This month marks the 50th anniversary of Aston Martin’s one and only victory at Le Mans. With such a major...
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the BRM P25 front-engine car as one of the best cars he has ever driven. “Great car–bad team” was basically his view. More about that later, though it was especially interesting...
The Nürburgring 1000-km Race; Nürburgring, June 7, 1959. Jean Behra (right) has just leaped out of his Ferrari 250TR/59 as...
Opening in 1921, AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und Übungs-Straße) was devised by the AvD as a motorsport venue and test track for the...
RM Sotheby’s has announced that it will be offering a once-in-a-lifetime group of Aston Martins at its flagship Monterey auction this August 18-19 during the California coastal city’s annual motoring week. The group is led by arguably the most important Aston Martin ever produced, the 1956 Aston Martin DBR1, chassis...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
When Jack Brabham was demobbed from the Royal Australian Air Force in 1947, even he did not realize he was...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school education, he worked as an apprentice machinist with Peter Brotherhood Ltd. of Peterborough. National Service beckoned and a spell with the Royal Air Force honed his mechanical and engineering abilities...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer...
The more in-depth summaries of the life and career of Phil Hill have focussed on three significant aspects: the racing accomplishments, the complex nature of the man, and the fact that he was an underrated driver. Phil died of respiratory complications due to Parkinson’s disease on August 28, 2008. He...
The helmet and goggles worn by Sir Stirling Moss when he won the 1957 British Grand Prix, Aintree, assisted by...
October 23rd was a significant anniversary; it marked 50 years since Tony Brooks won the Syracuse Grand Prix in a Connaught. It was a non-championship race, sure, but it was Britain’s first Grand Prix win for more than 30 years. Moreover, Brooks defeated a five-car works team from Maserati, which...
Quiet, thoughtful, modest, Tony Brooks was all of those things, which is probably why his name isn’t exactly on the...
Among the guests of honor at the recent opening of a new Motor Sports Gallery at the National Motor Museum...