Portraits are a new and unexpected direction for Jonathan Carter. Until recently, historic cars had been the sole focus of...
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The 1987 season was my first year in Formula One. I had sponsorship from Lois jeans and Mr. Minardi offered...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
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). Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Walter Hayes Jim Clark 1 Count Eliot Zborowski killed in accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France (1903). 1 Moises Solana wins the USRRC race in Mexico City, Mexico (1968). Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
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...
Rarely in the history of motor racing was one person so revered as Ayrton Senna da Silva. From the start...
As I write this column in late April, the mass media is full of stories about Ayrton Senna. I must...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up Ayrton was an awkward child and was later diagnosed as having a motor...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to...
Hundreds of enthusiasts attended the Donington Grand Prix Collection on May 1st to witness circuit owner Tom Wheatcroft and his...
High quality footage of Ayrton Senna during his qualifying session for 1986 San Marino GP in a Lotus 98T, a powerhouse producing over 1000hp in its qualifying configuration....
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
This acrylic on canvas painting depicts one of the most famous and iconic racing cars of all time. The JPS Lotus 98T chassis 004 was Ayrton Senna’s racecar for the latter part of the classic 1986 Formula 1 season. The car’s debut was at the last Grand Prix to be held...
1972 Lotus 72D and 1986 Lotus 98T Emerson Fittipaldi drove Lotus 72 chassis 72/5 in no less than 39 races...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
Just as we went to press last month, we heard the tragic news of Dan Wheldon’s fatal accident in the season-ending Indycar race at Las Vegas. While I didn’t know Wheldon—or even follow his career very closely—I found his death profoundly saddening. Not to sound callous, but I was a...
Harry Miller Keke Rosberg 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since...
Ask any F1 enthusiast to name Ayrton Senna’s greatest achievements and the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park is sure to feature. In an underpowered McLaren MP4/8-Cosworth, he surged from 5th to 1st on the opening lap of the wet race and after no less than five pit stops...
The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second...
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...
