HISTORIC CAR ART

The 1955 Italian Grand Prix was run at the famous banked Monza circuit and won by Juan Manuel Fangio for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes entered four cars for the race: two W196 Streamline cars for Fangio (No.18) and Moss (No. 16) seen below, and two standard W196 cars for Taruffi and Kling. "Three Pointed Star" by Greg McNeill Fangio won the race from pole position. Moss, who started in second place, retired on lap 27 with engine trouble. The wonderful 'pop art' rendition of that famous race is by Australian artist Greg McNeill and is available, along with others, as a print from our gallery .

"Blues Brothers" by Sheridon Davies. Keep those wheels turning! Mixed Media on paper.

Winning 5  Formula One World Championships with four different teams is still a record unbeaten today. Juan Manuel Fangio won over 46% of all his races, another unbeaten record. Fangio's last win at the German Grand Prix of 1957, which gave him his 5th World title, is often regarded as the greatest drive in Formula One history. This legend from Balcarce, Argentina passed away on July 17, 1995. This fantastic pencil drawing was produced to mark the 100th anniversary of Juan Manuel Fangio's birth (24th June 2011).  Cleverly produced to reflect the national racing colours and colours of the Argentinian flag and with reference to Fangio's Italian blood (the small red squares in each corner of the border). Pen&ink and Prismacolor pencils on archival paper. Mounted and Framed. Artwork Size: 30 x 43cm Framed Size: 47 x 60cm And available from our gallery along with other great pieces by this artist.

Colour gouache study for a final larger painting. 1971 saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grand Prix in the hands of Siffert and Gethin respectively. Pedro Rodriguez drove the number 8 car seen here in the Dutch Grand Prix that year. The race was wet, very wet and the track was treacherously wet and slippery. Ickx led from pole and as everyone else struggled Ickx and Rodriguez built up a big lead with Rodriguez moving ahead on the ninth lap. Their duel would continue for most of the race but towards the end Ickx pulled away to win by nearly eight seconds. The two "wet-weather men" beat the rest of the field by more than one lap. Pedro Rodriguez would die less than one month later at the Norisring Circuit in Germany in an Interserie sports car race at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M. "Daytona Sunrise" by John Ketchell - Rodriguez wins the 1970 Daytona 24 hrs for Porsche. Pedro Rodriguez