Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
A graduate in mechanical engineering, they called the nephew of Pinin Farina il dottore, the doctor. An austere, intolerant man,...
Contracted to race as a senior driver for Mercedes-Benz in 1937, Lang validated his selection with victories in the Tripoli Grand Prix and at Berlin’s dauntingly high-banked Avus Ring, where he recorded a top speed of more than 237 mph with this streamlined W125.Photo: Mercedes-Benz Hermann Lang so nearly didn’t...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Jo Bonnier Vic Elford 3 Mosport International raceway in Ontario, Canada, opens with club races (1961). 5 The “Golden Submarine”...
BBC TV’s Top Gear is seen in 170 countries. There is now an insipid American version, which remakes original programs in a cozy way. The American presenters have had personality bypasses and have yet to look up irony in a dictionary. A while back, Top Gear challenged viewers to nominate...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of...
Peter Brock Carroll Shelby 1 Stirling Moss drives a race car for the first time in over a year—since the crash that nearly killed him—in a test session at Goodwood, England. His driving is not up to his own standard, and he retires from competition (1963). 2 Driver Henri Toivonen...
Al Unser Photo: Mike Thomsen Mario Andretti Photo: BRDC 1 Willi Kauhsen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the...
A.J. Foyt Peter Gregg 4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in...
Montjuic translates from medieval Catalan as “Hill of the Jews,” or an alternative derivation may be from the Latin Mons Jovicus “Hill of Jupiter.” Whatever the origin of its name, this hill that overlooks Barcelona’s harbor has been known as Montjuic for more than a thousand years. Now using the...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
Jerry Marshall Tazio Nuvolari 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907)....
Silver Arrows Grand Prix Drivers The Silver Arrows of Mercedes and Auto Union were formidable to say the least. The drivers were equally legendary. On this page we take you through all the drivers that made their mark driving for the Silver Arrows team. …Youthful impetuousness and courage are not...
You wouldn’t need all the fingers of one hand to count the number of men who could beat Juan Manuel...
Hollywood actors play them—Luigi Fagioli was one. Built like Rocky Marciano with wide shoulders, muscular arms, thick neck and a...
Known more for his mercurial temper than his victories over the likes of Carraciola and Nuvolari, prewar Italian driving star Luigi Fagioli still ranks as one of the great unsung heroes of racing’s Golden Era. In this the final instalment, Robert Newman chronicles the final years of his career including...