Rene Arnoux learned his trade the hard way, as he fought for the European Formula Two Championship against tough nuts...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was established by the FIA (Federation...
If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he...
My favorite Williams Formula One car, I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982 drivers...
Although my home was near to the Zandvoort circuit in Holland, my family had nothing to do with the motor industry or motor racing. However, as a young boy I became involved with the ground staff at the track. My job was to help out at the Skid Control Center,...
The boys from Brazil just keep on coming: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and, since 2002, Felipe Massa. The...
After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation Internationale de L’Automobile) in 1950, with its first race, the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. This was to be the first World Drivers Championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Young Brazilian Nelson Piquet drove his Gordon Murray-designed Brabham BT49-Cosworth to his first Formula One victory in Long Beach on...
Nelson Piquet once memorably described driving a Grand Prix car around Monaco as akin to trying to ride a bicycle around your bedroom and certainly, while it is not too difficult to drive a racing car around the circuit, it becomes a totally different animal when it comes to wringing...
Nelson Piquet Biography Nelson Piquet was born on August 17, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The son of a...
After some fifty years of automotive racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Here’s a site dedicated to chronicling the first 50 years of Formula Three racing. It covers the formula from its beginnings in 1950 as the 500-cc cars until the Dallaras became the de facto spec car in 2000. F3 has always been a training category where drivers with their sights...
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the...
By the time this column is read, the second anniversary of the passing of Tom Walkinshaw will have come and...
September 2016 Into the first corner of the 1980 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s Renault RE20 leads his teammate René Arnoux and Nelson Piquet’s Brabham BT49. Jabouille retired with a puncture while Arnoux won and Piquet finished 4th. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member...
The author’s primary impression of the car is of the need to keep the revs up so that the boost,...
It’s a dirty job being an automotive and racing writer but, you know, somebody’s got to do it. A couple...
Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wolleck, Mauro Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Bill...
Fon de Portago Michael Andretti 1 Sarah Fisher, the first woman to compete in the Indy Racing League, is born...
Hans-Joachim Stuck leads a pack of FVs and FSVs at the Daytona Golden Anniversary celebration.Photo: Bruce Lancaster Formula Vee celebrated...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race, at Phoenix, Arizona (1993). 4 Mario Andretti wins the sprint car race at Salem, Oregon, for his first United States Automobile Club victory (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the...
Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even...
John Surtees Luigi Chinetti Niki Lauda Ronnie Peterson 1 Porsche officially begins work on the 956 (1981). 3 Ludwig Heimrath wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada, driving a Cooper-Ford (1964). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Nino Vaccarella Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson wins the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard in a John Player Special...
One of the most memorable events in the history of Donington Park, the rain-soaked 1993 European Grand Prix a quarter-century...
Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet may be one of the greatest racing drivers to ever emerge from Brazil…however, the Brazilian government may not think so. The 54-year-old Piquet had his driver’s license revoked in June after receiving a brace of speeding and parking tickets. In an ironic twist of...