Ferrari - 50 Years of Racing

Ferrari needs no introduction owing to its popularity as well as it is everyone's dream car ( atleast my ). It's dominance in Formula One is staggering with 16 constructor championships. In 1998 San Marino issued a miniature sheet of 12 stamps featuring Ferrari Formula One racing cars. This year also marks the birth centenary of Enzo Anselmo Ferrari , the founder of Ferrari. This issue is very special as San Marino is one of the countries which hosted Formula One for almost 26 races , the last race held in 2006. More details of the stamp can be found here.

Jochen Rindt

Jochen Rindt – the first Austrian to win a Formula One World Drivers Championship , achieved this feat in the year 1970 and the 12^th driver to win a Formula One World Drivers Championship. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers Championship , after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. In 2005 Austrian post honored him by issuing a “special issue series” stamp. The stamp portrays a picture of Jochen Rindet , a racing car and signature across the stamp. This is also the first stamp in Austria to be issued on Formula One Sports. “even after his death no one was able to deprive Jochen Rindt of the championship he surely deserved. F1.com ”

80th Anniversary of the 1st Automobile Grand Prix

Monaco celebrated the 80th Anniversary of the 1st Grand Prix ( 1929 ) in 2009. Racing in Monaco started before the F1 era as Grand Prix Race and later became a permanent fixture in the Formula One Grand Prix Calendar from 1950 ( except 1951 , 1953 & 1954 ). There were 57 races held in Circuit de Monaco which is the only venue second to Monza , Italian Grand Prix ( 60 races ) to host most number of races in a single venue. Circuit de Monaco is a very popular and challenging street circuit where overtaking is simply impossible.

As per the statistics late Aryton Senna of Brazil holds the record for the most number of wins at Circuit de Monaco winning 6 six races from 1987 to 1993. Graham Hill of Great Britain and Michael Schumacher of Germany have won 5 times , Alain Prost of France have won 4 times at this street venue.

The commemorative stamp has a portrait of a Formula One Race car ( bottom left ) and a racing car ( top right ).