Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
David Purley was a hero you have probably never even heard of, but a hero he most certainly was. If...
As probably the most successful designer/builder of racing cars, Ron Tauranac was celebrated at a historic race meeting at Eastern...
Professor Gordon Murray, the renowned automotive designer and engineer, was presented with a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by...
After several years away from Silverstone, the FIA Historic Formula One Championship (HFO) is returning to the Northamptonshire circuit in...
Frank Falkner got me into racing way back when, he was my mentor who lived in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, and was the father of my school friend. So, I think I knew Frank from when I was around 10 years old. To give him his proper title, it’s...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950 with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Fifty years is quite a long time, in politics or any other activity. In motor racing, though, 50-year anniversaries seem...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motor sports: the...
I have been quoted as saying that I didn’t much like the Tommy Atkins Cooper-Maserati. Now, I don’t know if I was right about that, but I do remember some of its characteristics pretty well. The power range was about a 1,000 revs, maybe 1,200 maximum, and that meant it...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the...
I made my first visit to the Silverstone circuit in the 1960s. It was just a mission of curiosity at...
Photo Gallery from the June 13-14, 2019, FIA Masters Formula One races at Mt. Tremblant, Canada...
Deep inside Hunter Valley Wine Country of New South Wales (NSW) lives a very interesting automotive treasure-seeker. By day Aaron...
Author found the King Cobra to be a rewarding handfularound Sonoma Raceway. The late ’50s and early ’60s were a...
Our South Pacific Editor, Patrick Quinn, recently caught up with ex-British Motor Corporation works driver John Sprinzel in Sydney, while John was on a brief visit to Australia. John Sprinzel What brings you to Australia, John? Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the...
Jack was born on April 2, 1926, and I think it’s appropriate that we all wish him a happy birthday....
Someone once said that Indy car drivers would be lost if they had to turn right as well as left. They also said that at Le Mans they’d never find their behinds with both hands when it got dark or if it rained. Obviously, they never met Lloyd Ruby. During...
Onboard footage of Niki Lauda in a Brabham BT46 during the 1978 Belgian Grand Prix....
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, beginning the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
Women drivers in Formula One are rare indeed. Since the start of the F1 World Championship in 1950, only five...
It is an unfortunate fact of life that as we age, so we lose more and more friends to the ravages of time. As I sat in the church at the funeral of John Surtees—listening to the wonderful tributes from his daughters Leonora and Edwina, as well as a most...