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...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory and cemented his name in motorsport folklore. It was Sunday April 21 and the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix. Behind the wheel of a Lotus 97T was Ayrton...
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...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s first of three Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championships. It was also McLaren’s 4th Constructors’ Championship win and their most dominant season ever with the McLaren MP4/4 winning 15 of the 16 races. To honor this anniversary, artist Paul Chenard has created a unique acrylic on...
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...
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...
Tony Hulman Jerry Titus Photo: Doug Stokes 1 Jeremy Dale, driving a Spice-Oldsmobile, wins the IMSA WSC race at Phoenix, Arizona, giving Oldsmobile the IMSA Manufacturers Championship (1994). 2 Ted Horn, driving a Horn-Offenhauser, wins the AAA Championship race on the dirt oval in Dallas, Texas (1947). Access to the...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to 2nd place by lap 19. As the rain began to fall more heavily, he was reeling in leader Alain Prost by three seconds per lap. The race was stopped at...
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...
Don Garlits Ayrton Senna Photo: Bury Mason 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 3 Nobuhiko Kawamoto, Honda F1 engine designer and later Honda President and CEO, is born (1936). Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
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...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of my even being interested in the sport. As my mother one day said to me, “It’s not as if you’ll ever take part.” How wrong she was! From the glamor...
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...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money, or was bored with retirement, but whatever the reasons he certainly believed that McLaren could do the job. Above all, he felt sure he could. I think the real story...
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...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
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...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at Riverside, California, but his race ends after five laps, with engine failure. Denny Hulme drives a Team McLaren M8D-Chevrolet to the win (1970). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land...
