The Woodcote Cup; Goodwood, September 27, 1952. Tires smoking, the two works B.R.M.’s shoot off at the start. Nearest the...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know that accepting the position would lead him to work on the Cooper-Alta being built for Stirling Moss, which would, in turn, lead to a lifetime of motorsport with the likes...
December 2007 Alfa Romeo Argentina By Christián Bertschi & Estanislao Iacona With nearly a 100-year continuous history, it may come...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC—it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited” series. Although...
The British Grand Prix; Silverstone, June 20, 1963. Graham Hill really trying hard with his BRM 57 absolutely on the limit. Good as both car and driver were, they were no match for Jim Clark and a Lotus 25. Hill finished 3rd after running out of fuel on the last...
Last Month, Mike Jiggle spoke with mechanic-turned-designer Tony Robinson about his early days in motorsport with Stirling Moss and the...
Peter Brock Alan Jones 1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson. Nevertheless, he should also be remembered—in the words of Nick Jordan, mechanic to Gunnar’s rival Tony Brise in Formula Atlantic—as “one of the...
As touched upon in this month’s interview with one-time BRM (British Racing Motors) team manager Tim Parnell, the Bourne-based Grand...
March 2008 American Road Racing 1948-1950 By Joel Finn A heavy package arrived addressed to me the other day. I...
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...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived...
Moss at His Best When it was announced in 1958 that the capacity limit for Formula One would change from 2.5 liters to 1.5 liters for the 1961 season, many constructors thought the changes would never be implemented and that the “lack of power” from smaller engines would not be...
It’s always difficult to look back and decide what was your greatest race, circuit, moment, or any other of those...
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 22, 1966. Jackie Stewart at the Loews Hairpin on his way to a...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer of the sports car races at Le Mans. This would be in July 1956. I was invited to go to the Le Mans 24 Hour race because I could speak...
I first became aware of ERAs in 1945, and their special significance to British motor sport, together with their originator...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
ex-Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1 The 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill did not learn that most of the important...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and CASC, and quickly became known as the “unlimited” series....
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British driver ever to win it. He first appeared at Goodwood in 1952 as a comparatively unknown and amazed everyone by driving this very, very quick Cooper-Bristol, and became a star...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
At the tender age of 15, John Fenning started his racing career competing in small, 500-cc racecars, like many postwar...
1967 Brabham BT24-Repco Sometimes all your birthdays and Christmases come at once. Shaking down the BT24 on Australia’s legendary Phillip Island circuit revealed it to be a nimble, responsive and forgiving beast. Photo: Casey Annis Picture the scene: It is February 2006 and the Vintage Racecar team has gathered at the...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
The son of eminent sculptor Jacob Epstein, Jackie was born in 1934 into an unorthodox family. The offspring of an...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss at the wheel. I remember seeing the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, the track just outside Liverpool, England, the first time the Grand Prix had been held at a...