The first woman to race in Formula One turned 80 on November 6, 2006. She is Countess Maria Teresa De...
I must say that I owe a great deal to Colin Chapman. A very charismatic man, who was many things...
We raced the car with the V-12 for the first time at Brands Hatch, at the Race of Champions.I remember it clearly as a very good handling car, and the engine had a lot of power for its time. By that time I had been racing in Europe for a...
Mario Andretti at speed in his Ferrari 312B with flat-12 engine. Andretti was the race favorite having won the opening...
Since the very beginning of motorsports competition, a common thread has run through the sport: It takes money to go fast. An old joke goes something like, “You know how to make a million dollars at racing? Start with five million!” In this day of Formula One teams spending half...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The Formula One rumor mill has been abuzz with the story that Roger Penske might make another attempt at Formula...
Pete Lyons 2006 already! Those mileposts are just whizzing by, aren’t they? I feel like I’m riding up Pikes Peak with Bobby Unser and he’s out to scare me (the boy is known for that). Living on the edge is fun. After all, that’s why we’ve gathered here today. But...
Bonhams recently announced the purchase by private treaty of the Williams F1 Reserve Collection, ahead of its scheduled auction on...
Like many other drivers in the West, Chuck Daigh arose out of the California hot rod culture and became one...
1972 Surtees TS9B The relationship between money and success in an F1 team has always been a subject of interest and debate. There have been teams with very little money, in real and relative terms, that manage to do reasonably well—Minardi is perhaps a good example of that at present....
One of my favorite motor racing personalities was Piers Courage, a talented young gentleman racer, as well as a member...
Pete Lyons Occasionally here you may notice me express disdain for the twisted state modern Formula One has gotten itself...
Alfa Romeo’s place at the heart of motor racing for more than 90 years has not just been down to their official factory participation but, very often, to the enthusiastic amateur or semi-supported effort, matching an Alfa Romeo engine to a different single-seater chassis. While some were clearly more successful...
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I’ve actually started watching Formula One races again—that is, now that results no longer seem to be predetermined. While the...
July 2005 The Cruel Sport by Robert Daley Two years ago, I received this e-mail from Robert Daley: “I am...
From an Austin A30 sedan to the wheel of a Formula One car is quite a journey. When growing up, Australian driver Tim Schenken had a burning passion to be a Formula One driver. It was this passion that proved successful with 34 Grand Prix starts and has kept him...
Our Ed McDonough spoke with Patrick Tambay at the start of this year’s Monte Carlo Historic Rally, followed his progress...
Robert Daley’s name is pretty much unknown in racing circles these days, but he was at Zandvoort that afternoon in...
My interest in touring cars goes back to the ’60s when I watched the likes of Jim Clark in a Lotus Cortina. That was a fantastic spectacle you will never get again…that is, Schumacher in a touring car race on the same weekend as a Grand Prix, which is what...
My career started many years ago, in 1974. I was born in 1962, but I did my first racing in...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
I drove the McLaren F1 with the Alfa Romeo engine. It had the same problem that the Alfa Tipo 33...
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The last car ends its cool-off lap, sending one last snap of delicious sound echoing away across the raceway. This...
I guess I have done most types of motorsport at one time or another…trials, sprints, rallies, hill-climbs and races. I...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine size was unanimously welcomed. The smaller cars had been much better than anyone thought they would be, but a “return to power” was thought to be good for motor racing....
