Richard Mille/ Car Racing 1968: The Unpublished Archives Of DPPI
- January 26, 2021
- Posted by FE
Car Racing 1968 is every bit a worthy successor in the tradition established by the three previous tomes of the ‘Car Racing’ series (1965, 1966, 1967). It is still through treasures unearthed from the archives of the DPPI photographic agency that this book published by Éditions Cercle d’Art offers, for the title year, a unique experience of immersion in the atmosphere of 1960s motorsport. Created in 1965 by a group of photographers fascinated by the fury of the track and the bravura of drivers, DPPI has always gone where the action is. And, in the ’60s, the expression was by no means mere metaphor!
The book
Impelled by the momentum of Matra, French motorsport underwent a renaissance in the 1960s. For the1968 season, the French firm entered Formula 1 full time and even developed its own V12 engine! This ambitious commitment fanned public enthusiasm for Formula 1 Grand Prix racing in France. DPPI’s photographers, who were friends with Jean-Pierre Beltoise, had a front-row seat to this fantastic adventure.
The stars of the sixties are featured across the board in this volume. Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt and the other driving and engineering virtuosos are amply represented, naturally. Unfortu- nately, this is only a glimpse in some cases… For, as one of the six stories written by Johnny Rives and Alain Pernot explains, fate was particularly cruel that year: too many drivers lost their lives at the wheel, including the talented Jim Clark, then at the top of his game.
The Authors
A fixture on the circuits since the mid-1960s, Manou Zurini was among the first to lend motorsport photography an artistic dimension. Now retired from the racing circuit, he has forgotten nothing of this exciting period and punctuates the pages of Car Racing with his colourful commentary.
Another key witness of the period, Johnny Rives has been a leading motorsport specialist since he joined L’Équipe in 1960. Here, he brings all his enthusiasm and liveliness, notably by drawing moving portraits of driving legends.
For this 1968 edition, a key season in many respects, contributions were invited from Alain Pernot, an independent journalist and motorsport expert who knows how to share his exhaustive knowledge with all the passion that drives him to collect it.
The Collection
One of the strengths of the Car Racing collection is that it remains true to its initial purpose, namely an editorial approach that is essentially photographic: ‘This is not an umpteenth book on the history of motorsport,’ insists Fabrice Connen, DPPI’s editorial director. ‘In every case, we favoured the strongest, most unusual pictures or those that best recreated the atmosphere of the time, even if they were taken at minor events.’
Limited Edition 1968
Each volume in the collection is also issued in a special cloth-boxed edition of which only 200 numbered copies are printed; these come with an original photograph from the DPPI photo agency’s archives, printed on 315-gram Hahnemühle paper by the Picto laboratory in Paris and its associated certificate of authenticity. Cloth-bound boxed, limited-edition photograph in 200 numbered copies, certificate of authenticity €250
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- Jochen RINDT (AUT) Brabham Racing Organisation BT26 during the 1968 Formula One World Championship, Grand Prix of Canada from on September 22 in Mont-Tremblant – Photo DPPI
- 219 Waldegard Bjorn (swe), Helmer Lars (swe), Porsche 911 T, action during the Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 1968, 1st round of the 1968 European Championship for Manufacturers, from January 20 to 25, 1968 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco – Photo DPPI
- 07 Surtees John (gbr), Honda Racing, Honda RA301, action during the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix, 5th round of the 1968 Formula One season, on the Zandvoort Circuit, on June 23, 1968 in Zandvoort, Netherlands – Photo DPPI
- Amon Chris (gbr), Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC, Ferrari 312/68, portrait during the 1968 Mexican Grand Prix, 12th round of the 1968 Formula One season, on the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit, on November 3, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico – Photo DPPI
- 16 Regazzoni Clay (swi), Tecno Racing Team, Tecno PA68, 02 Courage Piers (gbr), Frank Williams Racing Cars, Brabham BT23C, 10 Pescarolo Henri (fra), Matra Sports, Matra MS7, action during the Gran Premio Ciudad de Cordoba 1968, 2nd round of the 1968 Temporada Argentina, on the Autodromo Oscar Cabalen, on December 8, 1968 in Cordoba, Argentina – Photo DPPI
- 23 Servoz-Gavin Johnny (fra), Matra International, Matra MS10, action during the 1968 Mexican Grand Prix, 12th round of the 1968 Formula One season, on the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit, on November 3, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico – Photo DPPI
- 15 Pescarolo Henri (fra), Matra Sports, Matra MS7 – Cosworth FVA, portrait during the 1968 Crystal Palace Formula 2 Race, 5th round of the 1968 European Formula Two Championship, on the Crystal Palace Circuit, on June 3, 1968 in London, UK – Photo DPPI
- 39 Giunti Ignazio (ita), Galli Nanni (ita), Autodelta S.P.A, Alfa Romeo T33, action during the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, from September 26 to 29, 1968 on the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans, France – Photo DPPI
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