1977 FERRARI WOLF-COSWORTH BRABHAM ALFA ROMEO F1 cover signed HANS-JOACHIM STUCK

Description: MotorsportMemorabilia 1977 Grand Prix commemorative cover signed HANS-JOACHIM STUCK For 1977, Niki Lauda in the Ferrari 312T2 was easily the best driver, taking his second World Championship by 17 points despite not competing in the last 2 races. Jody Scheckter won 3 races in the Wolf-Cosworth WR1 to be a most creditable runner-up in the drivers' table. Lauda, assisted by Carlos Reutemann, took the constructors' title for Ferrari for the third successive season; Lotus was second with the Cosworth powered 78s driven by Mario Andretti and Gunnar Nilsson. Our 1977 artwork features Niki Lauda in his Ferrari 312T2 in the lead at Hockenheim with Jody Scheckter's Wolf-Cosworth WR2 in hot pursuit. Hans-Joachim Stuck is pictured in third place driving the distinctive Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45A in Martini livery. The third special cover has been autographed by the famous New Zealand driver HANS-JOACHIM STUCK, the son of the famous pre-war Auto Union ace who followed his father into motor sport. He started hill-climb racing in a BMW 2002, before being invited to join the BMW Works Team for the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) and winning the 1969 Nurburgring 24-hour race. In 1972, he won the Spa 24-hour race in a Ford Capri, co-driving with Jochen Mass. For 1973, he raced F2 for March and remained with the team for 1974, gaining 2 points from his first season of F1 and winning F2 races at Barcelona, Hockenheim, Rouen and Enna. Although he started the 1975 season in IMSA with BMW, he was recalled by March to replace Lella Lombardi. He stayed with March for 1976, scoring points in 3 F1 races and winning 3 F2 events. 1977 was Stuck's best year in F1; driving the Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT45B, he scored in 5 races, including 2 podium finishes. His F1 career finished with a season for Shadow in 1978 and ATS for 1979, scoring points in both seasons. He left F1 but continued to race world-wide for over 20 years; he was so successful in endurance car racing and with touring cars that it is virtually impossible to list all the races that he won. In 1979 he was the Procar Series Champion with BMW and in 1985 he became the World Endurance Sports Car Champion driving for Porsche and was named German Driver of the Year. In the 1986-88 period he achieved further success with Porsche, winning twice at both Sebring and Le Mans; he was also the German ADAC Super Cup Champion. In 1990 he was the German Touring Car Champion with Audi. Three seasons in IMSA with Porsche yielded 16 wins en route to becoming the 1993 Drivers' Champion. Further successes in endurance car races followed, including the unique wining the 1998 Nurburgring 24-Hour Race in a BMW diesel car. The 1990s finished with 2 wins in the American Le Mans Series with BMW, including being named GT Personality of the Year. In 2000 he won the VW Beetle Cup Race at Road Atlanta and in 2001 set the record Lap Time at Nordschleife driving a BMW V12-powered X5 Le Mans car. We usually have lots of other items up for sale so why not have a look

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