Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most...
I have certain fond memories of the first single-seater racing car I drove, which was a Vanwall. Tony Vandervell gave...
Dark clouds begin to gather in my mind every spring as I park my car in Brescia and walk to scrutineering for the Mille Miglia Storica, to enjoy some of the most magnificent road racing cars in the world. All 375 of them are ready to set out on yet...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
The noise! It took my breath away. A BMW M12 4-cylinder or Honda V-6 at around 10,000 rpm. Totally ear-splitting...
January 2007 Sunshine, Speed and a Surprise: The 1959 Grand Prix of the United States By Joel Finn In “Sunshine, Speed and a Surprise” author Joel Finn takes an extremely detailed look at the first USGP, held at Sebring in 1959, and the events that led up to it. The...
In several sections of this month’s issue, you’ll find coverage of just a small sampling of the constellation of events...
Quite a few younger folk seek me out and want to hear about how wonderful sports car racing was during...
Juan Manuel Fangio, called by the Argentinos “El Chueco” the bandy-legged one, is considered by many to have been the greatest Grand Prix driver in the world. Five times a world champion Fangio won his titles driving for Alfa Romeo (1951), Mercedes-Benz (1954–55), Ferrari (1956), and Maserati (1957). Like most...
Whether or not most of us realize it, a most unusual man is among us. Until the late ’50s, he...
September 2005 The Amazing Summer of ’55 By Eoin Young There is no logic why 1955 was destined to ring...
A shortish, miserable-looking man with a square moustache strutted into the room, his face non-committal, his uniform vaguely operatic. He had come to see what he had got for his money. He stopped in front of the silver racing car and scowled. A man in a business suit described the...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
On May 18, an impressive demonstration of historic racecars helped kick off the 2003 Mercedes-Benz Classic Days and the Mercedes-Benz...
Mercedes-Benz’ incredibly successful first half of the 20th century was going to be a really tough act to follow. Ritter von Stern immediately set the Stuttgart firm on the road to untold glory in 1900 by winning the touring car class of a race at Semmering, Austria, in a 28...
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