Motor Racing History – 3.5-litre Naturally-Aspirated Engines, Active Suspension and Electronic Driver Aids 1989 was another McLaren year but this...
Motor Racing History – Origins of the First Automobile Races and the First Grand Prix Dawn of Automobile Racing The...
Motor Racing History – Early Racecourse Development Racing on public roads was illegal in England and British drivers had to resort to racing in Ireland or on the continent. The British motor industry suffered as a consequence. In response to this a group of wealthy enthusiasts led by Hugh F....
Motor Racing History – Radical Technical Innovations & The Era of Ground-Effects The Birth of Ground-Effects Two major developments occurred...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula based on engine size and weight was abandoned in 1928.In its place, races were run under Formula Libre rules. In lieu of the major manufacturers, drivers raced as privateers or...
Motor Racing History – The Monsters F1 Turbo Engines The Turbo Years The war between FISA and FOCA continued into...
Guy Moll Biography He appeared on the starting grid quite suddenly as if dropped from the sky, this young man...
Hermann Lang Biography Born in 1909, Lang’s career started like many other drivers, on motorcycles. While the majority of the other drivers exchanged two wheels for four, Lang exchanged 3 wheels for four, having competed in sidecar competitions. He would later comment that this gave him an advantage, as the...
J. Walter Christie Biography John Walter Christie, the second of four children was born in the landmark Campbell-Christie House in...
Sir Jack Brabham AO, OBE, triple Formula 1 World Champion, has died at the age of 88. Sir Jack passed...
Jackie Stewart Biography Jackie Stewart’s early involvement with cars was in the family business, Dumbuck Garage, in Dumbarton, Scotland, where he worked as an apprentice mechanic.His family were Jaguar dealers and had built up a successful practice. Jackie’s brother Jimmy was a racing driver with a growing local reputation. He drove...
Jean-Pierre Wimille Biography Jean-Pierre Wimille was born in Paris, in 1908. His father, Auguste Wimille, was motoring correspondent for the Petit...
Jim Hall Biography Jim Hall was born on the 23rd of July, 1935 in Abilene, Texas, the 2nd of three...
Jimmy Clark Biography Jimmy Clark was born in Kilmany, in the county of Fife to a Scottish farming family, roots that would stay with him for the rest of his life. He was the only son in a family of four daughters. His early racing exploits were initially met by...
Jimmy Murphy Biography Jimmy Murphy was born in 1894 but tragedy soon struck the Murphy family when his mother died...
Jochen Rindt Biography Rindt was born in Germany in 1942 of Austrian and German parentage. His parents died under Allied...
John Surtees Biography The eldest of three children, John was born on February 11, 1934 in Tatsfield, England. His father Jack, who owned a motorcycle shop on Tamworth Road in Croydon, South London was a three-time British motorcycle sidecar champion so it’s not surprising that by the time he was...
Juan Manuel Fangio Biography Affectionately known as “bandy legs” by his many fans, Juan Manuel Fangio was born in Balcarce,...
Keith Duckworth Biography Since the partnership was formed in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth along with Bill Brown...
Leon Thery Biography Léon Théry was born in 1879. Having started out as a mechanic it was said that his mechanical knowledge helped him to understand the need to drive according to the car’s abilities, often nursing his car home to victory when others had fallen by the wayside. His...
Lewis Hamilton Biography Few drivers have entered Formula One racing with as big a bang as Lewis Hamilton and a...
Louis Chiron Biography Born in August 1899, the son of a French hotelier in Monaco he became that principalities most...
Luigi Fagioli Biography Luigi Fagioli was born on June 9th, 1898 to a wealthy family in the small city of Osimo, in the Marche region of central Italy. His family was in the business of manufacturing pasta which allowed him to pursue a racing career though he studied accounting just...
Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed “Gigi” he came from a...
Manfred von Brauchitsch Biography He was called die Pechvogel, the unlucky bird. He was known more for the races that he lost...
Mario Andretti Biography Mario Andretti was born in Montona, Italy, on February 28, 1940, just three months before Mussolini worked up the courage to throw in his lot with Hitler, and thrust Italy into World War II. At the cessation of hostilities the Andrettis found that their homeland was destined...
Mark Donohue Jr. Biography Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars,...
Mauro Forghieri Biography In 1961, following an internal upraising, the infamous Laura Affair, Enzo Ferrari fired the entire management team of his company,...
Michael Schumacher Biography Michael Schumacher was born on the third of January 1969 to Rolf and Elisabeth Schumacher. The family move to the town of Kerpin-Manheim, a working class town near Cologne, Germany. It was there that the family became involved with karting. Michael, only four at the time was...