My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when...
Mercedes-Benz’ incredibly successful first half of the 20th century was going to be a really tough act to follow. Ritter...
Unquestionably, one of the most dominating racing cars was the Mercedes W196, particularly with drivers such as Fangio and Moss at the wheel. I remember seeing the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree, the track just outside Liverpool, England, the first time the Grand Prix had been held at a...
Pavel Kasik recently bid farewell to his beloved Tatra T77 only days after completing its 20-year restoration. The Tatra started...
Karl Kling was born too late to join Rudolf Caracciola, Manfred Von Brauchitsch and Hermann Lang in their rampage through Grand Prix motor racing of the Thirties, and too early to give Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss and Hans Herrmann any real competition in the W196 of 1954 and 1955....
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has...
Luigi Chinetti Briggs Cunningham Photo: courtesy Art Evans 1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino, who participated in two F1 races in the 1970s, born in Japan (1947). 2 Briggs Cunningham, racer, constructor and America’s Cup winner, dies at age 96 (2003). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Mercedes-Benz once again provided the star feature for September’s second running of the Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile de Reims, only...
I stood back watching, as Monterey feted the Fangio marque. Fangio marque? Yes, Juan Manuel Fangio is the only person,...
The French Grand Prix; Reims, July 4, 1954. Karl Kling rounds Thillois corner in the Mercedes W196 streamliner. He finished 2nd to his teammate Juan Manuel Fangio, as they dominated the opposition on this, Mercedes’ first Grand Prix appearance since before the war. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
On Sept 22–23, the countryside outside of Reims, France, will once again reverberate to the howls of a Mercedes W196,...
The 1955 24-hour race at Le Mans was set to be an epic contest. Mercedes-Benz had entered the brilliant new...
Mercedes W 196 Car: Mercedes W196 / Engine: 8-Cylinder In-line / Maker: Mercedes-Benz / Bore X Stroke: 76 mm X 68.8 mm / Year: 1954 / Capacity: 2,496 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 257 bhp at 8,200 rpm / Wheelbase: 2350, 2210 and 2150 (Monaco) mm / Track:...
Step through this time portal and journey into the past for another look at the oft-examined history of Mercedes-Benz. The...
One of the legendary 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix cars raced by five-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio will be...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus 49 for his 25th GP victory (1968). 2 Walter Sobraske, machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser, and Meyer & Drake, is born in West Virginia (1901). Become a Member & Get...
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...
When event patron Peter Ricketts was asked what he had done in a previous life to bring so much precipitation...
Ed McDonough, VR Editor at Large, has been awarded the Peugeot Motorsports Cup by the Guild of Motoring Writers. McDonough was recently presented the Cup by Andrew Didlick, the French automaker’s public relations director. Peugeot is now the title supporter of the award, which for many years was known as...