My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best...
In the 1950s, Britain struggled to find its place in Formula One racing. Fed up with BRM’s attempt, Tony Vandervell...
At the end of the 1955 season, Mercedes Benz made the decision to withdraw from motor racing, partly because of the Le Mans disaster, but in reality they wanted to concentrate on developing their road cars. This left me without a Grand Prix drive for 1956, but I had some...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station...
In the early 1980s, the Marlboro British F3 Championship was reckoned the most desirable to be in. The top three...
1965 JWF Valano GT It was the classic case of three schoolmates with like interests that eventually evolved into a profitable business. It was the early 1950s and the area was the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. Ian “Sam” Johnson, Geoff Williams and Grant Furzer were at school together and shared...
VRJ’s European Editor, Ed McDonough, served as MC for a glittering evening celebration to remember the Vanwall victory at the...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars...
In this age of hi-tech carbon fiber car and aircraft construction, wood may now seem an odd material to use,...
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