When Rod Millen hit the starter on his custom-designed and built four-wheel drive, four-rotor 1985 Mazda RX7 the explosion made...
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The 1988 season was one of those years when I was truly up against it, my wife was pregnant with...
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the inauguration of the modern Formula One World Championship in 1950, there have been many occasions when the governing rules of competition have been stretched, or even broken, by entrants. From...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to...
Uli Ehret’s latest watercolor artwork shows the Group C Toyota T87C—a racecar designed and built by Dome—roaring past the pits...
(Chassis #Z1058301) Vintage Racecar’s Siamese Twin, Vintage Roadcar, features a monthly column, “By Design,” inked by automotive and industrial designer Raffi Minasian. Minasian inherited his obsession from his father and by early childhood was thoroughly consumed by all objects with engines and wheels. The duo owned a long string of...
Way back in 1973 the actor Orson Wells, chosen for his deep and imposing voice, appeared on commercial television as...
I grew up designing on a drawing board, right to the end of my time in motor racing, and I’m...
Lifting an inside wheel around a right-hand sweeper, the Rover gets its racing legs stretched despite the test day’s chilly ambient temperatures.Photo: Jeff Bloxham The British motor industry has had a rather checkered history since it began in the late 19th century. At its zenith there were between 150 and...
During the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch on October 6, 1985, Nigel Mansell leaves a shower of sparks from...
The 1987 season was my first year in Formula One. I had sponsorship from Lois jeans and Mr. Minardi offered...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost, though limited for our test drive, is still available to pump out extremely usable power.Photo: Pete Austin When taking a first look at the subject car for a Profile feature...
Primarily, my racing with BMW was through Teddy Mayer and McLaren, as BMW and McLaren had been partners in a...
1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these changes are...
1982 Martini MK37. Photo: Mike Jiggle Automobiles Martini tasted success in the French Formula Three Championship on a regular basis. Race wins and championship success were commonplace for cars designed and manufactured by “Tico” Martini and his loyal team. Race victories around the streets of Monte Carlo were common too, with...
Young Brazilian Nelson Piquet drove his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth to his first Formula One victory in Long Beach on...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
Mike Lawrence We are seeing some quite extraordinary prices paid for certain cars, and some people have recalled the late 1980s when prices shot through the roof. Then the bubble burst and, in its wake, so did bankruptcies, court cases and at least one suicide. This time, however, I think...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
In all my career, the very best cars I ever drove were the 1986 Benetton B186-BMW and the 1987 Ferrari F1/87 V6. Both cars had the really big turbo power, the big rear wheels, and went like rockets. They were so fast they were nearly uncontrollable, but I liked those...
I couldn’t quite pinpoint why, during the research and writing of this profile, that I kept hearing the Lennon/McCartney hit...
Sebring, March 21, 1981. The grid for the 12 Hours pulls out for the warmup lap, led by the fastest qualifier, the Porsche 935K3-80 of defending IMSA champion John Fitzpatrick and co-driver Jim Busby, but in the end its gearbox would let them down. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Access...
1985 Audi Quattro E2 Simply put, when the Audi Quattro appeared, it immediately had its detractors. The immense power output...
This acrylic on canvas painting depicts one of the most famous and iconic racing cars of all time. The JPS Lotus...
A professional racing driver’s performance is indelibly linked to the performance of a racing car he likes. I have been fortunate to have driven two such cars in Formula One, the first car I drove in a Grand Prix, a Tyrrell 018, and the last Ferrari I drove, the 412T2....
1972 Lotus 72D and 1986 Lotus 98T Emerson Fittipaldi drove Lotus 72 chassis 72/5 in no less than 39 races...
1988 Jaguar XJR9 & 1991 Jaguar XJR12 Almost all of Jaguar’s competition effort in the post-war period became directed at a...
I have driven most types of racing car from Formula Ford to Formula One and from the best in sports cars to that Volvo Estate car in the British Touring Car Championship. I have been asked about that car on many occasions. As a professional racing driver, sometimes to remain...
