Don Garlits Ayrton Senna Photo: Bury Mason 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
Mercedes-Benz automobiles are long known as an obvious choice for enthusiasts that appreciate a high level of craftsmanship and demand reliable service. With an unrivaled history that includes the famed pre-war White Knights and the dominant Silver Arrows, these cleverly engineered products from the world’s oldest automaker continue to make...
Racing driver Paul O’Shea won his second title as the U.S. sports car champion in the 1956 season driving a...
Mika Hakkinen Dario Franchitti Photo: Richard Dole 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and his first Formula One World Championship, in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the Spirit of America Sonic 1 at Bonneville by running 555.48 mph/888.76...
Mercedes W 196 Car: Mercedes W196 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 76 mm X...
The 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C “Goutte d’Eau” owned by Peter and Merle Mullin (above) has won the inaugural Peninsula Classics Best...
At the first Shelsley Walsh meeting after the war, only the weather was as predictable as the belief among spectators that Raymond Mays would establish Fastest Time of Day (FTD). The weather was dreadful and, for a small boy, it was almost like the echo of voices from the past...
Touring car racing has usually been seen as the court jester to the serious stuff of single-seaters, but in a...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money,...
The Mille Miglia 2016 will take place from 19 to 22 May. The route for the reliability trial is based on the historical course of the race, leading as then from Brescia to Rome and back. Demanding special stages await the participants and their classic vehicles along the 1,000 miles...
For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with...
Mercedes-Benz has long represented a great choice for enthusiasts that want a beautiful, well-engineered automobile that will actually crank on...
New findings make it possible for the Mercedes-Benz 190 SL to take part in the modern-day Mille Miglia. The right to participate is reserved for models represented in the original road race held from 1927 to 1957 — and a 190 SL took part in the “1000 Miles” from Brescia...
John GrantPhoto: Kary Jiggle John Grant is the current Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, and since taking on...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One...
The Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany is expanding into sales of classic cars from all periods under the name All Time Stars. The All Time Stars by Mercedes-Benz will focus on vehicles suitable for everyday driving to Concours queens. The team at the Mercedes-Benz Museum will subject each vehicle to...
The Targa Florio was the decisive contest in the 1955 World Sports Car Championship. Under tremendous pressure to succeed at...
Hermann Lang Bernd Rosemeyer 2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
Staged every year in August, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is a superlative meeting of the finest automobiles from all over the world. In honor of the racing driver Sir Stirling Moss, who will attend this year’s event to be held August 13-16, 2015 in California, Mercedes-Benz Classic will be...
The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated the most successful racing sports car of the 1955 motor sport season, the...
Four competition cars from Mercedes-Benz will be the feature attractions at this year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 33, scheduled for...
Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid Car: Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid / Engine: 1.6 L Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid V6 turbocharged engine, limited to 15,000 RPM / Maker: McLaren / Bore X Stroke: 80 mm x 53 mm / Year: 2014 / Capacity: 1,600 cc; 98 cu in / Class: Formula 1 / Power:...
On 31 May 1915, Ralph DePalma won the 500-mile race in Indianapolis driving a Mercedes Grand Prix car. A major...
Elio de AngelisPhoto: Maureen Magee Colin ChapmanPhoto: Maureen Magee 2 Johnny Rutherford, driving a McLaren-Offenhauser, wins the USAC Indycar race...
The Bonhams Mercedes-Benz 2015 auction was held 28 March at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, resulting in total sales of €13 million and a 92.9% sell-through rate. Malcolm Barber, Bonhams Co-Chairman and auctioneer for the day, said, “With a full sale room, active internet bidding, and international bidders both...
Mike Lawrence There is a minor industry in new James Bond novels and if we include Young James Bond and...
Gigi Villoresi. Jean-Marie Balestre.Photo: Ercole Colombo 1 Willi Kauhsen, driving the Bosch-sponsored Porsche 917/10, wins both heats of the Interserie...
The second annual Benedict Castle Concours D’Elegance was held in Riverside, Calif. on March 28. An eclectic mix of more than 300 cars were featured on the terraced lawns surrounding the historic castle including Pebble Beach-winning classics, Grand National-winning hot rods, prized low riders, perfectly restored and customized Japanese classics, Ferraris,...
