1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up Ayrton was an awkward child and was later diagnosed as having a motor...
The late Gianni Agnelli’s favorite cars went on show at the Museum of the Automobile in Turin, Italy, on March...
For the first time in his career, Marvin Panch posed for a photo before an event. He would never do...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race (1967). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau, France (1939). Become a Member & Get...
RM Auctions has announced the consignment of one of history’s most important racing Ferraris, the 1953 340/375 MM Pinin Farina...
Mantua, Italy, has a new Tazio Nuvolari Museum. After being evicted from its previous location by the town council in...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been an interest. Little did I know how deep the story of Invicta was intertwined with the undertakings of one man. While disparate at first glance, the names of Eric-Campbell, Silver...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this car was a complete delight. It handled well, was very comfortable, had plenty of interior space and went well enough. So it should have done, it’s a Lancia, derived from...
Trans World Historic Rallying has announced the return of the epic London to Sydney Marathon Rally, last run in 2004,...
Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina...
May 25-27, 2012 Lake Como, Italy Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
May 17–20, 2012 Brescia, Italy Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain...
Ercole Spada started his design career with Carozzeria Zagato in 1960.Photo: David Gooley Artists and artisans have called Italy home for millennia, with pursuit of the arts a natural activity for countless Italians inspired by the natural beauty all around them. One with such a destiny arrived on July 26,...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Georges Lemaître actually finished 2nd in the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition in this Peugeot 3hp, but was awarded victory...
The 1971 season saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grands Prix in the hands of Siffert and Gethin respectively. Pedro Rodriguez drove the number 8 car seen here in the Dutch Grand Prix that year. The race was wet—very wet—and the track was...
Vernasca, Italy June 24–25, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Tim Mayer Photo: autopics.com.au A.J. Foyt Photo: Jim Hatfield 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand Prix race run in Pau, France (1939). 3 Battista “Pinin” Farina, auto racer and coach builder, dies (1966). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
1924 Bugatti Type 13 While many racing cars of the Edwardian period and the early 1920s and 1930s were huge—behemoths...
The man who facilitated Danny Sullivan’s rise to motor racing stardom has died of cancer at his home in Milan,...
The Alfa Romeo museum at Arese, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, has been placed under official supervision, the first step in a process that would make it part of Italy’s cultural heritage. The move has been requested by the Arese municipality, which feared the Fiat Group, to which Alfa...
