Have you ever stopped to add up all of the different driver nationalities in motor racing and perhaps spotted a...
Innes Ireland Willy MairessePhoto: Daniel Paris 1 Belgian F1 and sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born (1928). 2 Ted...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars will be gathering for what promises to be a unique and stirring event at Donington Park in the UK. The weekend of May 18–20 is when GPLive brings together the...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
Alain Prost John Surtees 5 Sir Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed Record of 256.086 mph...
Former F1 driver and constructor Guy Ligier has died at the age of 85. Although he contested only a dozen races during his three seasons as an F1 driver, posting a best finish of 6th in the 1967 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Ligier subsequently founded the team that...
Rick Mears Alain Prost 1 John Surtees drives a Ferrari 312 to victory in the nonchampionship Syracuse Grand Prix in...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story...
Alain ProstPhoto: Maureen Magee Mike SpencePhoto: John Fenning Collection 1 Ivor Bueb wins the 1500-cc sports car race at Brands Hatch, England, driving a Copper-Climax (1955). 3 Brian Redman drives a Chevrolet-powered Lola T-600 to victory in the 100-mile IMSA sports car race at Laguna Seca, California (1981) Become a...
Gilles Villeneuve Al Unser Jr. 1 Jacky Ickx and Dr. Dick Thompson win the 1000 Km of Spa, Belgium, in...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
I first became interested in Formula One when my husband took me to the Monaco Grand Prix in 1982—the race in which there were several lead changes in the last laps and Ricardo Patrese was surprised to learn he had won when he crossed the finish line! We have since...
September 2008 Abarth–The Man, The Machines By Luciano Greggio As outlined in this month’s feature article (pg. 52), over the...
In the Brazilian Grand Prix at Jacarepagua, April 7, 1985, Alain Prost was able to charge up from the third...
One of the most memorable events in the history of Donington Park, the rain-soaked 1993 European Grand Prix a quarter-century ago, will be celebrated at this year’s Donington Historic Festival, set for May 4, 5 and 6 at the Derby circuit. That race was won, of course, by Ayrton Senna...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about...
November 2016 FITZ: My Life At The Wheel By John Fitzpatrick John Fitzpatrick started racing in a Mini 850 and ended up in a Porsche 956B. In between he drove a variety of Ford Anglias, Escorts and Capris, the occasional Ferrari 250 LM, a couple of BMW 2800 CS and...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its...
November 2016 • Legendary racecar mechanic Bob Skinner has passed away at the age of 74. Together with his partner Tom Jobe, Skinner provided Hogan-Starr Racing with a McLaren M10B-Chevrolet that John Cannon drove to the Formula 5000 championship in 1970. Prior to that, Bob and Tom had earned near-mythical...
Inclement weather had battered and bruised England during the early summer months, leaving people wondering how Goodwood’s Festival of Speed...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since 1993 when Alain Prost quit the Williams team. So, how many times have we been without the current champion? The easy answer is four, but it depends on the precise...
By the time this column is read, the second anniversary of the passing of Tom Walkinshaw will have come and...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
Jochen Rindt Henri Pescarolo 2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson drives a March 722 to victory in the European F2 Championship race at Thruxton, England (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
McLaren Automotive will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed next weekend, June 23-26, with a celebration of race wins...
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