First Win

One day in the spring of 1967, a new force arrived on the scene in Formula One, the Cosworth DFV V8 engine. Born of a partnership between Ford and Cosworth Engineering, it would go on to become the single most successful engine in F1 history. The first of these new power plants would debut as load-bearing members of the Lotus 49 chassis to be driven by Jim Clark and Graham Hill at that year’s Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. Clark would take his to victory, registering the first of Cosworth’s  many F1 successes.

Artist Cancelier says he often reviews his print archives on racing car history in order to find inspirational images that then become the starting points for his paintings and drawings. With this one he says he was “trying to capture the atmosphere of a driver going into ‘battle’ behind the wheel, of the years when gentlemen racers still covered their heads with open-face helmets, and used a scarf worn like a mask underneath to cover their nose and mouth.” He’s created a memorable image of a legendary driver, in a legendary car, on a legendary day.