Coppelli scored his first British Formula Ford win for Tiga at Castle Combe.Photo: Almo Coppelli Collection
Chasing around England visiting the various racing car constructors, Coppelli met both Tim Schenken (kneeling) and Howden Ganley in 1978, and soon found himself racing a works Tiga Formula Ford at Brands Hatch.Photo: Almo Coppelli Collection
Taking whatever rides he could get, Almo raced at Monza in 1976 with the resident Henry Morrogh Racing School.Photo: Almo Coppelli Collection
Coppelli first tried to get his career rolling in 1975 on a karting track near Milan.Photo: Almo Coppelli Collection
Coppelli raced this Ralt RT1 in European Formula Three, seen here at Verano in 1983, funded by sponsorship he assembled from Duracell Batteries.Photo: Almo Coppelli Collection
Jochen was generally acknowledged as the fastest driver of F1Õs post-Jim Clark era, but his supremacy actually lasted for less than a single season before he met his fate at Monza that September afternoon.
Here’s the versatile Rindt at Brands Hatch, working hard behind the wheel of the 2.2-liter works Porsche 910 he shared with Graham Hill for the International BOAC 500 round of the 1967 World Sportscar Championship. Photo: Roger Dixon
Jochen Rindt won four consecutive GPs with this revolutionary Lotus 72 in 1970 on his way to becoming F1Õs only posthumous World Champion.Photo: Pete Austin
Two views of the 1961 Tipo 63, a rear-engined development of the Birdcage concept that became known as the Supercage.
A few weeks after its Nrburgring win, chassis 2461, fitted with long-tail bodywork, was loaded onto the factory truck and sent on its way to Le Mans.Photo: Oosthoek Collection
Stirling Moss at work in Birdcage chassis 2461, headed for victory with Dan Gurney in the 1000 Kilometers of the Nrburgring in 1960.
It may not be Italian Racing Red, but doesnÕt this 1957 450S, the best of the eraÕs front-engined sports racers, look beautiful in blue?
Conrad Uhlrich and Willie Green raced this restored Maserati A6GCS for the Woodcote Trophy.Photo: Pete Austin
Jo Bonnier raced the Scuderia Centro Sud 250F at the 1957 Grand Prix of Pescara.Photo: Michael MacDowell
Juan Manuel Fangio headed for victory with his 250F in the 1957 French GP at Rouen.Photo: Michael MacDowell
The Maserati works team stands ready to dominate the 1955 Grand Prix of Bari. Photo: Maserati Archive
Luigi Musso in his Maserati 300S before the start of the 1955 Grand Prix of Bari.Photo: Maserati Archive
