I was approached by Theodore after the ’82 British Grand Prix. I’d begun the season not even knowing if I...
I have driven numerous racing cars over my 30 years and many eras of motor sport. I drove in several...
My greatest racecar would have to be a choice between my first F5000 car, the 1969 McLaren, or, the 1970 McLaren Can-Am car. The first Formula 5000 car I raced was the McLaren M10A with the big rear wing. Bruce McLaren and I got the car working very well, it...
A professional racing driver’s performance is indelibly linked to the performance of a racing car he likes. I have been...
I served my apprenticeship with Jaguar, initially working on the last models of the E-Type, then the XJS, the XJ6...
RM Sotheby’s is currently offering a 2014 McLaren P1 which is available for immediate purchase at an undisclosed amount. The owner of this McLaren P1 ordered it in MSO Pacific Blue, a highly dynamic, iridescent paint that shifts colors depending on the light and viewing angle. The car was ordered...
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 formed 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...
Attendees at next weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be able to reflect upon 60 years of racing history at...
More than $325 million worth of collector cars were hammered sold over the Monterey Car Week Auction Season, with 70...
A GT40 hot on the “Longtail” of a Porsche 906/6 as they leave the Esses. Photo: Roger Dixon During the 1960s the annual 24-hour auto race near a small town southwest of Paris generated international racing drama like none seen before Ford’s concerted effort to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans actually...
Over the last decade, McLaren Automotive has built their reputation with their exclusive, luxury, high-performance supercars, and recently, they revealed...
The late 1960s brought a host of changes to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The wave of “professionalism”...
The Mercedes CLK GTR was once the world’s most expensive production car and it rarely gets the recognition that it deserves. Owning a single CLK GTR is an impressive achievement in itself, but the opportunity to acquire both versions simultaneously is truly exceptional. RM Sotheby’s is set to offer this...
St. Chamond in the Loire Valley of France was once known as a production center of ribbon and rayon, as...
I spent the greater part of my Formula One career with Alfa Romeo, joining them in 1979 and leaving at...
Alistair Caldwell joined the McLaren team in their early days as a cleaner and ended up as team manager, winning two World Championships—with Emerson Fittipaldi and James Hunt. Here, he shares with Keith Booker some of his recollections of those early days. How did you first become involved in motor...
Allan McCall, who enjoyed a career filled with “career moments,” from working with Jim Clark in saloon cars, F1 and...
My story of Formula One came into being after I’d driven my GT40 and got all that out of the...
Luigi Fagioli Dan GurneyPhoto: Roger Dixon 1 Mario Andretti and Bruce McLaren drive a Ford GT40 MkIV to victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race (1967). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau, France (1939). Become a Member & Get...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the...
Jochen Rindt Henri Pescarolo 2 Guy Moll wins the Monaco Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo (1934). 3 Ronnie Peterson...
Carlos Sainz Al Unser Jr. 2 Three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham is born (1926). 3 Pierro Taruffi drives a Ferrari Tipo 118 to victory in the 671-mile Tour of Sicily (1955). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to...
Specialist Tom Hartley Jnr is offering for sale a virtually new 1997 McLaren F1. With only 148 miles from new,...
As I sit down to write this month’s column, Halloween quickly approaches. The stores are jammed to the gunnels with such traditional Halloween fare as inflatable, motorized lawn ghouls, 300 metric tons of extra-hyperactivity-inducing candy, and of course costumes. Yes, the streets are starting to look a bit scary with...
Parnelli Jones “Lofty” England 2 Thirteen year-old Alessandro Zanardi, who will later become a two-time CART Champ Car champion, drives...
Ralph DePalma Enzo Ferrari Charlie Whiting Jackie Oliver 1 The Prest-O-Lite smokestack outside of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is torn...
Ayrton Senna Biography Ayrton Senna was born on 21 March 1960, the second child of Milton da Silva, a successful businessman and landowner. The family lived in Santana, a well-to-do neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Growing up Ayrton was an awkward child and was later diagnosed as having a motor...