Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
Engineer, racing driver, author, and motoring journalist Paul Frère died in Brussels on February 25 at the age of 91....
Performance perv that I am, I’m turned on by naked racecars. Even partially undressed ones. Lift an engine cover, unveil a shapely suspension arm, merely de-Dzus an access panel and I’m there, slavering. I simply groove on racing’s luscious secret places. Pete Lyons That’s probably one more reason I so...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss...
If I were to ask you to name an innovative, Italian sports car manufacturer, chances are good you would instinctively...
Racecar designers are sometimes accused of copying others’ ideas, but are they really “copy cats,” or is it a case of “great minds think alike?” Something worth examining, albeit there is evidence on both sides of the argument. In any case, if a designer sees that one of his rivals...
Imagine you are a designer in late 1952. One day you are sitting, staring out of the window, when your...
Enzo Ferrari telephoned his driver Peter Collins before the 1956 Grand Prix of Italy for one of “those” conversations. The...
When Lancia retired from racing in 1955, the team of Jano-designed D50s were handed over to Ferrari and formed the basis of the Scuderia’s F1 effort for the 1956 season. Drivers included team leader Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Musso and Peter Collins. Collins is depicted driving in the Belgian Grand...
Lancia D50 Car: Lancia D50 / Engine: 90º V8 / Maker: Lancia / Bore X Stroke: 73.6 X 73.1 mm /...
Lancia D50 VRJ European Editor Ed McDonough recently became the first journalist to seriously test a D50 of any type, original or recreation, and had many laps at a Silverstone test session in one of the most beautiful and charismatic of the all-time classics. In late May 1955, many newspapers...