For the past 65 years, Formula One motor racing teams have relentlessly chased the dream of perfection that concludes with...
I first watched Niki Lauda as he “learned his trade” in his days with March and BRM, before he won...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money, or was bored with retirement, but whatever the reasons he certainly believed that McLaren could do the job. Above all, he felt sure he could. I think the real story...
Women drivers in Formula One are rare indeed. Since the start of the F1 World Championship in 1950, only five...
Karl Kling David Brown 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907)....
1977 LEC CRP1 Month by month, Vintage Racecar tries hard to bring readers some of the world’s finest competition cars—some with impeccable racing pedigrees, or others that have an interesting history. This month, our profile of the 1977 LEC CRP1 F1 car is more about the determination of racing driver David...
VR’s European team will be out in force at the Lancaster Insurance NEC Classic Motor Show this weekend, November 11-13...
From 1964-1978, a series of flat-bottomed, formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One and the...
Like many motor racing fans, my original dream of becoming a World Champion racing driver started when I was a small boy, aged about five or six years old. How this was to become a reality was beyond dreams, I was the son of a Lutterworth farmer and far removed...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Having been fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the London Premiere of the movie McLaren, a wonderful tribute to...
The notion of a halo conjures images of angelic cherubs and enlightened bliss in nearly everyone…except, apparently, for Formula One fans. In mid-July, the FIA made the controversial announcement that starting next year, all Grand Prix racecars must be equipped with a “safety halo.” For those not familiar, the halo...
Frank Falkner got me into racing way back when, he was my mentor who lived in my hometown of Louisville,...
Forty years ago, in 1977 and ’78, Mario Andretti was the man to beat in Grand Prix racing aboard Colin...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as steppingstones to Formula One and the upper echelons of open-wheel racing. In the late ’50s, F2 and F3 were consolidated into Formula Junior. However, with that category’s demise at the end of 1963, F2 was...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the FIA (Federation...
Three-time Formula One World champion and chairman of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Niki Lauda is recovering in an Austrian...
David Hobbs Chris Economaki Heinze Melkus Mike Hailwood 1 Engineer Helmut Flegl begins his career at Porsche (1966). 2 Mike Hailwood, multi-motorcycle world champion and 1972 European F2 champion, is born in Oxfordshire, England (1940). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access...
Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda has passed away from complications of a lung transplant that he received, last...
Niki Lauda: His Competition History By Jon Saltinstall Niki Lauda’s Racing career will forever be remembered for his horrifying crash,...
The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of Grand Prix Motor Racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and events with a special focus on the history of Formula 1. At its core is the Grand...
Onboard footage of Niki Lauda in a Brabham BT46 during the 1978 Belgian Grand Prix....
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