Even after almost 40 years of following Formula One, I’m amazed that there are still aspects of the sport that...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and camaraderie between us. I think this stems from the roots of our motor racing careers in France. Most, if not all, of us came through the motor racing school system...
Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Chronograph Produced in honor of the prestigious Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, this 42.4-mm...
Conspiracy of Secrets By Bobby Neate When considering Louis Stanley, there are those who love him, and those who hate him. Just like the well-known UK food product Marmite, there seems to be no shade of grey. Likewise, in motor racing terms, he could either be described as BRM’s savior...
Inclement weather had battered and bruised England during the early summer months, leaving people wondering how Goodwood’s Festival of Speed...
Like so many great automobiles of our time, the Mercedes-Benz SL series can trace its origins directly to the racetrack....
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started its overseas journey of 4,279 miles from the Czech Republic to the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, which will host an exclusive feature of streamlined Tatra automobiles for the first...
Mention the words “Rudi” and “Mercedes” and what comes to mind? Chances are good it will be images of famed...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when leading”…under protest. That was at Le Mans after the big crash when one of our cars was involved and the Mercedes board in Stuttgart decided to withdraw the other cars....
May 11–12, 2012 Monte Carlo, Monaco Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was born in London, during his father’s term as head of the London branch of the Deutsche Bank in July 1906. He trained as an engineer and became an excutive for Mercedes-Benz. He had a long association with the Mercedes-Benz racing program in both the ’30s and the...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
AutoArt Mercedes-Benz 190SL As discussed in this month’s “Roadcar Profile,” in 1954, when Mercedes-Benz was laying the groundwork for a...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The home page opens with seven rotating segments including (at press time) Goodwood Festival of Speed, Motorsports in Close-up, In a Thousand Miles, Hollywood Love Affair, Timeless—The SL and its Legendary...
Just days after his 1959 Le Mans-winning teammate, Carroll Shelby, and a matter of weeks since Ted Cutting, designer of...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
Di Spires Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, motor racing became like a drug—the more I attended Grand Prix events in the UK and Europe the more I wanted to get onto the “inside.” At first, I’d go motor racing with my brother, later I met Stuart, my husband. We’d travel...
Philip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Victoria, Australia March 9–10, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives...
Nelson Piquet once memorably described driving a Grand Prix car around Monaco as akin to trying to ride a bicycle around your bedroom and certainly, while it is not too difficult to drive a racing car around the circuit, it becomes a totally different animal when it comes to wringing...
Longtime SCCA stalwart Andy Porterfield died in mid-April at the age of 80 from complications following heart valve surgery. Beyond...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
Les Leston was born in 1920 named Alfred Lazarus Fingleston. He worked in the motor accessory business and was an accomplished drummer in the Clay Pigeons jazz band that included Belgian racer Johnny Claes. Leston’s racing career began in the late 1940s driving a Jaguar SS100, but he soon turned...
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black...
The main thing about the 1953 race at Watkins Glen was the question of whether there would be a race...
The 1920s and 1930s were not only a pivotal time in world history, they proved to be the crucible from which the Italian Alfa Romeo brand would forge its future. Engineer Giuseppe Merosi launched A.L.F.A with the 4-cylinder 24 HP, in 1910. Founded by gifted engineer Giuseppe Merosi, on January...
