Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting...
There comes a time, all too often in history, when there arrives the “end of an era,” and with the...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning...
1970 Nomad-BRM Mk3 After the war years in the UK, a certain Churchillian spirit prevailed, which left many with an upbeat feeling, believing there was no goal too great, no mountain too high to attempt. It was just a question of self-belief and tenacity. Indeed, in typical inspirational mode, Sir...
November 2017 Denis Jenkinson Alan Jones Photo: Pete Austin 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One...
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the...
Juan Manuel Fangio Biography Affectionately known as “bandy legs” by his many fans, Juan Manuel Fangio was born in Balcarce, Argentina the son of an Italian immigrant in 1911. After military service he opened his own garage and would race in local events. These “local” events were not the weekend...
You could have been forgiven if you thought the racing world were coming to an end on April 12th. That was the day it was announced that two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso would be forgoing this year’s Monaco Grand Prix, to make an attempt at the Indy 500,...
Louis Delage may have been born to a humble assistant station master and his wife in Cognac, France, in 1874,...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since...
1966 Lola T70 SL71/48 Proper warming up of components and attention paid to maintaining balance with the handling were the keys to enjoying the performance available from Lola’s first venture into Group 7 competition. Photo: Roger Dixon If there was a racing car that most of the great and the good...
In 1992, Tim Harvey won the British Touring Car Championship. His lengthy driving career has spanned three decades and he’s...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the Interserie race at Imola, Italy (1973). 5 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson drive a Mirage M1-Ford to victory in the 1000-kilometer sports car race at Spa, Belgium (1967). Become...
Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands...
Luigi Bazzi Biography He was called the soul of Ferrari. He had been there from the beginning and Enzo Ferrari recalled his...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed 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 Championship for Drivers, in the world’s most technically...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
Johnny of the ready smile and blonde hair was a motor racing shooting star who might have aspired to becoming the new Jim Clark. His rise to fame, however, came to a sudden—even if temporary—standstill after a horrendous 10-car, 150 mph Formula 3000 accident while driving Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Ford Cosworth...
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about always with the wrong team at the wrong time. He drove for some of the great names in the sport, like Renault and Lotus, but not when they were on...
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years...
Not only did Rubens win 11 Grands Prix, competing in more of them than any other driver, came 2nd in...
Formula 1: All the Races, 1950-2015 By Roger Smith With the Formula One World Championship celebrating its 65th year and 935 races by the concluding race of last season—the Abu Dhabi GP in November, 2015—some fans may be asking where and when did it all begin? This third edition of...
