After some fifty years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
October 2017 François Cévert guides his Tyrrell 002-Ford through Casino Square during wet practice for the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix....
Martin OgilviePhoto: Ogilvie Collection Martin Ogilvie is a rare example of someone who knew all along what he wanted to be when he grew up, and who managed to make his mark in the upper echelons of motor sports with a single organization over a dozen years. That vocation was...
Casey Annis (Editor) Photo: Dan R Boyd At the end of January, I was asked if I’d speak at the...
On a bleak day in November 1983, I was at Silverstone. Ken Tyrrell had promised a test drive to the...
Maserati 250 F Car: Maserati 250 F / Engine: 6-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Maserati / Bore X Stroke: 84 mm X 75 mm / Year: 1957 / Capacity: 2,490 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 270 bhp at 8,000 rpm / Wheelbase: 89.8 inches / Track: 51.2 inches Front, 49.2 inches Rear...
John BarnardPhoto: Mike Jiggle In the first two installments of our multi-part interview with John Barnard he discussed his early...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
Tyrrell-Ford P34 Car: Tyrrell-Ford P34/ Engine: V-8 Ford-Cosworth DFV / Maker: Tyrrell / Bore X Stroke: 85.7 mm X 64.8 mm / Year: 1976 / Capacity: 2,993 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 485 bhp at 10,600 rpm / Wheelbase: 96.6 inches / Track: 48.6 inches Front, 58 inches...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
After some fifty 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...
August 2018 Danny Sullivan “Big Daddy” Don Garlits W.O. Bentley Frank Nichols 1 – “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
The Tyrrell P34 is the only 6-wheeled F1 car that has ever been raced. In this video, enjoy the engine sound of the Tyrrell P34 as it races around the Zandvoort GP track....
Pete Lyons Occasionally here you may notice me express disdain for the twisted state modern Formula One has gotten itself...
Tyrrell’s Project 34 six-wheel Formula One car was one of those refreshingly radical cars that used to come into Grand...
Forty years ago a small racing car manufacturer came into being. That was 1976, for those who prefer to have their arithmetic done for them. It was founded, almost by chance, by two ex-Formula One drivers, Tim Schenken and Howden Ganley (me). We were both coming to a point where...
When Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth first met at Lotus, little did they think that one day a racing engine...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One...
Photo: Pete Austin As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses around his home city of Coventry. Despite having good qualifications and being at the epicenter of the UK car industry, he was rejected first by Jaguar and then initially by...
Californian John Delane has become the first American to win the overall Historic Formula One championship, claiming the 2011 crown...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station...
Inclement weather had battered and bruised England during the early summer months, leaving people wondering how Goodwood’s Festival of Speed would be affected. Although heavy dark clouds brought rain and gusting wind on Friday morning, almost on cue for the Red Arrows aerial display the grey sky cleared—as if commanded...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Mike Lawrence Vintage Racecar recently published a letter from John Wright who is a nine of racing anecdotes. John told...
When considering my greatest racecar, the question seems far too big for me to give a simple answer. I drove some terrific cars in my motor racing history. I suppose the ones that stand out, particularly in terms of those I had the most success in, are the Porsche 956...
Tyrrell-Ford 002 Car: Tyrrell-Ford 002 / Engine: Ford Cosworth DFV 90º V8 / Maker: Tyrrell / Bore X Stroke: 85.7...
Jackie Stewart leads the way during the 1973 Monaco GP in the iconic Tyrrell 006, followed by his close friend...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was still a Formula One newcomer. The Toleman team had been struggling for three years and had only begun to get a few results toward the end of 1983. While the...
