A 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa (above) took Best of Show honors at last Thursday’s 11th Annual Salon Privé Chubb...
The 34th renewal of the Lime Rock Historic Festival at Connecticut’s scenic Lime Rock Park produced a full weekend of...
Amid the hustle and bustle and razzmatazz of the 2016 edition of the Silverstone Classic, those who were still riveted to their seats watching the penultimate race of the event witnessed the epitome of racing spirit. It was the second leg of the Maserati Trophy for HGPCA pre ’66 Grand...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of...
A selection of postwar Maseratis will be offered at the 2016 Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auctions, to be held...
Women drivers in Formula One are rare indeed. Since the start of the F1 World Championship in 1950, only five of them have made it to the track in fire-breathing Grand Prix cars, and only one ever managed to finish in the top six and score in a World Championship...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
The RM group of companies, RM Sotheby’s and Auctions America, will handle the sale of 49 vehicles from the Riverside...
The 52nd Grand Prix de l’Age d’Or, the oldest meeting for historic cars organized in Europe, fulfilled its promise again last weekend at France’s Dijon-Prenois Circuit, despite changeable weather conditions. Although Friday morning’s free practice took place on a track soaked by a heavy drizzle, the afternoon’s qualifying sessions enjoyed...
Denny Hulme Gianpiero Moretti 1 Gober Sosebee, driving a Chrysler, wins the NASCAR Grand National race at Hayloft Speedway in...
Augie Pabst: Behind the Wheel By Robert Birmingham Augie Pabst grew up an heir to the family brewing business, and one...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with them winning a World Championship. In the early years of the modern Grand Prix series it was the Italian Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari teams—with occasional intrusions by the German...
It took a racing department of 240 people and a huge budget to put Michael Schumacher on top of the...
Some years ago I was invited to talk “motor sport” at a winter club evening in Bristol and the evening...
Der Safety Wagen Dear Editor Just a note to say I enjoyed the article on the Herbert Linge Safety Wagon. It’s a good solution for the big courses they have in Europe, especially the Nürburgring. John Fitch and I worked with Professor Sid Watkins, or at least tried to. He...
On the weekend of May 28-29, 2016, the tenth annual pageant of French motoring excellence – La Vie en Bleu...
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars—and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put...
The Palm Beach Cavallino Classic 25 took place in Palm Beach, Florida, on the weekend of January 20-24, celebrating automotive excellence for owners and enthusiasts of Ferraris and other fine Italian machinery. The event featured two days of track action at Palm Beach International Raceway and two days of concourse...
“Bellissima! The Italian Automotive Renaissance, 1945–1975,” will celebrate the visual dynamism and spirit of innovation embodied by Italian coachbuilt cars,...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) and Bonhams have announced a new series for under-two-liter sports racing cars built between 1950 and 1962 that will appear at both the HMSA’s Barber Historics and The Sommet des Legends in 2016. The new U2 series will feature the “giant killer” sports racing...
Maria Teresa De Filippis, the first woman to contest a World Championship Grand Prix, has passed away at the age...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle After a very successful year in 1935, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, who financed Prince Birabongse’s racing, decided...
Roberto Moreno Photo: Pete Austin Mike Hawthorne Photo: BRDC Archive 1 F1 race winner and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky Ickx is born in Brussels, Belgium (1945). 4 Graeme Lawrence drives a Ferrari Dino 246 to victory in Tasman Cup race at Levin, New Zealand (1970). Become a Member &...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars...
On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys (#7 Consul Special) around Weavers’ Hotel corner on the dangerous Esplanade Circuit. South Africa has a rich motor racing history, and during the 1930s a number of International Grands Prix...
From the very beginning of the automobile man built cars to compete with a passion for speed and technology. These...
Next Wednesday, October 21, 2015, The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia is presenting “90 Years of Italian Design Excellence,”...
Two breathtaking Maseratis are set to be among the “showstoppers” at this year’s Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, held at The National Events Centre in Birmingham, UK, November 13-15. The first is a 1954 Maserati 250F, one of the last of the successful front-engined Grand Prix cars. Generally regarded as...
