Mike Hawthorn George Follmer 1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South...
The inaugural edition of Historic Motorsport International (HMI), a brand-new show dedicated to all forms of historic motorsport, will be...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman called Bobby Marshman the American Jim Clark, and it is difficult to imagine a higher compliment. The two men shared many common characteristics as both were relatively slight of build...
I am very pleased to be able to announce that starting with this issue, racing legend and long-time friend of...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first Formula One World Championship, in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at Bonneville by running 555.48 mph/888.76...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting...
Clive Chapman, son of famed Lotus founder Colin Chapman and the guiding light at Classic Team Lotus, revealed an interesting...
“At Monaco you get everything that you meet on a public road lampposts, trees, nightclubs, houses, hotels, curbs, gutters, you know it’s a proper road race in the true meaning of the word.” -Graham Hill, five-time winner Photo: Roger Dixon The 1968 running of the Monaco Grand Prix was my...
Not only did Rubens win 11 Grands Prix, competing in more of them than any other driver, came 2nd in...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine...
September 2016 Lotus 18 Colin Chapman’s U-turn By Mark Whitelock Deciding on a theme, title or subject for a book can be the first obstacle that an author can find insurmountable. However, Marc Whitelock returned to his childhood and first motor racing memories when deciding to write about the Lotus...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
Cars in the Claydons, the UK’s major new motoring and motorsport festival, will take place for the first time this September 3 at the Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire. Event organizers aspire to grow Cars in the Claydons into a full moving event by year three, but for this maiden running...
When I was young, growing up in Spain was very difficult for lovers of motor racing. The Spanish were then...
Of Bastards & Wenches Photo: Vince Johnson Dear Editor, Well done. Loved your responses to the letters regarding the “Glorious...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing cars with identical engines. The idea for this low-budget formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a drivers school called Motor Racing Stables based at...
Augie Pabst: Behind the Wheel By Robert Birmingham Augie Pabst grew up an heir to the family brewing business, and one...
This summer’s Silverstone Classic will honor the 50th anniversary of the Historic Sports Car Club with a very special parade...
I didn’t think it was a very good thing for a woman to drive those open and powerful cars of the 1960s. I was quite happy in my Mini—a great car for both road and racing. I felt it gave better protection from a safety point of view. Colin Chapman...
Glorious Illegitimate Child Dear Editor I feel I must write to you and express my strong disapproval of the title...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks By Brian Redman with Jim Mullen It’s always good to see a new book hit the shelves reminiscing about the era those of a certain age regard as the “golden years” of motor racing. Well-informed authors write many of these books, but their...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
The 74th Goodwood Members Meeting transpired last weekend at the Chichester circuit, with a broad array of classic and historic...
Imagine driving your homebuilt special, powered by a modified production car engine, in two World Championship Grands Prix and finishing 10th in the second one. These days that would earn you a World Championship point. Here de Klerk fends off a challenge with his Alfa Romeo Special during the 1962...
My very first experiences in a racing car were in a Lotus Seven. In fact, prior to purchasing the Lotus...
Aston’s Spectre Dear Editor, What a ripper read your leading article was in the December edition of Vintage Roadcar! Become...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
