Formula 1 Cars of the Past

Brabham BT26















McLaren M26














Wolf WR1












Williams FW07

These photos were shot by my son Laurent at the 2007 Mosport Vintage Racing Festival.
All photos, and more, are available for sale.














I took this shot of one of my favorite early F1 racers, the Talbot-Lago T26C (Photo © Paul Chenard).

Marmon "Wasp" 1911 Indianapolis 500

Pen & ink on board, digitally painted
© Paul Chenard 2007

Ray Harroun driving the 1911 Marmon "Wasp" on his way to the first Indianapolis 500 win ... also the first car with a rear-view mirror.

Paper Model: Maserati 250F

A few years ago, I designed a paper model of my all-time favorite Grand Prix car, a Maserati 250F. I did it completely from scratch,
drawing it a vector-based illustration program (Adobe Illustrator) so that I could resize it easily without compromising quality.
It takes about 3-4 hours to build it, but the results are
pretty satisfying.

Pony Car Wars - Mustang vs Camaro

Pencil & Faber-Castell brush markers on paper
© Paul Chenard

I did this sketch while out of town at 4-on-4 soccer tournament for my youngest son. There was too much action to follow, so I decided to do a sketch.

Luigi Faglioli in an Alfa Romeo 158 Alfetta at the 1950 British GP

Pen & ink on paper © Paul Chenard 2006
Scott Higgins Collection

Gulf Racing Ford GT40 1968

Pencil on paper 29 cm X 23 cm © Paul Chenard 2006
$200 CDN plus shipping/handling

The Gulf Racing GT40 gets wheeled from it's transporter by the team race technicians before the 1968 Le Mans, which it won. The same car won in 1969 also.

Silver Arrows in Monaco 1937

Pencil on paper 29 cm X 23 cm © Paul Chenard 2006
Charles Feitshans Collection

Fangio driving the Mercedes 300 SLR at LeMans 1955

Pencil on paper, 12"x 9" © Paul Chenard 2006
Geoffrey Chenard Collection

Bugatti Club of Italy tours Spain

Pen & ink on board 51 cm X 41 cm © Paul Chenard 2006

Malcolm Campbell in Bluebird at Pendine Sands, January 1927

Pencil on paper, antique frame © Paul Chenard 2006

Lotus 18 Formula Junior Champion

Pencil on board © Paul Chenard 2007
Phil Lamont Collection

Phil Lamont from Hubbards, Nova Scotia is a great racer and great gentleman. In the last few years, he is more often than not Formula Junior North American Champion, sucessfully racing his 1960 Lotus 18 Formula Junior.

Phil also runs Vintage Tyres Limited (Vintyre@aol.com), the North American supplier for Dunlop vintage racing tyres.

My trade show booth at Mosport

This is the 10'x 10' booth setup I had had the VARAC Vintage Racing Festival at Mosport, Ontario in June of 2007.

It was great to have giant 8'x 6' colour vinyl outputs of my illustrations, thanks to Mike Kelly of Precision Digital of Halifax (www.precisionatlantic.com). Amazing colour!

1965 Cobra Daytona Coupe #12

Pen & ink, digitally painted © Paul Chenard 2006

The 1965 GT Championship winning Cobra Daytona Coupes left their mark on racing history on both sides of the Atlantic.

This illustration is available as a limited edition of 250 signed and numbered 22" x 17" premium archival Giclee prints. $150 CDN plus shipping/handling

Grand Prix Doodle

Ballpoint pen on paper © Paul Chenard 2007
Gordon MacLeod Collection

Doodle done during a board (bored?) meeting.

Lola T70 Spyder Can Am

Pen & ink plus Prismacolor pencils © Paul Chenard 2008

Driver/Constuctor/Winner Series

1 Brabham BT19 1966
2 Eagle Westlake T1G 1967
3 McLaren M7A 1968

The series highlights the 3 driver/constructors who won a race in the car they built. Pencil on paper © Paul Chenard 2007

Each illustration is available as a limited edition of 250 signed and numbered 17" x 14.5" premium archival Giclee prints.

Sir Jack Brabham sent me a note when he saw the BT19 sketch:
Dear Paul,
Thank you for the very nice pencil sketch of the BT19.
Jack Brabham
Wow! I was thrilled to hear from Sir Jack directly.

Gilles Villeneuve racing a Ferrari T4 in the rain

Pencil on paper, working drawing © Paul Chenard 2007

Canada's most celebrated F1 driver, fearless and focused. He left us too early ... January 18, 1950 - May 8, 1982.

Fangio on his way to winning the Monaco GP 1957

Pen & ink on vellum © Paul Chenard 2006

I've applied this illustration to a black t-shirt, which I have for sale at $30 CDN plus shipping and handling.

Tazio Nuvolari in an Auto Union Type-D

Pencil on paper, digital coloured © Paul Chenard 2006

Tazio Nuvolari won the 1938 British GP driving the V-12 Auto Union. The inset shows the gold turtle pendant "logo" that he wore at all his races.

Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati 250F, Nurburgring 1957

Pencil on paper 9"x 6" © Paul Chenard 2006
Charles McCabe Collection

In my opinion, Fangio was the greatest Grand Prix driver there ever was. His brilliance was opitomized in his maestro drive of the 1957 German GP.