Only four names come to mind when one recalls which drivers have driven their self-constructed cars in World Championship Grands...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959, it became an International Formula. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the British began to take a serious interest in the category, commencing the rivalry between British and Italian cars. The original FIA Formula Junior...
Pete Lyons We start the new season with two interesting notes on the subject of pulchritude. Near the end of...
Frank Williams Erik Carlsson 3 The Intrepid, with Wayne Taylor driving, makes its IMSA GTP racing debut with a 2nd...
Dan Gurney Ronnie Bucknum 2 Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born (1940). 2 Guy Moll drives a Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo to victory in the Grand Prix of Monaco (1934). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
I was born in Italy into a family that was involved in motor racing—both my father and my uncle were...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
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,...
Rodger Ward Vincenzo Florio 1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952). 2 The First South...
Peter Collins Sir Stirling Moss 2 Stirling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Glover Trophy Race at...
August 2010 Headed for a 2nd-place finish in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, on June 23, 1963, Dan Gurney is shown sweeping into the Hunze Ruc in his Brabham BT7 as he chases after race winner Jim Clark’s Lotus. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member &...
As accustomed as we may become to losing our racing compatriots, there remain times when a death still comes as...
Patrick Depailler Nanni Galli Dick Seaman Ludovico Scarfiotti 1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for...
Ronnie Bucknum Jim Clark 2 Mike Hailwood is born (1940). 3 Mario Andretti becomes the first American to win a US Grand Prix when he drives his Lotus to victory in the USGP-West in Long Beach, California. First win for the Lotus 78 (1977). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965. The great driver Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus on this...
Unlike those of Jim Clark, Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, not a name at the forefront of all our minds....
During the sixties, Carroll Shelby tried almost anything having to do with cars and racing. A little-known episode was his effort at Indianapolis. The Shelby Indycar was one of the famous, or infamous if you will, turbine-powered cars. Here’s how it came about. Turbines had been tried at Indy before,...
I’ve spoken here, on several occasions, about the numerous unfulfilled rumors that have swirled through Formula One over the years,...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman...
The inaugural edition of Historic Motorsport International (HMI), a brand-new show dedicated to all forms of historic motorsport, will be...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By Peter Darley Peter Darley served as Team Lotus’ official photographer during the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, and while his images may have enjoyed widespread dissemination in period,...
The French Grand Prix; Rouen-les Essarts, July 7, 1968. At this race Honda introduced an all-new car built in Japan...
Two-time World Champion Jim Clark raced at Indianapolis five times, winning once and officially finishing 2nd twice, with both of those results mired in controversy that could have made him a three-time winner. In 1965 Clark dominated the race to score the first win for a rear-engined car, but in...
My brother, Jim Hurtubise, started out racing on dirt tracks in California against seasoned drivers like Parnelli Jones and Allen...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His early childhood was unremarkable puctuated by frequent moving. He like other young boys was attracted to the exploits of Brutish sports figures including Jimmy Clark. After considerable success in kart racing,...