Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its...
Not long after making the ridiculous decision to start this magazine back in 1998, I made a trip over to...
Martin OgilviePhoto: Ogilvie Collection Martin Ogilvie is a rare example of someone who knew all along what he wanted to be when he grew up, and who managed to make his mark in the upper echelons of motor sports with a single organization over a dozen years. That vocation was...
Michael Andretti Al UnserPhoto: Jim Hatfield 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Allen Berg Allen Berg began racing as most do, in karts, and soon progressed up the ladder to Formula Ford...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire 2013 season will be part of the festivities as McLaren celebrates its serial successes in a wide variety of motor sport forms. Since contesting their first Grand Prix at Monaco...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful...
Ask any F1 enthusiast to name Ayrton Senna’s greatest achievements and the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington Park is...
Alberto Ascari Ayrton SennaPhoto: Maureen Magee 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987)....
Portraits are a new and unexpected direction for Jonathan Carter. Until recently, historic cars had been the sole focus of his attention—simply because he loves them. His paintings often include partially hidden quotes or extracts taken from articles about a particular car or race, which gives him the perfect excuse...
Greenwood Corvettes Dear Editor, I commend you and John Zimmermann on your Greenwood article “Twisting in the Wind,” your research...
Martin BrundlePhoto: Mike Jiggle In 1982, BP took me to F3 full-time. I finished 2nd in my first F3 race...
Jo Siffert Ayrton Senna 1 Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in Victoria, Australia (1987). 4 Wendell Scott becomes the first African-American to race on the NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) circuit when he races at Piedmont International...
The Toleman TG184-Hart, chassis 02, with which Ayrton Senna made his first big splash in Formula One, is currently on...
Jimmy Bryan Ayrton SennaPhoto: Bury Mason 4 Colin McCrae and Derek Ringer win the Acroplis Rally in a Subaru Impreza...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912). 3 George Follmer wins the SCCA Trans-Am race at Riverside, California in an AMC Javelin (1971). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at...
The 1987 season was my first year in Formula One. I had sponsorship from Lois jeans and Mr. Minardi offered...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars should move to a closed-cockpit configuration. While it may seem a minor—or perhaps even obvious—decision, it is not without controversy. Looking over just the last 30 or so years of...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the discussion continues in this month’s conclusion, as Judd explains how he became an engine manufacturer and talks about his interactions with motor sport luminaries such as Ken Tyrrell and Tom...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money,...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
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...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Some people do; some people don’t. Some people enjoy it; some people don’t. Driving in the rain, that is. Apart...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin Crabbe, it will be in this book, a most personal account of apparently everything that ever happened to him. And, of course, he led a full life, the arc of...