Nicholas Watts is an artist specialising in fine art motorsport and Aviation paintings, including the production of limited edition prints signed by himself and the racing car drivers .
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In the last Sebring 12 Hour race to utilize the old airport circuit, the Coca-Cola Porsche 962 of Bob Aki, Hans Stuck and Joe Gartner waged a ferocious battle with the Lowenbrau Porsche 962 of Al Holbert, Derek Bell and Al Unser Jnr until turbo failure on the Lowenbrau car dropped it to third place. The winning Akin entry went onto set all time speed and distance record for the 12 hours covering 1394.82 miles at an average speed of 115.852.
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It was at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1951 that Ferrari achieved its first Grand Prix victory. The image depicts the tremendous battle between the eventual winner Jose Gonzalez, driving the Ferrari 375/F1 and Juan Fangio in the Alfa Romeo. Gigi Villoresi (shown following), also in a Ferrari, was to finish third.