News Details

A last lap fumble from Black Jack in Monaco

On this day in 1970, Jack Brabham was setting himself up in the prestigious Principality of Monaco for his 15th Grand Prix win. After the Aussie had led the race for 67 laps, a thrilling finale saw Lotus' Jochen Rindt hunt down Brabham, but it looked like the Austrian would come up short as the pair raced towards the checkered flag on the ultimate round. With just a few hundred meters and one corner to go, Brabham threw it all away. Braking late on the dirty part of the track on his approach to Gazomètre, he veered off course and straight into the hay bales while Rindt cruised past on his way to an unexpected win. Brabham put it in reverse and managed to salvage second place, a meager...
Full Story »
4y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Monaco Grand Prix to allow 7,500 fans per day

Spectators will be able to attend the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix when the...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Monaco ePrix: Da Costa conquers the streets

DS Techeetah's reigning champion Antonio Felix Da Costa took his first...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Spectators to attend Spanish, Monaco GPs

May 5 Spectators will be watching from the grandstands at the next two...
4y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Monaco to welcome 7,500 spectators to F1 Grand Prix

The Principality of Monaco has approved a maximum attendance of 7,500...
4y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou responds to McLaren court ruling

Alex Palou has been ordered to pay McLaren Racing over $12 million...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

McLaren wins contract breach suit against Alex Palou

McLaren has prevailed in its lawsuit against star IndyCar driver Alex...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta tells these Arsenal players 'they have to...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has explained that his bigger squad this...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal and Man United exploring move for...

Arsenal and Manchester United are reportedly exploring a potential move...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta addresses 'best in the...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has dismissed suggestions from Pep Guardiola...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Carrick's Man Utd aiming to 'prove' themselves as...

Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick is relishing the opportunity...
5h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.