attacked I think that those in the peloton thought that the wind itself would take care of me But I dug in deep and was able to benefit from that to build a good lead The second stage began in warm conditions in Bremgarten with 167 riders present The early attacking kept the speed high without producing any clear breakaways Allan Johansen (CSC) went after 15 km but lasted only a couple of kilometres then a trio with Charly Wegelius (Liquigas) Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Daniele Righi (Lampre-Fondital) tried to extricate itself at km 25 and that was enough for the peloton to end the break The critical one hour mark saw the elastic finally break when Daniele Contrini (LPR) attacked and nobody went with him Riding for the only non-ProTour team (and a Swiss one at that) in the Tour de Suisse Contrini made the most of the fact that he was 5'33 down on GC he already had eight minutes as race leader Tom Boonen's Quick.Step team didn't seem particularly interested in a chase That became apparent when the gap climbed to more than 11 minutes with 70 km to go and then - when sprinters' teams normally put their feet to the floor - it kept going up But a fall took some of the sting out of the chase when Gerolsteiner's Rene Haselbacher crashed with Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Euskaltel) Contrini flew the sprint mark at Rapperswil with an advantage that increased to 15 minutes at the foot of the day's main climb Lampre and Phonak had started to chase too it was almost certain that Contrini would stay away He took the points at the top of the climb with most of his advantage intact as Michael Albasini took second ahead of Zampieri and Redondo An interesting counter attack was started by Russian climber Alexandre Botcharov at 22 km to go Botcharov had finished in the front group yesterday and he had a real chance of taking the jersey if he could peg the leader back to five minutes at the finish Contrini went through the 1 lap to go finish line in Einsiedeln with a huge crowd cheering him onto victory then Botcharov came through at nine minutes The Italian clearly had the win in the bag but the Russian was looking like challenging him for the GC until Gerolsteiner and Lampre put some serious firepower in their chase Botcharov gained one and a half minutes on the peloton he started to lose steam as the bunch picked up speed and closed the gap with 1 km to go The day's honours nevertheless belonged to Daniele Contrini who started to cramp as he crossed the line with a very healthy 5'02 gap over the peloton as Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) powered home for second and enough bonus seconds to claim yellow Tom Boonen definitely wasn't interested in the lead not wanting to contest a sprint for second But the Belgian will get a couple more chances to stretch his legs in the coming stages and with an eight second deficit to Bennati he might even take that leader's jersey back Switzerland's first burial ground for the Alevi religious community will be opened in the city of Bern on Friday The new burial site is part of the Bremgarten cemetery The city announced on Monday that it offers the Alevi community a place for farewell and remembrance that respects their religious traditions and rituals The Alevis are the second largest religious group in Turkey The design of the burial ground is based on the form and symbolism of the "semah" Colorful flowerbeds pick up on the rotating movement and are planted with plants in the typical colors of Alevi culture There are already burial sites for members of the five world religions in Bern's cemeteries as well as for people with no religious affiliation The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Please log in here to leave a comment