During its 35-year-history, the F1 Australian Grand Prix has produced many memorable moments – from Ralf Schumacher’s airborne crash at the opening corner in 2002 to Daniel Ricciardo’s fuel breach in 2014. But perhaps no incident was as controversial as the “team orders” issued by McLaren during the 1998 edition.

With Formula One’s 2020 pre-season testing just days away, teams and their drivers are gearing up for what is certain to be an exhilarating campaign. But constructors and pilots are not the only ones making last minute preparations; so is the man who has led more laps than most F1 racing drivers on the grid. Automobilist recently spoke with Bernd Mayländer, the F1 safety car driver, about his passion for “proper” race cars, his plans to start racing again, and why Lewis Hamilton gets impatient with his pace.

In 1967, Jean Guichet was part of Ferrari’s endurance racing team that countered Ford’s historic dominance the year before. At the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, Guichet’s co-pilot was the late Pedro Rodriguez, who would have been 80 this month. Automobilist recently interviewed Jean Guichet and discussed his racing legacy, his passion for performance, and what it was like to drive with Pedro Rodriguez.

On July 17, 1964, Englishman Donald Campbell made motoring history by becoming the first person to break the 400-mile-per hour barrier in a wheel-driven vehicle. He needed less than 18 seconds to get it done. With the rubber ripped clean off his tires, Campbell piloted the jet-propelled Bluebird-Proteus CN7 over a 12-mile salt-flat track in Lake Eyre, Australia.