Jean Behra Gordon Johncock 2 Jean Behra dies in an accident during the German Grand Prix at Avus (1959). 4...
At the end of the 1955 season, Mercedes Benz made the decision to withdraw from motor racing, partly because of...
Frank Costin had a reputation for innovation and creativity unsurpassed in British motorsport. He brought skills and knowledge from the aviation industry to a wide range of motoring projects and played a major role in the success of the Vanwall Grand Prix car, which won the first Constructor’s World Championship...
Vanwall VW14 Vanwall is best remembered for becoming the first British racing car manufacturer to win a World Championship Grand...
VRJ’s European Editor, Ed McDonough, served as MC for a glittering evening celebration to remember the Vanwall victory at the...
June 2004 Vanwall—Green for Glory By Ed McDonough When most enthusiasts of ’50s British motorsport, think about the consummate Grand Prix car of the period, the name Vanwall invariably rises to the top of the list. Created by industrialist Tony Vandervell, the Vanwall Grand Prix effort was Vandervell’s answer to...
In the early 1980s, the Marlboro British F3 Championship was reckoned the most desirable to be in. The top three...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars...
From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a diverse racing career. Mike Jiggle sat down with the British Champion to learn more about his fascinating racing life. Looking at the records, I have read that you started in...
I was a student at the University of Grenoble, when I became very friendly with the children of the organizer...
1958 BRM P25 Chassis 258 It may come as a surprise to many people that Stirling Moss always regarded the...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British driver ever to win it. He first appeared at Goodwood in 1952 as a comparatively unknown and amazed everyone by driving this very, very quick Cooper-Bristol, and became a star...
Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station in our suburban village and ride the half hour into New York City, where I would spend hours upon hours wandering the marvel-strewn halls of the American Museum of Natural...
1965 JWF Valano GT It was the classic case of three schoolmates with like interests that eventually evolved into a profitable...
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started...
With the recent passings of Carroll Shelby, Roy Salvadori and Ted Cutting, all key players for Aston Martin’s World Sportscar Championship-winning team of 1959, it seemed reasonable to speak with another racer who worked in that fabled John Wyer-run team, Rex Woodgate. Woodgate is a notoriously detail-oriented mechanic who became...
I suppose the first question one has to ask is how one defines greatness in a racing car. One of...
Situated on the edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, the sleepy market town streets of Bourne came alive to the sound of music, or to the noise of roaring racing engines on this occasion, to paraphrase the words of Oscar Hammerstein. The event was BRM Day, the 50th Anniversary celebration of...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
Mike Lawrence There is a minor industry in new James Bond novels and if we include Young James Bond and...
Mike Lawrence Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives...
In this profile we explore the life and afterlife of a more modern Formula One car. Indeed, what does happen to old Formula One cars? I mean those multi-million dollar hi-tech racers of not too many years ago. Each and every year the dozen, or so, competing teams produce a...