Mario Andretti Biography Mario Andretti was born in Montona, Italy, on February 28, 1940, just three months before Mussolini worked...
We posed the question two issues back, “Who are the two Americans who would have been most likely to succeed...
Janet Guthrie Carlos Pace 1 NASCAR racer Dave Marcis is born (1941). 2 Sports car racer Nino Vacarella is born (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most...
Jean Behra Gordon Johncock 2 Jean Behra dies in an accident during the German Grand Prix at Avus (1959). 4...
John Surtees Barney Oldfield 1 Jim Clark wins his third straight USGP at Watkins Glen, New York, this time driving...
February 2001 Oversteer By Ken Vose Originally released in 1992 and now back in print, Oversteer is Ken Vose’s first novel, which combines the world of modern Formula 1 racing with a good, old-fashioned mystery. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Robert Benoist Björn Waldegård 3 First race held at Monza, Italy, a Grand Prix Voiturette race, is won by Pietro...
The whoosh of a turbine became a familiar sound at the Brickyard during the 1960s, and albeit briefly, in Formula...
Jim Hall Enzo Ferrari 1 Daytona International Speedway opens for practice (1959). 3 Jim Hall wins the first United States Road Racing Championship race at Daytona, Florida, USA (1963). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
What do the following all have in common: Mario Andretti, Jim Clark, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Nigel Mansell and...
In my last column, I cited the Connew as one of my favorite stories in motor racing. The Connew PC1...
Lyn St. James Alex Zanardi 3 F1 and sports car racer Andrea de Adamich is born (1941). 3 Two-time CART Champ Car champion Allesandro “Alex” Zanardi is born (1969). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited...
I think I would point to three big moments in my past career, in addition to what I am doing...
Bernd Rosemeyer Ferdinand Porsche 6 Chris Amon wins the Pukekoke, New Zealand, Tasman Cup race (1968). 7 Gioacchini Colombo joins...
Derek Bell Andrea de Adamich 1 The Lancia Fulvia 1.6 is homologated for rallying (1969). 2 The first post-WWII road race in the United States is run through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York (1948). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
You know, I had the experience of working with some great teams and on some “interesting” projects. For example, I...
December 2003 Lotus 72—Formula One Icon By Michael Oliver In the current era of Formula One, today’s frontrunners will be...
Pedro Rodriguez A.J. Foyt 1 FIA declares there can be sponsorship on cars participating in racing they sanction, provided the sponsor’s logo is no larger than one square foot (1968). 2 Pedro Rodriguez wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Parnelli Jones By 1973, we had a great Indy car team and had won 53 Indy car races. As a result, Firestone, who was a major sponsor for us, wanted us to enter Formula One with Mario Andretti as our driver. So we went over to England and hired Maurice...
August 2004 Champions Forever—The Formula One Drivers This 2002 DVD was originally titled the more lurid “Quick and the Dead”...
Jackie Oliver Nigel Mansell 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a crash during practice for...
I remember the 1968 Oulton Park Gold Cup Race very well because it was my first Formula 1 drive, and Oulton Park was a circuit I knew very well from previous years in F3. We went there, and I qualified on the third row, next to Oliver in the Lotus...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
1967 Ferrari 312 Chassis 0007 After the smaller 1.5-liter Grand Prix cars of 1961–’65, the return to a larger engine...
I guess I have done most types of motorsport at one time or another…trials, sprints, rallies, hill-climbs and races. I won the British Hill-Climb Championship three times running in the 1950s, and that was the first time that anyone had achieved that particular feat. That was with an ex-Peter Collins...
The last car ends its cool-off lap, sending one last snap of delicious sound echoing away across the raceway. This...
Barney Oldfield Nanni Galli Clay Regazzoni Gunar Nilsson Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
I drove the McLaren F1 with the Alfa Romeo engine. It had the same problem that the Alfa Tipo 33 had…weight. With that car, we could have done well even with less power than the Cosworth, and very well with the same power except for the weight. When I drove...