After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950, with its first race the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
Winning the 1970 Monaco Formula Three race was seen as my ticket to a Grand Prix future. I’d made my...
The 24th Goodwood Festival of Speed, set for June 23-26, will celebrate the 100th Birthday of Bayerischen Motoren Werke, more...
The Goodwood Road Racing Club’s 73rd Members Meeting, took place last weekend and will likely be long remembered for a big accident involving former F1 and Le Mans winner Jochen Mass in a one-of-a-kind 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLS “Porter Special” owned by German collector Dr. Klaus Lehr. Although reports published...
James Hunt celebrated his 29th birthday on August 29, 1976 by taking his McLaren M23 to victory on the Dutch...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under...
Jeremy Houghton trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and the University of Provence. His formative years as an artist were spent in South Africa as Head of Fine Art at The International School of Cape Town. He returned to England and back to his roots to...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the Player’s 200 sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member &...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Paul Tracy James Hunt Photo: Maureen Magee 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race on...
Richard Petty Carl Haas 1 Chuck Daigh, driving a Lotus 19-Climax, wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at Mosport, Ontario, Canada (1963). 2 Henry Seagrave drives a Sunbeam to victory in the French Grand Prix at Tours (1923). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Patrick Head James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite drive an Alfa Romeo T33TT12 to victory...
John Watson Manfred von Brauchitsh 3 Manfred von Brauchitsh scores the Mercedes-Benz Type W25 debut victory by winning the Eifelrennen...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine” racecar is shipped from Harry Miller’s shop in Los Angeles, California, to Barney Oldfield in Chicago, Illinois (1917). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
James Hunt Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Bob Dunsmore 2 Bruce McLaren dies in a testing crash at Goodwood, England (1970). 4...
This September the McLaren Group will observe the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding by Bruce McLaren, but the entire...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The Mirage story is, in some ways, a rather complex one, in that the Mirage was a rare example of a well-known racing car that had not been developed consistently year...
Peter Gregg Dear Editor, I hope this note finds you well. Though I loved your magazine’s Hurley Haywood article, I’m even...
On the 40th anniversary of his 1976 World Championship season, James Hunt’s life will be celebrated during this year’s Masters...
McLaren Automotive will return to the Goodwood Festival of Speed next weekend, June 23-26, with a celebration of race wins and titles spanning more than five decades. McLaren will honor its drivers and championships with the ultimate expression of the Festival’s 2016 theme of “Full Throttle – The Endless Pursuit...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons...
In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
Having been fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the London Premiere of the movie McLaren, a wonderful tribute to Bruce McLaren and his many achievements, I then cast my mind back to the previous motor racing-based movies I have watched over the years. Like all cinematic productions, they vary...
When I attend race meetings, I am often sought by those collecting autographs. I think I must be on the...
Tazio Nuvolari James Hunt Photo: Dennis Gray 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
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...