By Art Evans | Photos as credited All of us have lost one of the dominant figures of the post-WWII...
Driver Profiles
Profiles of past and present automotive personalities. The drivers who risked their lives in the early days to the engineers who creatively changed the world of automobiles, this is a celebration of the people who played a major role in the world we love.
American motorsports journalist Christopher “Chris” Constantine Economaki passed away Friday, September 28th, 2012 at the age of 91. Economaki served...
Racing great Daniel Sexton Gurney has died at the age of 86. Gurney passed away on Sunday, January 14, 2018 of complications from pneumonia. Born April 13, 1931, in Port Jefferson, Long Island, to John Gurney, a Metropolitan Opera star and his wife Roma Sexton, Gurney was undoubtedly one of...
Ferdinand Piëch died on 25 August 2019 at the age of 82. Born in Vienna on April 17, 1937, Piëch...
Franco Gozzi, a key part of the history of Ferrari, passed away April 23rd, 2013 at the age of 81....
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited Frank Arciero was one of that small group that included John von Neumann, John Edgar and Tony Paravanno who were responsible for bringing talented American drivers to prominence. For the most part, fifties-era sports car drivers started competing in their own vehicles, often...
By Louis Galanos On Monday, January 7th, 2013, Daytona racing legend George S. Waltman of Honesdale, Pennsylvania passed away at...
The legendary Porsche engineer Hans Mezger passed away June 10, 2020 at the age of 90. Porsche owes him not...
Argentine racing driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez passed away June 15th, 2013 at the age of ninety in his native Buenos Aires. Born October 5th, 1922, Gonzalez will be forever linked to capturing Ferrari’s first victory in a Grand Prix counting towards the Formula 1 World Championship, coming at the 1951...
Kjell Qvale passed away this weekend in San Francisco at the age of 94. “Mr. Q” was a pioneer for...
By Michael T. Lynch Martin Swig died on July 3rd after suffering a stroke. He leaves a legacy as one...
Today would have marked the 100th birthday of Fritz “Huschke“ von Hanstein, one of the greatest personalities in the company history of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart. As Press Director, racing manager, and a racing driver, from 1952 to 1974 Huschke von Hanstein helped fashion the unique image...
British motor racing driver and manager Roy Francesco Salvadori passed away Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 at the age of 90....
Italian automotive designer Sergio Pininfarina passed away Monday, July 2nd, 2012 at the age of 85. Sergio Pininfarina was born...
British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss passed away following a long illness on Easter Sunday at his Mayfair, London home at the age of 90, with his wife Susie, the Lady Moss, by his side. Stirling Craufurd Moss was born into a motorsport family. His father Alfred, a wealthy...
Tyler Alexander, one of McLaren’s founding fathers, passed away on 7th January 2016, at the age of 75. McLaren Chairman...
Nissan legend Yutaka Katayama, the man known as “Mr. K,” has died at the age of 105. Katayama, the first...
René Dreyfus Biography The story begins in 1914 when René was nine years old. The middle of three children he speaks of his early life with fondness, growing up in Nice. He later joined the Moto Club de Nice, which was sort of a junior league Automobile Club de Nice....
Richard Seaman Biography Born on 4 February 1913 to wealthy parents, Seaman fell in love with cars as a schoolboy....
The era of the classic Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows in the period 1934 – 1939 is linked to the racing driver...
Richie Ginther Biography Those readers familiar with the Grand Prix History website know that central to this site is the Hall of Fame. Illustrating that section is a famous photograph by Gary Bramstedt entitled Heroes. Amongst such giants of the sport as Clark, Brabham and Hill is a small freckle-faced driver...
Driver, team owner and motorsports legend Roger Penske joined racers Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson...
Ronnie Peterson Biography Ronnie Peterson was born on 1944 in Örebro, Sweden, the son of an avid racer of moderate accomplishments....
Rudolf Caracciola Biography Rudolf Caracciola was born in the town of Remagen, Germany on January 30, 1901 the son of parents whose family it was said originally came from Italy. When still a trainee at the Fafnir-Automobilwerke in Aachen, he started in the 1922 Avus race in Berlin and finished...
The passing of Sabine Schmitz has brought with it overpowering grief and dismay around the globe. Motorsport has lost a...
By Will Silk Few in the realm of motorsports will deny that one of the most capable drivers to climb...
Sebastian Vettel Biography Vettel, one of four children was born on July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim, Germany to Norbert and Heike Vettel. His father was a keen racer competing in various hill-climb events. An indifferent student his childhood heroes were “The three Michaels” – Michael Schumacher, Michael Jordan, and Michael...
If you are in any way, shape, or form a fan of Formula One, you were probably as surprised as...
Noted Ferrari coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti passed away November 20, 2011 at 91 years of age. Scaglietti gained Enzo Ferrari’s trust...
Silver Arrows Grand Prix Drivers The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union were formidable to say the least. The drivers were equally legendary. On this page we take you through all the drivers that made their mark driving for the Silver Arrows team. …Youthful impetuousness and courage are not...
