Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
So what do you do if you’re a leading pulmonologist, at a National Cancer Research hospital, and you can’t find a decent head gasket for your vintage racecar? Well, you make your own. As surprising as that may sound, that was exactly the situation that Dr. Mordy Dunst found himself...
Situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the sleepy market town streets of Bourne came alive to the sound...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
King George V thought it was very funny. “You’re late, my boy,” he guffawed. The world’s fastest human being had tried to get to Buckingham Palace on time for his own investiture, but he turned up half an hour late. He had been delayed by a slow goods train huffing...
Millenove ALFA ROMEO 1900 By H.-J. Döhren This compendium, published in English and German, represents the most detailed documentation of...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers and road cars. One quietly commemorates the heated competition between Ferrari and Maserati cars on the race tracks of the world in days gone by, while the other honors one...
The annual support race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most important events in all...
Sicily. Discuss. Well, it’s an island, it has, shall we say, a fearsome reputation and it was once home to...
• Tim Wardrop, who was Arie Luyendyk’s race engineer when the Dutchman set the all-time one- and four-lap speed records at Indianapolis of 237.492mph and 236.986mph, respectively, in 1996, has died at the age of 62 following a long illness. British-born Wardrop worked as a mechanic with the Williams, McLaren...
• RM Auctions announced that its annual London Battersea sale generated £14,266,030 ($23,039,638) in sales with 84 percent of total...
Orazio Satta and Giuseppi Busso had joined Alfa Romeo as designers in 1938 and 1939 and worked together on everything...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this car was a complete delight. It handled well, was very comfortable, had plenty of interior space and went well enough. So it should have done, it’s a Lancia, derived from...
VR: How did you first get bitten by the “bug”? Drew Alcazar is president and founder of Russo & Steele Auctions....
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Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Alleggerita By Tony Adriaensens, Patrick Dasse & Martin Übelher First published in 1993, Adriaensens’ Alleggerita became the definitive text for...
U.S. Presidential election fever hit Goodwood, and the Revival candidate was none other than Dan Gurney. Posters, pin badges and...
When Enzo Ferrari began building cars under his own name in 1947 he built racecars, satisfying a pent up desire he harbored through the war years to return to competition on his own terms as soon as possible following the hostilities. To those who knew him, this was not unexpected...
I don’t know if it was coincidence or not, but at least a half dozen times—throughout the course of this...
The 10th annual The Quail—A Motorsports Gathering, proved another resounding success with a sellout crowd of 3,000 guests in attendance...
The California Mille, America’s salute to Italy’s most famous open road race, The Mille Miglia, returns for its 23rd year, continuing the celebrated tradition of spirited driving in vintage sports cars on scenic back roads. Some 70 teams are expected to participate, driving a wide variety of classic machines over...
Five of these cars were built for racing in 1938—one uniquely for Le Mans—essentially derived from a road-going version of...
Fluent in six languages, tall, with regular features set off by an immaculately clipped goatee beard and moustache, Jo Bonnier...
Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Chronograph Produced in honor of the prestigious Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, this 42.4-mm mechanical, self-winding chronograph is water resistant to 50 meters and features an exhibition back, sapphire crystal and perforated Barenia leather strap. Also offered is a limited edition version (500 examples)...
Starting in 1954, Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo launched a series of small, affordable sports cars based around its all-alloy, 1300-cc,...
