Best of the 1999 Mille Miglia Storica Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
1991 Toyota Eagle MKIII GTP It’s amazing how one hair-brained idea can change the course of history. Such was the...
Al Holbert—winner at Daytona, Sebring, and many times at Le Mans; Peter Gregg—4 times winner at Daytona; and Jim Busby—2 times winner at Le Mans, were the great drivers I looked up to, and tried to learn from when I first went racing. Yes, they are all men, but the...
I truly believe a good car does not have to do only with good performances, but also its opportunities to...
1988 Jaguar XJR9 & 1991 Jaguar XJR12 Almost all of Jaguar’s competition effort in the post-war period became directed at a...
Like most racing drivers, I’ve driven many cars in my career, choosing just one as a greatest racecar is an almost impossible task. However, looking back to the late 1980s and early 1990s the Nissan Skyline GTR was a great car and dominated until they changed the regulations. In 1993,...
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
My early racing career started in single-seaters in New Zealand beginning first with Formula Atlantic, then Formula Three, and then...
My favorite racecar was always the latest one I won with. I’ve always struggled with the question of what’s your favorite anything because I’m an “it depends” person. What’s your favorite color? What’s your favorite music? It depends on the mood I’m in for the music, what mood I’m in...
1990 Penske PC19-Ilmor Chevrolet I first saw Roger Penske racing a Maserati Birdcage at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. He...
I’m celebrating 25 years of motor racing, and I say this without counting the years I spent karting. It’s difficult...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title. His father, Graham, won the 1962 and 1968 championships and Damon the 1996. The 1994 Grand Prix season outlook seemed bright for Williams with Senna coming aboard to partner Hill...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
Steve Soper has twice been reunited with his greatest racecar. the BMW V12 LMR, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.Photo: Pete Austin It’s difficult to tie this down to one specific car, but if I must it would have to be the 1999 BMW V12 LMR prototype car which won the...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real...
What is this thing they call Contessa? The term Contessa originates from the Italian language and translates as “countess.” In the automotive world, when one mentions “Contessa,” depending on who is present, confusion may ensue. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Two Ross Brawn designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and...
Recently the collector car world has shifted. Although interest remains for established sectors, a new generation of enthusiasts has arrived...
In the late ’70s, Lancia wanted something to grab some of the market share from the popular VW Golf. A Giugiaro-penned, four-door was the result. By the ’80s there was the Delta HF; a “Hot Hatch,” turbocharged, front-wheel drive version. At the time, the Delta 037 was competing on the...
On 1989, at the Geneva Motor Show, Alfa Romeo unveiled a monster. Its initial impulse was at the hand of...
1990 Ferrari F40 It has been 30 years since the last car ordered by Enzo Ferrari reached its first owners....
Seeing and hearing a 1991 Sauber-Mercedes C11 and its twin-turbo V8 producing around 720 horsepower in action at the Monza Historic 2019 is an absolute treat!...
When McLaren first produced the F1, their intention was that it be exclusively sold as a road car with no...
The CLK GTR is a sports car and race car that was born out of Mercedes-Benz’s desire to duke it...
The McLaren F1, the Porsche 911 GT1 and the Mercedes CLK GTR are three of the most iconic supercars of all time and were known as the “holy trinity” of Group GT1 in the 1990s. Let’s join Henry Catchpole from Carfection as he gives us an in-depth comparison about these three...
After suffering what must be called the worst five years of American car design 1974-1979, the 1980s ushered in the...
The Porsche Schuppan 962CR, when new, was one of the most expensive cars ever produced with an asking price of...
1998 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, the Porsche 911 GT1-98 with chassis number 003, in action at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed. ...
