In the days before data logging transformed our sport into a science, the judge of all things was the simple...
I’ve spoken here, on several occasions, about the numerous unfulfilled rumors that have swirled through Formula One over the years,...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best at what he put his mind to. It was an overriding characteristic of his makeup. There are a lot of intelligent people who have the ability to do certain things,...
There has been much rejoicing over the return to F1 next year of Team Lotus and I cannot understand what...
Michele Alboreto Photo: Maureen Magee Emerson Fittipaldi Photo: Keith Booker 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the...
New race courses keep blinking onto our radar screens, which seems like a good thing until they turn up on our TV screens. Or at least on mine. For me, the new breed of supercircuits mostly invokes disappointment and, worse, boredom. There are exceptions. Even on TV, which tends to...
Jean Sage, who headed up Renault’s original factory effort in Formula One, has died at the age of 68 at...
1970 De Tomaso 505-Cosworth The De Tomaso drew much admiration from the crowds at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo:...
Many car enthusiasts appreciate and collect fine watches. This should not be surprising as it mirrors their passion for both finer things and mechanical pieces. I have noticed this trend over the last 19 years as a purveyor of fine automotive memorabilia in Toronto. I cannot tell you how many...
Following my initial foray into motor racing, I soon found I needed money, money, and more money. There were many...
This exquisitely done painting depicts Juan Manuel Fangio, the five-time Formula One World Champion, finishing 5th in the 1956 Mille...
November 2009 Canadian Hidden Treasures Dear Editor, I enjoyed your recent “Hidden Treasures” article on Roy Hayman. There are of course more things he has done, including converting Horst Kroll’s old Lola to a Frisbee look-alike. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
Peter Collins Jacques Lafitte Photo: Mike Jiggle 5 Grand Prix and Le Mans winner Louis Rosier is born in Chapdes-Beaufort,...
I’ve had a dream, one of the rare ones I remember clearly and can’t stop thinking about. That must mean...
While we don’t necessarily want to become a facilitator for YouTube, even if the company does appear to be investing in the sport with its support of the new USF1 team, it’s hard to resist pointing out that a nice trilogy of clips from the 1957 running of the 12...
Australian racing legend Frank Gardner died on August 29 after a long illness. He was 78. Gardner was not only...
Enzo Ferrari telephoned his driver Peter Collins before the 1956 Grand Prix of Italy for one of “those” conversations. The...
It seems that we may have had the last Grand Prix at Silverstone. There was a time when I lived nearby and, in 1983, I reported on every meeting. At a Saturday “clubbie” I was the whole press corps and a tenth of the crowd. It remains my most enjoyable...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
Losing a child is one of the harshest agonies of life, and even people who don’t personally know John and...
October 2009 Fast Ladies By Jean-Françoise Bouzanquet Women play the most crucial role in human life as mothers of us all, and many have enjoyed starring roles as monarchs throughout history, but too many have lived lives subservient to their men. In racing, however, this reality ensures that a woman...
A new organization, Historic Motorsports Productions, is seeking to raise the game of vintage and historic racing in North America...
Once upon a time it was not unusual to find American constructors on Grand Prix entry lists… With February’s announcement...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he grew up in a country that banned racing when he was four years old, and then overcame a seemingly endless succession of debilitating accidents behind the wheel of competition cars...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the...
John Watson was one of those rare beasts: an Irish Grand Prix winner. It was a feat pulled off by...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula 3—a championship I stayed in for about four or five years. Formula Three was a good experience for me and my team, Euroracing. In 1977 we won the European F3...
People have often expressed surprise that the Indianapolis 500 was included in the World Championship, between 1950 and 1960. For...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
The Automobile Club de Monaco has announced that the seventh Grand Prix Monaco Historique has been scheduled for May 8–9, 2010. The event will precede the 68th Grand Prix de Monaco by two weeks in order to allow both groups ample time to access the paddock area of the circuit...
