Carlo Chiti Emerson Fittipaldi 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin...
My favorite Williams Formula One car that I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982...
1935 Sulman Singer We all have defining moments in our lives that remain with us. Moments that leave an indelible mark on our memories, maybe even our psyche. Memories so defining, they actually change the way we look at things. There are a couple of events in my life that...
Glorious Illegitimate Child Dear Editor I feel I must write to you and express my strong disapproval of the title...
In 1962, Georges Filipinetti, a wealthy Swiss buisnessman and diplomat, founded his namesake racing team, essentially a Swiss national team,...
Dan Gurney’s All American Racers has been entrusted by The Henry Ford Museum with the conservation of the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours-winning GT40 MkIV that carried Gurney and A.J. Foyt to history’s only all-American win in the French endurance classic. “I don’t think we could have found a better...
Now here is a man of his word—and it cost him dearly. In 1961, Innes agreed to drive for Formula...
Then. Buying the proverbial project racecar in a box is always a tricky proposition. But is it easier or harder...
The first ever Lotus 72 Grand Prix car, as campaigned by both John Miles (Team Lotus) and double World Champion Graham Hill (Rob Walker Racing) in the 1970 season, has been consigned by H&H for its July 25 sale at Kempton Park Racecourse. Chassis R1 made its debut at the...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
March 2010 The Toleman Story By Christopher Hilton After Ayrton Senna dominated British Formula Three, he tested for four F1 teams. Only one owner offered him a contract, however, Ted Toleman. It was a brilliant move, but apart from Senna’s single season of emerging brilliance in its cars, Team Toleman...
Say what you will about Bernie Ecclestone, but you cannot deny the fact that he has an eye for a...
At England’s Snetterton Circuit in early May, three JPS Team Lotus Type 79s took to the track together for the...
Peter Arundell showed promise right from the start of his career, finishing 2nd with his MG TC at a BARC event at Goodwood in 1957. His second year of racing was filled with success competing in many events in a Lotus 11, a marque that would play a pivotal part...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seater racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five liters displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics between the governing body,...
Pete Lyons Did you hear about the diesel backhoe that did 350 mph at Bonneville? Yes, really…sort of. Become a...
Neville Lederle, the 1963 South Africa Champion driver, has passed away at aged 80. Lederle was one of the few...
By the early 1960s, Ford had carved a very specific niche for itself in the UK. Having built low cost, entry-level cars like the Anglia, in Great Britain since the 1930s, Ford had a dependable—if not somewhat stodgy—reputation for reliable, but basically bland offerings. On September 20, 1962, Ford UK...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
Is it possible to have too many racecars? We didn’t think so either. With a growing number of interesting “Track...
The familiar trademark Marlboro Stetson was bobbing about in the pit lane at the Mores circuit in Sardinia, Italy, in mid-April, warning anyone who wanted to take notice that Arturo Merzario has not finished yet. And he proved it. At 66 years old, the former Ferrari and Williams Formula One...
Lotus: The Marque By William Taylor Eleven years have passed since Mr. Taylor published the third in his series of...
Robert “Bobby” Bell, a retired British racing driver and motor racing expert, as well as a VR subscriber, has been...
The 1970 Monaco Grand Prix had a dramatic ending when leader Jack Brabham made a mistake at the last corner—the Gasworks Hairpin—and slid into the barrier! Jochen Rindt drove an astonishing race, closing in on “Black Jack” lap after lap, in his Gold Leaf Team Lotus type 49C, and took...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to...
A couple of years and a bit ago I suggested in this spot that, during these times of economic stress,...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was still a Formula One newcomer. The Toleman team had been struggling for three years and had only begun to get a few results toward the end of 1983. While the...