In the late 1960s—1969 I think—I started racing motorbikes in local races in Belgium. Not too powerful machines, just 50-cc,...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning...
I cannot allow the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve to pass unnoticed but it is, at the same time, both distressing and a pleasure to write about him. I make absolutely no apology for admitting that he was my last “hero” in Formula One racing. Nobody else...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
McLaren M23 Car: McLaren M23 / Engine: V-8 Ford-Cosworth / Maker: McLaren / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 mm X 64.8 mm / Year: 1968 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / 182.5 cu in / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 470 bhp at 10,500 rpm / Wheelbase: 116.1 inches / Track: 55.9 inches...
The Car that Made McLaren McLaren In these modern days of disposable everything (or so it seems), one can quickly...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
Involved with mechancial things virtually all his life, John Barnard first worked in racing at Lola, then a fertile training ground for many men who would impact racecar design. Upon “graduating” from Lola he went to work alongside Gordon Coppuck at McLaren to develop the M23. In 1975 he joined the...
South African racing legend Dave Charlton, who started 11 World Championship Grands Prix from 1967-1975, has died at the age...
Haynes Owners’ Workshop Manual: McLaren M23 By Ian Wagstaff The first ever publication to bear the name Haynes Owners’ Workshop...
Roberto Moreno Photo: Pete Austin Mike Hawthorne Photo: BRDC Archive 1 F1 race winner and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky Ickx is born in Brussels, Belgium (1945). 4 Graeme Lawrence drives a Ferrari Dino 246 to victory in Tasman Cup race at Levin, New Zealand (1970). Become a Member &...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African...
When I was young, growing up in Spain was very difficult for lovers of motor racing. The Spanish were then...
Mike Hawthorn George Follmer 1 Paul Frere drives an Ecurie Belge Cooper T51-Climax to victory in the 80-lap Formula Libre South African Grand Prix in East London (1960). 2 Franco Cortese wins the III Grosvenor Grand Prix near Cape Town, South Africa, at the wheel of a Maserati 6CM (1939). Become...
Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula One World Champion, will take part in August’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, set for the...
The announcement came late last week that two-time World Champion Mika Hakkinen would substitute for the originally scheduled Jenson Button...
This year’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion celebrated the 60th anniversary of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca rather than a featured marque. The centerpiece of the paddock was the Racing Through the Decades feature display of a dozen racecars pertinent to the history of the raceway, including the Ferrari Testa Rossa that...