Niki Lauda (1) pulls away from
polesitter James Hunt (11) in the
first round of the 1976 season, at
Brazil’s Interlagos circuit.
It was the opening salvo of a titanic
championship battle that was so
good they made a film of it1966 was another season that
started in Monte Carlo. Apart from
being the first race for the new
3-litre formula, it was also used
for filming some scenes for the
movie ‘Grand Prix’, hence Jackie
Stewart’s strange helmet set-upThe 1981 US GPWest was never
supposed be a season opener but
when South Africa was stripped
of world championship status
and the Argentine GP moved
to April, the honour passed to
the Long Beach eventNiki Lauda (1) pulls away from
polesitter James Hunt (11) in the
first round of the 1976 season, at
Brazil’s Interlagos circuit.
It was the opening salvo of a titanic
championship battle that was so
good they made a film of it1966 was another season that
started in Monte Carlo. Apart from
being the first race for the new
3-litre formula, it was also used
for filming some scenes for the
movie ‘Grand Prix’, hence Jackie
Stewart’s strange helmet set-up
The 1981 US GPWest was never
supposed be a season opener but
when South Africa was stripped
of world championship status
and the Argentine GP moved
to April, the honour passed to
the Long Beach event