High quality footage of Ayrton Senna during his qualifying session for 1986 San Marino GP in a Lotus 98T, a powerhouse...
Onboard footage of Ayrton Senna pushing his Lotus 99T in Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo while on a qualifying run...
The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of Grand Prix Motor Racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and events with a special focus on the history of Formula 1. At its core is the Grand...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first...
Rarely in the history of motor racing was one person so revered as Ayrton Senna da Silva. From the start...
Howden Ganley As the calendar year moves into its second half, we come to what motor racing calls its “Silly Season,” when there arises lots of conjecture about who will drive for who in the next year or two. Actually, I think the silliest part of it is the name....
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s first of three Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championships. It was also McLaren’s 4th...
One of the most memorable events in the history of Donington Park, the rain-soaked 1993 European Grand Prix a quarter-century...
The Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, has announced that it hosted a record-breaking number of visitors from all over the world during 2017, the final total reaching the 100,000 milestone. Those attendees come from all over, with nearly a third coming from Europe, but significant numbers of visitors arriving...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in...
November 2017 Denis Jenkinson Alan Jones Photo: Pete Austin 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Championship at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones is born (1946). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Tony Hulman Jerry Titus Photo: Doug Stokes 1 Jeremy Dale, driving a Spice-Oldsmobile, wins the IMSA WSC race at Phoenix,...
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...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
The boys from Brazil just keep on coming: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and, since 2002, Felipe Massa. The others won eight Formula One World Championships between them, but even with 11 GP victories to his credit, Felipe hasn’t made it yet. He almost did in a 2008 mind...
Don Garlits Ayrton Senna Photo: Bury Mason 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin...
Some people do; some people don’t. Some people enjoy it; some people don’t. Driving in the rain, that is. Apart from being the title of two wonderful books—the real racing one by John Horsman, (Racing in the Rain) and the other (The Art of Racing in the Rain) “written” by...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were racing cars with identical engines. The idea for this low-budget formula was created by an Englishman named Geoffrey Clarke, who had a drivers school called Motor Racing Stables based at...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money,...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second seat at Ferrari and kept it for four years—no mean feat in itself—where he developed just the right blend of acquiescence and competitiveness to create a positive working relationship with...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars...
The 1987 season was my first year in Formula One. I had sponsorship from Lois jeans and Mr. Minardi offered me a drive in his team alongside Alessandro Nannini in the new Minardi M187. I appreciated that the Minardi wasn’t too competitive, but it was a start. The car was...
