1964 World Champion Our Ed McDonough had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real introduction to the sport was at Goodwood Racing Circuit, in England, a few years later. In Italy, at that time, we lost many things, including our identity, with motor racing....
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By Peter Darley Peter Darley served as Team Lotus’ official photographer during the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, and while his images may have enjoyed widespread dissemination in period,...
The combination of GM’s Jim Musser and Jim Hall proved to be one of the most potent combinations in autosport...
Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was...
Johnny of the ready smile and blonde hair was a motor racing shooting star who might have aspired to becoming the new Jim Clark. His rise to fame, however, came to a sudden—even if temporary—standstill after a horrendous 10-car, 150 mph Formula 3000 accident while driving Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Ford Cosworth...
Unlike Vintage Racecar’s editors I don’t spend my working life thrashing the pants off other people’s rare and priceless racing...
It’s not often that a Formula One driver can turn his hand to World Championship rallying. Look at 2007 F1...
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...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
Karl Kling David Brown 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Sports car and F1 racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide in his hotel room in Ostend, Belgium (1969). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Way back in 1973 the actor Orson Wells, chosen for his deep and imposing voice, appeared on commercial television as...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One...
The under two-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever changing regulations of international motorsports; the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge in 1962-1963, the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971 and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This...
Denny HulmePhoto: Hal Crocker Jim ClarkPhoto: Trevor Taylor Collection 2 The TWR Jaguar XJR-6 is driven for the first time...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of International Motorsports; the...
It took a racing department of 240 people and a huge budget to put Michael Schumacher on top of the world and make him the third millennium’s first Formula One champion driver. A department bursting at the seams with people who receive little outside recognition of their efforts, while the...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports: the World...
We continue our interview with John Grant, now Chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club. In Part One we learned...
If he lasted long enough—that is, if he didn’t get killed in the process—canny observers thought this young South African could become a Formula One World Champion. Not even their crystal ball, though, could have predicted how: it was when driving a Ferrari 312T4 at Monza, the holiest of holies...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
John Greenwood Rick Mears 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at...
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth By Norman Burr While we’ve had to wait a little longer than anticipated, hats off to technical journalist Norman Burr for writing this excellent book about the man who changed the face of Grand Prix racing with the Cosworth Double Four Valve...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost,...
My favorite Williams Formula One car that I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982...
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy July 10–11, 2015 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
