The 48 Best Grand Prix Drivers in Formula One History This website since its inception has covered The history of...
A sensational Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spider by Zagato that was raced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1930s has...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are shaken by the rumble of an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport spider Zagato driving at 93 mph with its headlights turned off. At its steering wheel is Tazio Nuvolari,...
Nearly 70 years ago to the day, on April 10, 1950, the great champion Tazio Nuvolari ended his racing career...
Monoposto! The racing record of the Alfa Romeo Type B is the stuff of legends. The name evokes the images...
I have admired Tazio Nuvolari all my life and so has just about every other motor racing enthusiast of my generation. My friend Murray Walker, the British television Formula One commentator, often likes to say he saw the Flying Mantuan race, but I was born too late to enjoy such...
The Gran Premio Nuvolari, a regularity rally only open to historic cars built between 1919 and 1972, will be held...
We push Pete Thelander’s 1934 MG NE Magnette out into the sunlight. Its red paintwork gleams and dazzles. The car...
Only three of the world’s oldest motor races still take place. The most senior of them is the 500 Miles of Indianapolis, which was first run in 1911 and is still going strong. Next comes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first of which was in 1923. And the...
“Mirror, mirror, on the wall; Who is the fastest of them all?” Many are the racing drivers, fast and slow,...
Mantova, Italy September 15-17, 2017 C-Type Jaguar of Horst and Bechem.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
1931 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Due to Jano’s suspension modifications over the ’31-’32 season, the 8C enjoys surprisingly flat handling for a car of its era. When this superior handling is coupled with the 8C’s remarkable grunt from it’s straight-8, supercharged engine, it’s no wonder it proved so dominant. Photo: James...
Seventy years ago this week, on March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari fired up the 125 S (above), the first car...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin...
Having a father interested in motorsport, and him taking me to watch Tazio Nuvolari race at the 1938 Donington Grand Prix, directly led to my lifetime of involvement in the sport. Nuvolari really left an indelible impression on me. Initially, as a young boy, I emulated Nuvolari in my mind,...
Jo Siffert Peter Revson 1 Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drive a NART Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the 1000K...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
Two fascinating characters from the early days of motor racing will be honored at this year’s Donington Historic Festival, set for April 30-May 2 on the grounds of England’s Castle Donington. Tazio Nuvolari will be celebrated with the HGPCA’s Nuvolari Trophy race for pre-1950 Grand Prix cars, while daredevil aviator...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
It’s often said that one of the best aspects of historic racing is the people you meet. Having been around...
Now Auto Union’s number one driver after replacing the dead Bernd Rosemeyer, Tazio Nuvolari and his Auto Union Type D on full song at the Nürburgring on 23 July 1938. The great Italian came 4th after crashing his own car and taking over H.P. Muller’s Type D.Photo: Fiat Few would...
Villeneuve won four races, including Indy, on his way to the 1995 CART Indycar crown. Photo: John Zimmermann Collection This...
Mike Lawrence Patrick Quinn’s feature on the front-wheel-drive Alvis in Vintage Roadcar struck a special chord with me, because his...
Terry Cordy (left) of Eberhard watches and Kevin Wheatcroft hold the Nuvolari plaque with the Maserati 8CM in the background.Photo: Pete Austin To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tazio Nuvolari’s famous victory at Donington Park in the 1938 Grand Prix, a new plaque has been struck and unveiled at the...
Karl Kling Mark DonohuePhoto: Hal Crocker 1 Ronnie Peterson drives a Tecno to victory in the F3 race at Skarpnack...
• The Jaguar XK120 that Norman Dewis drove to set the production car land speed record of 172.412 mph on...
A.J. Foyt Mike Costin 1 A.J. Foyt drives a Coyote-Foyt to victory in the USAC Championship race at Pocono, Pennsylvania, (1973). 2 Pierre Veyron wins the voiturette race at Albi, France, driving a Bugatti Type 51A (1933). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Nanni Galli Jo BonnierPhoto: Porsche 1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a...
Hermann Paul Müller’s Auto Union heads into Schwantz Curve in 1938.Photo: Simon Lewis Donington devotee John Bailie is researching, designing...
In this month’s feature article, we pay tribute to one of Britain’s oldest racing circuits, Donington Park. Founded in 1931 by a motorcycle racer, Donington became the UK’s second permanent race circuit—Brooklands being the first in 1907—and the UK’s first permanent “park” circuit. Donington went on to host its first...
