Achille Varzi, in the Alfa Romeo 158 “Alfetta”, set the 2nd fastest time for Heat 1 behind the Alfa 158...
Achille Varzi was the opposite of his capricious nemesis Tazio Nuvolari, who was steeped in instinctive talent. Varzi was a...
Achille Varzi Biography The mist rose from the wet track as the famous 44 year old racing driver, immaculate both in his dress and his driving, sped along the Bremgarten track in his 158 Alfa Romeo during practice for the forthcoming 1948 Swiss and European Grand Prix. It was July...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
The story of the Alfa Romeo 158 is packed with heroes, starting with its designer, Gioacchino Colombo. He submitted his...
Patrick Depailler “Lofty” England 1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda suffers life-threatening burns when he crashes his Ferrari (1976). 2 Brian Redman wins the IMSA sports car race at Portland, Oregon, in a Lola T600 (1981). Become a Member &...
It’s wrong to call Baconin Borzacchini the “eternal second,” as some motor sport historians do. Sure, he came 2nd in...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
Photo: Alejandro Ibanez The man who scored Ferrari’s very first Formula One World Championship victory, Argentinian Jose Froilan Gonzalez, has died at the age of 90 in Buenos Aires. Gonzalez, nicknamed the Pampas Bull for his physical presence and his muscular driving style, made his F1 debut in 1950 at...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
John Zeitler Nigel Mansell Photo: Maureen Magee 2 Emerson Fittipaldi, driving a Penske PC-18, wins the CART Budweiser Cleveland Grand Prix at the Burke Lake Front Airport in Cleveland, Ohio (1989). 4 John Zeitler, driving a Zeitler, wins the first ever Formula Super Vee race, held at Lime Rock, Connecticut...
Rene Arnoux Achille Varzi 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, is born in Japan...
Chris Amon Lance Reventlow 2 Achille Varzi dies in a low-speed accident while practicing in the rain at Bremgarten for...
Luigi Musso acclimates himself to the cockpit of his Maserati 300S prior to the start of the 1955 Grand Prix of Bari.Photo: Maserati Archive A rather prickly young man from Rome, Luigi Musso had all the qualities of a great champion, but he was killed before he could become one....
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands...
John Fitch Tony Adamowicz 2 Tony Adamowicz, racer and founding vice president of the Polish Racing Drivers Association, is born (1941). 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Harry Miller Tony Adamowicz 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
In 1980, people laughed when they heard Audi was developing a four-wheel-drive rally car. Hadn’t Ford tried that with their Capri 10 years earlier and drawn a blank? But the detractors stopped laughing when an Audi Quattro won the 1981 Janner Rally in Austria by 20 minutes. And they were...
German racer Paul Pietsch, the last surviving driver of the prewar Silver Arrows era and the oldest living Grand Prix...
Silver Arrows Grand Prix Drivers The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union were formidable to say the least. The...
It has become a given that a driver’s main rival is his teammate and I have been pondering when this idea emerged. There have been instances of teammates being very close friends and the late Chris Nixon celebrated the bond between Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins in his superb book,...
You know the eternal pub debate about who is the greatest driver ever, or which was the greatest drive? I’m...
The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of...
The name Alfetta is still one that makes any red-blooded Italian motor sport fan throw out his chest with pride. It is the name of a series of 1500 cc, 8-cylinder, supercharged Alfa Romeo 158 and 159 racing cars that dominated the sport from the late ‘30s until the end...
Whether you are a fan of Formula One or not, it was hard to not read about the recent Bahrain...