Eugenio Castellotti Biography Eugenio Castellotti was born in Milan but grew up in Lodi. When he was still only 20...
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.
Giuseppe Campari Biography Born Cavaliere Giuseppe Campari near the city of Lodi southwest of Milan, as a teenager he went...
Antonio Brivio Biography Born in Biella, Italy to an aristocratic family on the 27th of December 1905 the Marchese “Tonino” Brivio began racing with a 1,199cc supercharged Derby in 1927. In 1934 he joined Bugatti, and drove a Type 59 to 2nd place while setting fastest lap in the Belgian...
Giannino Marzotto Biography He was born at Valdagno on 13 April 1928, the son of the king of the Italian...
Bruce McLaren Biography Bruce McLaren was born to Les (Pop) & Ruth on 30th August 1937 at Auckland, New Zealand,...
Baconin Borzacchini Biography Baconin Francesco Domenico Borzacchini, born in Terni, Italy on September 29, 1898 was named by his parents after a Russian anarchist, Mikhail Bakunin. At the age of 14, be began work in a garage as a mechanic. After serving in the Army during WW1, he began racing...
Clemente Biondetti Biography Born in Buddusò, Sardinia, into a working class family with Tuscan father and Venetian mother who found...
Silver Arrows Grand Prix Drivers The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union were formidable to say the least. The...
By Will Silk Few in the realm of motorsports will deny that one of the most capable drivers to climb behind the wheel of a race car is Mr. Sam Posey. Sam’s driving career started in the mid-1960s, when sports car racing in North America was building at a rapid...
Stirling Moss Biography In the United States when you hear the name Mario Andretti the first image that comes to...
Jim Hall Biography Jim Hall was born on the 23rd of July, 1935 in Abilene, Texas, the 2nd of three...
Alain Prost Biography But for a twist of fate Alain Prost might have become a professional footballer instead of a four-time World Champion. Born in The winner of more Grand Prix victories than anyone in history remains a controversial figure when the discussion turns to the greatest drivers of all...
Racing great Sir Stirling Moss OBE is recovering in a hospital after a freak accident in his London home. While...
Jean-Pierre Wimille Biography Jean-Pierre Wimille was born in Paris, in 1908. His father, Auguste Wimille, was motoring correspondent for the Petit...
The saying the eyes are the window to the soul is particularly apt when peering into the eyes of racing car drivers. Depending upon the events at hand, the eyes show a range of emotions, from focus and determination about the impending race to jubilation or disappointment about the results...
Peter Revson Biography He was born IN 1939, a heir to the Revlon cosmetics fortune but died a respected professional...
George Follmer Biography Follmer was born in Phoenix on January 27, 1934, but it was not long before his father,...
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on October 14, 1909 in Lingen in north-west Germany. To honor the anniversary, Audi Tradition will be laying a bouquet at the memorial on the A5 Autobahn in Germany....
Richie Ginther Biography Those readers familiar with the Grand Prix History website know that central to this site is the...
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a retired racing driver from England. His success...
Antonio Ascari Biography Antonio Ascari was born on the 15th of September 1988 in Bonferraro, Italy, the son of a corn dealer and one of three brothers and a sister. Link many young men his age he loved machinery and driving and after a spell at maintaining agricultural machines he...
Book Review, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed In the first full biography of Mark Donohue, author Michael Argetsinger tells...
The era of the classic Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows in the period 1934 – 1939 is linked to the racing driver...
Aston Martin Racing will run a trio of Gulf-liveried LMP1 cars at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place June 13-14 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s first victory at La Sarthe in 1959,...
Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 – 1995) was a race car driver from Argentina who dominated the first decade of Formula...
Whitney Straight Biography Because of modern commercial, testing and fitness demands placed on current drivers many have decried the current...
Hermann Lang was born on April 6, 1909 in Cannstatt near Stuttgart, and if he were alive, today would mark his 100th birthday. Lang began his racing career on two wheels and rode an old Norton motorcycle to victory on the Solitude circuit in Stuttgart in 1927 when still an...
American racing great Lloyd Ruby passed away Monday, March 23rd at the age of 81 in his hometown of Wichita...
Mark Donohue Jr. Biography Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars,...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His early childhood was unremarkable puctuated by frequent moving. He like other young boys was attracted to the exploits of Brutish sports figures including Jimmy Clark. After considerable success in kart racing,...
