On the face of it, a Porsche 908/3 clean sweep with little interest.
But second and third split by less than a second, and who really needs to be asked twice to watch Porsche 908s and 917s, Alfa Romeo T33s and Ferrari 312Ps and 512s scythe through traffic on the Nürburgring?
The ADAC 1,000-kilometre race was held only two weeks after the Targa Florio, so the Porsche teams were still licking their wounds and the Alfa Romeo team was very confident. As at the Targa Florio the Porsche factory loaned 908/03 models to their two main customers, the J.W. Automotive-Gulf team and Hans-Dieter Dechent’s Martini International Racing team, but whereas the factory had been in charge in Sicily the two separate organisations had control once more, with Porsche staff members in close attendance and for the most part looking very worried, the black day in Sicily still hanging heavily over their heads.
Think of the great Formula 1 champions and Jody Scheckter is unlikely to feature. But, writes Matt Bishop, the 1979 title-winner deserves more acclaim for a career in which he was once the best driver, bar none
Opportunities come few and far between in motor sport, so rookies must grab any chance with both hands. From F1 to MotoGP, Linus Lundqvist's IndyCar drive lives among some of the greatest racing debuts in motor sport history
The Hudson Hornet is known for its role in Disney film Cars but the story that inspired it is just as compelling: here's how Herb Thomas raced the legendary car to two NASCAR titles and missed out on a third in controversial circumstances
F1 Retro
Silverstone marked the arrival of Williams as an F1 grand prix winner, writes Mark Hughes. It witnessed dominant victories in the constructor's glory days and, last weekend, it saw a (temporarily) resurgent team celebrating its imminent 800th GP.