Villa D’Este, Italy May 24-26, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
This year’s 22nd Vernasca Silver Flag Hillclimb in Northern Italy, where passion and desire culminate in dreams of historic racing...
Maranello, Italy, November 1979. The introduction of the new Ferrari 312/T5 at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. Standing behind the new car are (left to right) chief designer Mauro Forghieri, Gilles Villeneuve, Team Manager Marco Piccinini, Enzo Ferrari and Jody Scheckter. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member &...
Brescia-Rome-Brescia, Italy May 13–17, 2009 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Viva Veloce! was an apt slogan for the 18th Goodwood Festival of Speed on the first weekend of July as...
A 2004 Ferrari F360 for €20,000, anyone? Or, if you prefer something a little more vintage: a 1985 328 GTB for the same price, perhaps? In fact, you could have pretty well any Ferrari you wanted for between €20,000 and €50,000. Imagine if you will, a 312 Scaglietti for €50,000...
The man who facilitated Danny Sullivan’s rise to motor racing stardom has died of cancer at his home in Milan,...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
The Alfa Romeo museum at Arese, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, has been placed under official supervision, the first step in a process that would make it part of Italy’s cultural heritage. The move has been requested by the Arese municipality, which feared the Fiat Group, to which Alfa...
Brescia-Rome-Brescia, Italy May 16-19, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Ercole Spada started his design career with Carozzeria Zagato in 1960.Photo: David Gooley Artists and artisans have called Italy home for millennia, with pursuit of the arts a natural activity for countless Italians inspired by the natural beauty all around them. One with such a destiny arrived on July 26,...
1981 Ralt RT3. Photo: Peter Collins If you were racing a Formula Three car between late 1979 to the end of...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
Photo: Kary Jiggle Like many of the established marques in motoring and motor racing Aston Martin has had many ups and downs throughout its time, any one of which could have easily put it out of business. This is especially so from its earliest days. What is fascinating is the...
The history of Automobili Lamborghini is one that almost parallels the success of post-World War II Italy itself, and is...
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around...
May 25-27, 2012 Lake Como, Italy 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 ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner products....
The 1971 season saw the arrival of the BRM P160. It won the Austrian and Italian Grands Prix in the...
Mike Lawrence Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives...
1952 Lancia Aurelia B50Photo: Peter Collins On a rare sunny day in late spring, on empty roads in Wiltshire, this car was a complete delight. It handled well, was very comfortable, had plenty of interior space and went well enough. So it should have done, it’s a Lancia, derived from...
It appears that Monza, home of the Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix of Italy for the last 65 years,...
Two major exhibitions opened recently in “Motorland,” as the locals often call Modena, the unofficial home of Italy’s high-performance racers...
Monza, Italy October 30-31, 2004 Harry Leventis had two good races in his 4-liter Ferrari P4, an ex-Rodriguez car. Photo: Peter Collins 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...
The Tazio Nuvolari Museum in Mantua, Italy, has closed. It is supposed to open again at some time in the...
Vernasca, Italy June 24–25, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Italy and the world lost one of the most accomplished stylists of all time in early July, when Sergio Pininfarina...
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy July 10–11, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made their very distinct contribution to the colorful playboy image that some aspects of motor racing projected before the Second World War and immediately after it. For the 1958 British Grand...