Unlike those of Jim Clark, Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, not a name at the forefront of all our minds....
Martin OgilviePhoto: Ogilvie Collection Martin Ogilvie is a rare example of someone who knew all along what he wanted to...
In the summer of 1980, I was at Goodwood for a test session. Before I reached the pits, I bumped into Les Thacker, the Competition Manager of BP, who was picking up the tab for the Toleman Formula 2 team, who was dominating the season. Mike Lawrence “Anything interesting?” I...
The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of...
A.J. Foyt Giuseppi Campari 1 A.J. Foyt, driving a Coyote-Foyt, wins the USAC Championship race at Texas World Speedway in...
Alfonso de Portago Michael Schumacher Photo: Mercedes-Benz 1 Canadian open-wheel racer Claude Bourbonnaise born (1966). 2 Charlie Kolb wins the Nassau Tourist Trophy race driving a NART Ferrari 275 GTB/C (1965). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article...
On February 3, Thursday, Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Paris Sale will be offering a couple of motor cars that...
1972 Eifelland Type 21 The 2016 Formula One season found the World Championship taken by a German team, Mercedes, and...
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...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its...
Following its successful one-marque Maranello sale in honor of Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, RM Sotheby’s will continue the celebration by offering...
St. Chamond in the Loire Valley of France was once known as a production center of ribbon and rayon, as well as its railway works. Now, it is best known as the birthplace of the little man who beat the world four times. For Alain Marie Pascal Prost, who was...
One of the most memorable events in the history of Donington Park, the rain-soaked 1993 European Grand Prix a quarter-century...
Mick Schumacher drove his father Michael’s Mercedes-AMG W02 F1 car at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard....
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early years with Lola and McLaren, how he developed his design philosophy and then looked at his experiences in Indycar racing and, back in Formula One, with McLaren and Ferrari. In...
Phil Bachman has been collecting Ferraris at a rate of about one a year since he got his first one...
Di Spires Photo: Mike Jiggle For me, motor racing became like a drug—the more I attended Grand Prix events in...
Available at Bonham’s Scottsdale auction is chassis no. 56 “F1 Show car” built by Ferrari S.p.A. to celebrate the Schumacher F1 Championship wins. It features carbon-fiber components, a Sabelt racing harness, BBS wheels, Bridgestone tires, Brembo calipers. BACKGROUND: Ferrari’s F2001 debuted during one of the legendary marque’s many Formula 1...
I started to race not very, very, young like today as I didn’t have the permission of my father to...
Two Ross Brawn-designed cars were to play a big part in my racing career, both were formidable contenders and race...
There was something missing from the recent Olympics—motor sport. I can think of no good reason why, when we have synchronized swimming, the Franklin Mint of sport. The Arts were included in the Grecian Olympics, but the competitors had a shared cultural perspective. In 12 BC, King Herod sponsored the...
Johnny of the ready smile and blonde hair was a motor racing shooting star who might have aspired to becoming...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
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...
Michael Schumacher Biography Michael Schumacher was born on the third of January 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family...
On the whole, French racing drivers are quite friendly toward each other and generally there is a good rapport and...
In this profile we explore the life and afterlife of a more modern Formula One car. Indeed, what does happen to old Formula One cars? I mean those multi-million dollar hi-tech racers of not too many years ago. Each and every year the dozen, or so, competing teams produce a...
April 2010 Racing for Mercedes-Benz By Hartmut Lehbrink With the re-entry of Mercedes-Benz into Grand Prix racing as a factory...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
Many car enthusiasts appreciate and collect fine watches. This should not be surprising as it mirrors their passion for both finer things and mechanical pieces. I have noticed this trend over the last 19 years as a purveyor of fine automotive memorabilia in Toronto. I cannot tell you how many...