HSCC unveils 2-liter sports-racing car series The golden era of 2-liter sports racing cars in the 1970s will be brought...
I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn’t have the permission of my father to...
2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the successful move John Surtees made from motorcycles to cars, and he remains the only person to have won World championships in both. Goodwood brought together a large selection of Surtees machinery in a very moving tribute to mark the occasion. The bikes ranged...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian...
Scottish racer, Bill Dobson, who passed away on October 13, 2008, was one of the first drivers to join David...
1972 Lotus 72D and 1986 Lotus 98T Emerson Fittipaldi drove Lotus 72 chassis 72/5 in no less than 39 races...
Today, I believe, drivers are arriving in Formula One far too early in their racing career. The top echelon of our sport is something they should aspire to, not arrive at due to the amount of money they can give a Formula One team, or by spending one year in...
The author found the Amon AF101 quite enjoyable to drive at Donington, now that it has been extensively developed—note particularly...
One of the things that comes up is a little record I am very proud of that there are only...
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...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop...
Gigi Villoresi. Jean-Marie Balestre.Photo: Ercole Colombo 1 Willi Kauhsen, driving the Bosch-sponsored Porsche 917/10, wins both heats of the Interserie...
If I asked you to pick a brand associated with high performance and motorsport, chances are good the name Volkswagen would not be one of the first names to pop into your head. Known as the “People’s car”—and forever linked to the bulbous but iconic “Bug” nee Beetle—by the 1960s,...
Assuming that somehow what racing really needs is another international Formula car class, the FIA recently announced plans to resurrect...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did...
Les Leston was born in 1920 named Alfred Lazarus Fingleston. He worked in the motor accessory business and was an accomplished drummer in the Clay Pigeons jazz band that included Belgian racer Johnny Claes. Leston’s racing career began in the late 1940s driving a Jaguar SS100, but he soon turned...
As a young mechanic Tony Robinson answered an ad for work with London’s Ray Martin Motors. Little did he know...
Belgian, Christian Vanhee, will challenge the Grand Prix Masters Series in a car that could qualify as the first Ron...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under his driving suit. Ex-public schoolboy irreverence that only partially sums up this deceptively talented, sophisticated and intelligent man. He personified that much overworked term charisma, but he was also an...
Mike Earle started his career with Derek Bell and Church Farm Racing. Over the years he has had a hand...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
One of the best cars I have driven is the Alfa Romeo 155 V-6 Ti which I used to compete in the Deutsche Tourenwagen-Meisterschaft and International Touring Car race series in the 1990s. I drove for the TV Spielfilm and the Jas racing teams. It gave me victories, pole positions,...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
Prices are based on an average of values submitted by our panel of expert consultants who this month include: Jack...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost, though limited for our test drive, is still available to pump out extremely usable power.Photo: Pete Austin When taking a first look at the subject car for a Profile feature...
Tony Marsh left nothing to chance during his long motor racing career. Indeed, he tried the whole gamut the sport...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
We called it the “Bruce and Denny Show,” and it was total dominance of the Can-Am Championship by McLaren Cars from 1967 to 1971, during which they won 43 of the series’ 71 races, 23 of them consecutively. It was an astounding performance in which New Zealander Bruce McLaren won...
