Brazilian Nelson Soutomaior, perhaps fortunately for race commentators, adopted his mother’s maiden name of Piquet when he arrived in Europe...
It was really very gratifying to have received so much positive feedback on the “Absent Friends” feature that we ran...
WilliamsF1 has recently announced that a hand-picked selection of more than 20 of the WilliamsF1’s Reserve Collection of Formula One cars and memorabilia, spanning the company’s entire 28-year history, will be sold at its factory headquarters in Grove, England, on December 14, 2005, by auction house Bonhams. WilliamsF1’s headquarters in...
Bonhams recently announced the purchase by private treaty of the Williams F1 Reserve Collection, ahead of its scheduled auction on...
I must say that I owe a great deal to Colin Chapman. A very charismatic man, who was many things...
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 driver’s championship, in the world’s most technically advanced...
1963 Scirocco By the time you read this, a superb collection of famous, bizarre, futile and fantastic Grand Prix cars...
Jacques Laffite has enjoyed a reputation for many years as an open and straightforward person, willing to talk seriously about...
Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the World Endurance Championship race at Spa, Belgium. The Martini LC2 of Bob Wolleck, Mauro Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese is awarded the win after the race is stopped (1985). 2 Bill...
I cannot allow the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve to pass unnoticed but it is, at the...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was...
I would rather be remembered as somebody who did some work against cancer than the driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix,” said Gunnar Axel Arvid Nilsson. Nevertheless, he should also be remembered—in the words of Nick Jordan, mechanic to Gunnar’s rival Tony Brise in Formula Atlantic—as “one of the...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Motor racing has recently been rocked by espionage scandals, but it was ever thus. In 1929, “Leon Dury” swapped two Millers for three Bugattis, and Ettore suddenly had fresh inspiration. When engineers change teams, they take information with them. That is true of any job; it is called “experience.” As...
My favorite Williams Formula One car, I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982 drivers...
Every era has its own greatest racing car. I would like to go back to my boyhood where I have...
Nigel Mansell Biography Nigel Ernest James Mansell OBE was born the 8th of August 1953 in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, England. His early childhood was unremarkable puctuated by frequent moving. He like other young boys was attracted to the exploits of Brutish sports figures including Jimmy Clark. After considerable success in kart racing,...
Pete Lyons News that Formula One is so financially distressed… Wait! Let us savor this! Become a Member & Get...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula or Formula One was formed by the FIA (Federation...
Frank Williams and Patrick Head are probably the best blokes I have ever driven for, so, it should come as no surprise that I chose one of the Williams cars as my greatest racecar. Indeed, too, selecting the Williams FW07 should be no surprise either. In the 1980 ‘B’ spec,...
As I follow the recent political soap opera, which has become Formula One, I can’t help but think of the...
Williams FW14B Car: Williams FW14b / Engine: 670 V10 / Maker: Williams – Renault / Year: 1991 / Capacity: 3,493 cc / Class: Formula 1 / Power: 760 bhp at 14,200 rpm / Wheelbase: 2,921 mm / Track: 1803 mm front, 1676 mm rear / Weight: 505 kg / Wheels: 11.4×13 front,...
After some 50 years of automobile racing, the Grand Prix Formula, or Formula One, was created by the Federation Internationale...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
In my time as a racing driver I have had the opportunity of driving many types of racing car. I have travelled the world in my quest to remain involved in motor racing, a sport I feel very passionate about. I have driven in some great races too, and at...
The Williams Formula One Conference Centre, Grove, UK was the venue for the 5th bi-annual reunion of the Grand Prix...
With Sir Frank Williams as our interview subject this month, we thought it might be a good idea to send...
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...