Motor Racing History – Origins of the First Automobile Races and the First Grand Prix Dawn of Automobile Racing The...
Motor Racing History – Early Racecourse Development Racing on public roads was illegal in England and British drivers had to...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In its place, races were run under Formula Libre rules. In lieu of the major manufacturers, drivers raced as privateers or...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – New British Teams & The Rear-Engined Revolution The Rise of British Racing Green Green cars began...
Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The 1968 season had barely begun before it was rocked to its very foundations by the death of its biggest star, Jimmy Clark, in a minor Formula 2 race (ed. The circumstances...
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into...
Motor Racing History – 3.5-litre Naturally-Aspirated Engines, Active Suspension and Electronic Driver Aids 1989 was another McLaren year but this time the championship was won by Alain Prost. With turbos now banned the other teams were able to reduce their deficit to the Hondas. During the season there were six...
Back to its traditional Spring running, the 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach brought West Coast race fans all...
The principality nestled amongst the mountains that line the southeastern coast of France is a name that’s known worldwide. Monaco....
IMSA rolled into Lakeville, CT, and Lime Rock Park on the 15th and 6th of July to put on a spectacular show for all the spectators dotting the hills around the 1.474-mile road course. Friday morning was taken up with practice for the Michelin competitors later that day, the big...
The International Daily Express Trophy; Silverstone, May 9, 1953 American Tom Cole borrowed this yellow Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 F2...
If you’ve been reading the editorials written by Casey Annis for a long time, you might already know of me....
The Ford Motor Company recently announced its entrance into a technical partnership with defending Formula One World Champions Red Bull Racing, opening what the company’s executive chairman William Ford termed “an exciting new chapter” in the firm’s long and illustrious motorsports history. New FIA engine regulations for Formula 1 are...
Photo Gallery from the April 14-16, 2023, HMSA Historic Formula One Challenge, during the Long Beach Grand Prix....
The son of a wealthy Tennessee family, Pete Kreis had grown up during the time that European manufacturers dominated automobile...
Enjoy the highlights of the rain-soaked 1972 Monaco Grand Prix which was won by Jean-Pierre Beltoise in his BRM P160....
The 1976 German Grand Prix was notable for the being the last time a Formula One race was held on...
Watch the remastered highlights of the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix at the Zolder circuit. The race was claimed by Gunnar...
A lifelong friend gave me something towards the end of his long and brave battle with Parkinson’s disease saying he wanted me to have it as his family would “Just scoop it up as part of their inheritance and not appreciate it”, I certainly did, and do, appreciate it. All...
90 and counting On behalf of everyone at Sports Car Digest, Happy Birthday Karl! As most of you know, Karl...
In the long staircase of world motorsport, it is common for us to focus mainly on the greatest successes of...
This year, it will be celebrated the 79th edition of the Belgian Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and beloved races on the F1 calendar. Although the circuit of Spa, located in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes, has been the GP’s trademark throughout most of these years, other...
