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Peter Collins Lore ✨️
Thought Peter's dad ran a garage that allowed Peter access into motorsports, and supported him with him, Peter would not get along with his dad often. Peter's dad was known to be quite rude and did not approve of Peter's marriage to Louise Collins.
Peter and Louise met once at a gathering but didn't think much of it. A few years later Stirling Moss invited Peter to a party where Louise Collins was going to be and when they saw each other it was love at first sight. A week later they were married.
Louise felt like she had to be at every one of Peter's races because she worried if she was not at one he could get hurt.
Peter loved the sea and swimming, and him and Louise brought a boat called "Mipooka" which they would travel to different GP's on, other drivers like Mike Hawthorn would join them on their travels.
Peter Collins became very close to Enzo Ferrari's dying son, Dino Ferrari, and he works often visit Dino in hospital. Dino woule get Peter to go to the cinema and watch films so he could come back and recount the film to Dino.
When Dino passed away, the next race in France Peter wore a black arm band in honour of Dino. He won that race.
After Dino's death Enzo Ferrari saw Peter Collins like a son, because he appreciated Peter's friendship with Dino. He insisted Peter move into an apartment near Enzo's house and Peter would wake up at times to find Enzo in the apartment folding his clothes and making him breakfast.
It's believed that Enzo did not like it when Peter married Louise as he felt that Louise was a distraction and that Peter spent more time away from the apartment. Louise insisted this was never the case though and Enzo and his wife were always very nice.
One time Enzo got very mad at Peter when during a race he felt that Peter purposely crashed a car to not race and get home early with Mike Hawthorn. So next race Enzo took away his f1 seat and demoted him to f2. Mike Hawthorn said he would not drive if Peter couldn't drive and when Peter did extremely well in f2 to prove a point he was given his seat back again.
In 1956 Peters teammate was Fangio. Peter was in the running to become world champion that year, Brittan's first, however when he came into the pit and found that Fangio's car was broken he jumped out and gave his car to Fangio, insisting that he had more years to win the championship and it was only right for Fangio to have the car.
In 1957 when Fangio left Ferrari, Peter Collins would have been #1 driver for the team but instead he went and told Mike Hawthorn who needed a drive to contact Ferrari as there was going to be a free seat, and because Mike was more experienced he became #1 driver (though Enzo always said that there was never rankings)
In the Ferrari film, Peter Collins is featured a lot and they even recreate a famous photo of Enzo and Peter within the film.
Peter loved solving puzzles and Mike wrote in his book the day he died Peter was really happy to have solved a metal puzzle he was working on.
A woman claimed that Peter had promised to marry her when he suddenly married Louise Collins but he insisted that was not the case.
He lived in France for a while to avoid the conscription for the British army. Though Mike Hawthorn was critisied heavily for not doing it (though he had a valid reason) people seemed to forget about Peter Collins.
Peter knew about Mike Hawthorn's kidney issue and knew that Mike would not be able to race another season in F1 as he was becoming too ill, so he was likely determined to try and help Mike win the world championship even though he could have won in 1958 as well.
Peter and Louise brought a house right before he passed away, it was likely he was thinking of retiring from F1 soon.
While racing Mike and Peter would have fun constantly letting the other one pass, it was like a game to them.
He was the governor of a local school and very involved with it. Even though he didn't like school himself he felt it important to encourage children to do well.
Enzo Ferrari said he would go with Louise to the next GP race, breaking his rule of never going to the actual races. However while she went, he never turned up.
Post on lore about Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins friendship coming soon
#oh peter#sweet sweet peter#classic f1#f1#formula one#formula 1#vintage f1#peter collins#mike hawthorn#louise collins
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Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins - Ferrari 250TR/57 0704TR 2éme des 1000 Km du Nürburgring. - source Classic Ferrari's Road & Track.
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scuderia ferrari + english drivers 🏴🇮🇹
peter collins, mike hawthorn, john surtees & nigel mansell
#yo!#looking forward to updating this in 2025 :)#i went with english not british because i didn't want to include eddie irvine sorry not sorry#f1#formula 1#classic f1#john surtees#mike hawthorn#peter collins#nigel mansell
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Pill Shatterline my beloved
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PETER COLLINS, JUAN MANUEL FANGIO & MIKE HAWTHORN at the 1957 GERMAN GRAND PRIX
#slay all around#also peter's arm. oh god. if i shall speak.#classic f1#f1#formula 1#1950s#peter collins#jaun manuel fangio#mike hawthorn
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Charles's maiden win at the Belgian Grand Prix | 1 September 2019
📸 Scuderia Ferrari / Dan Istitene / Benoit Doppagne / John Thys / Charles Coates
#what a special first win it was...#belgian gp#belgian gp 2023#charles leclerc#scuderia ferrari#f1 stats#peter collins#jim clark#michael schumacher#formula 1#f1
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Peter Collins and Eugenio Castellotti engaging in hijinks at the German GP, August 5th 1956
Photographed by Bernard Cahier
#peter collins#eugenio castellotti#german gp#f1#formula 1#classic f1#vintage f1#50s#1956#photo#meins#bernard cahier#cahier archives
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12 hours of Sebring 🇺🇸, 1956.
#12 hours of sebring#sebring#stirling moss#peter collins#juan manuel fangio#phil hill#ferrari#50s#1950s#motorsport#classic f1
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Scoop #133 - August 2nd, 1980 - (D. C. Thompson - UK)
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Gif collection of drivers that featured in Shell's 1958 British GP video
In order of apperance: Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori, Stuart Lewis-Evans, Jo Bonnier, Jack Fairman, Alan Stacey, Wolfgang von Trips, Harry Schell, Peter Collins
#did I make this so I have a gif of alan stacey#maybe#he's cool#also for mike and peter#classic f1#f1#formula one#formula 1#vintage f1#mike hawthorn#peter collins#alan stacey#wolfgang von trips#harry schell#stirling moss#roy salvadori#jo bonnier#jack fairman#stuart Lewis-Evans
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Les Lancia Ferrari D50 du Grand Prix d'Italie - Monza 1956 : #22 Juan Manuel Fangio - #24 Eugenio Castellotti - #26 Peter Collins - #28 Luigi Musso - #30 Alfonso de Portago - #50 Wolfgang von Trips. - source UK Racing History.
#juan manuel fangio#eugenio castelloti#peter collins#luigi musso#alfonso de portago#wolfgang von trips#lancia ferrari#grand prix d'italie#monza
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drivers speak in the pitlane ahead of the 1956 italian grand prix
featuring: wolfgang von trips, mike hawthorn, juan manual fangio, peter collins & alfonso de portago
#f1#classic f1#formula 1#f1 1950s#wolfgang von trips#mike hawthorn#peter collins#alfonso de portago#gang's all here
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JACK BRABHAM & PETER COLLINS trying on some new sunglasses at the 1958 MONACO GRAND PRX
#YEH I AM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THIS PICTURE#LOOK AT THEM#!!!#TWO VERY HOT PEOPLE BEING THE BIGGEST DORKS YOU HAVE EVER SEEN#lmao how did they make the baggy overalls look hot. what craft do they posses??#but JACKKKKKKKK ... sir i am on my knees.#peter collins#jack brabham#classic f1#f1#formula 1#1950s
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Searching for Speed
In the years before aerodynamics were “discovered” for racing cars. streamlining was often thought as being the way to go for greater speed. Here are two examples as tried in practice at the French Grand Prix which would take place on July 1, 1956 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. Above is one such trial of a special nose and side sponsons between the front and rear wheels, copied no doubt from those…
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Peter Collins at the Monaco GP after turning his car over to Juan Manuel Fangio, May 13th 1956
Photographed by Bernard Cahier
#peter collins#f1#formula 1#classic f1#vintage f1#50s#1956#monaco gp#photo#bernard cahier#cahier archives#meins
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