In the summer of 1980, I was at Goodwood for a test session. Before I reached the pits, I bumped...
This son of a German garage owner had never raced a car until May 26, 1935, at the superfast Avus...
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...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have...
St. Chamond in the Loire Valley of France was once known as a production center of ribbon and rayon, as...
No one reveres their heroes like the Brits (well, maybe the Italians). Whether it’s a perpetual race winner like Stirling Moss, an intrepid explorer like Ernest Shackleton, or a political icon like Winston Churchill, true British, full-frontal, hero-dom is a level of reverence bordering on the fanatical—or perhaps the divine....
Many car enthusiasts appreciate and collect fine watches. This should not be surprising as it mirrors their passion for both...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
Whatever the 2010 Formula One season holds in the way of drama, scandal, and controversy, there will be one point of genuine interest, and that is whether Michael Schumacher can still cut it. Schumacher is the ideal yardstick. He retired on top of his game and there was no driver...
April 2010 Racing for Mercedes-Benz By Hartmut Lehbrink With the re-entry of Mercedes-Benz into Grand Prix racing as a factory...
Unlike those of Jim Clark, Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, not a name at the forefront of all our minds....
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race winners, but in totally different formulae. My experiences in one led to a drive in the other. The two cars are the Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-14 and the other the...
I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn’t have the permission of my father to...
A.J. Foyt Giuseppi Campari 1 A.J. Foyt, driving a Coyote-Foyt, wins the USAC Championship race at Texas World Speedway in...
Although he was first afflicted with the racing “bug” when his father took him to Reims as a child, Alliot did not enter competition himself until age 23 after attending a racing school. Working his way up the ladder of the sport he eventually found himself racing both in Formula One...
Di Spires Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, motor racing became like a drug—the more I attended Grand Prix events in...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title. His father, Graham, won the 1962 and 1968 championships and Damon the 1996. The 1994 Grand Prix season outlook seemed bright for Williams with Senna coming aboard to partner Hill...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its...
Martin OgilviePhoto: Ogilvie Collection Martin Ogilvie is a rare example of someone who knew all along what he wanted to be when he grew up, and who managed to make his mark in the upper echelons of motor sports with a single organization over a dozen years. That vocation was...
Alpine and Renault – the Sports Prototypes Vols. 1 & 2 By Roy Smith Originally published in 2010, the story...
Michael Schumacher Biography Michael Schumacher was born on the third of January 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second seat at Ferrari and kept it for four years—no mean feat in itself—where he developed just the right blend of acquiescence and competitiveness to create a positive working relationship with...
In this profile we explore the life and afterlife of a more modern Formula One car. Indeed, what does happen...
It took a racing department of 240 people and a huge budget to put Michael Schumacher on top of the...
Being a driver for Scuderia Ferrari, I must say, is the most amazing job any driver can have. The opportunity to pull on the famous red overalls of Ferrari and climb into one of the team’s beautiful red cars is something I will never get bored of. It is an...
Johnny of the ready smile and blonde hair was a motor racing shooting star who might have aspired to becoming...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
The boys from Brazil just keep on coming: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and, since 2002, Felipe Massa. The others won eight Formula One World Championships between them, but even with 11 GP victories to his credit, Felipe hasn’t made it yet. He almost did in a 2008 mind...