ex-Phil Hill 1963 ATS F1 The 1961 Formula One World Champion Phil Hill did not learn that most of the important...
Danny Margulies was but a boy when he visited his home Grand Prix of Bucharest in 1937 and first opened...
Keke Rosberg was a kind of motor racing Cinderella Man. He went from the drudgery of retiring or not even qualifying a stream of uncompetitive cars to becoming the 1982 Formula One World Champion the minute he had reliable machinery with which to lay his talent bare. I first met...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
Formula Atlantic celebrates its 35th season in 2008, standing as the second oldest training category in the world, behind only...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 11–13, has grown every year since its inception in 1993 and now stands alone as the premier event offering something for everyone interested in four- or two-wheeled motor sport. What began as a historic motor sport garden party held in the grounds of...
“Sex – the breakfast of Champions” was the legend on the T-shirt the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion wore under...
It is early 1964 and having recently qualified as a doctor, I had signed up for a short-service commission as...
One of the things to particularly love about ladies, is their ability to “multi-task,” something most men are not very good at, or at all. Women can have babies, manage households, manage husbands, drive racing cars, fly aeroplanes and run countries. Of course, men can do most of those—pregnancy excepted—but...
This portrait of the legendary John Surtees, by mixed media artist Jonathan (Joff) Carter, commemorates the unique, astounding, achievements of...
June 2008 Lancia 037 The Development and Rally History of a World Champion By Peter Collins Long-time VR author and...
Phil Hill Biography Overshadowed by his fellow Americans Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt it was Phil Hill who became America’s first World Champion after the death of the popular German driver Wolfgang von Trips. Born in Florida his family would soon move to Santa Monica, California. Hill soon immersed himself...
Vincenzo Florio David DonohuePhoto: Chuck Andersen 1 F1 racer and six-time Le Mans winner Jackie Ickx born in Brussels, Belgium...
Our European Editor, Ed McDonough, has had the opportunity to interview John Surtees on a number of occasions, investigating how...
Included on the Queen’s New Year Honors List this time around is the name of John Surtees, who has been made a Commander of the British Empire for his services to motor racing. The 81-year-old Surtees remains, of course, the only man to win World Championships on both two wheels...
Damon Graham Devereux Hill is the only son of a Formula 1 World Champion to have also won the title....
1983 Tyrrell 012/01-Cosworth The Tyrrell proved to be nimble and responsive around the dunes of Zandvoort. Photo: Pete Austin Since the...
Mike Lawrence Last December, the Mail Online ran a piece on turkey rearing that highlighted cruelty. Two farmers were singled out for praise for the way they treat their birds, and one was Jody Scheckter. Jody’s considerable achievements in another life were not mentioned. I found this refreshing. We live...
Niki Lauda M. von Brauchitsch 1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race...
At its recent AGM, the British Racing Drivers Club unanimously elected Derek Warwick as its new president, replacing former F1...
The passing of any legend will always generate a fresh wave of interest in his or her biographical history, and Phil Hill is no different. As you can see from this issue of VR, many are the tributes offered for America’s first World Champion racer. Some readers, however, may wish...
Goodwood was at its best yet again for the 13th Revival celebration. Four days of superb weather made it one...
Rene Arnoux learned his trade the hard way, as he fought for the European Formula Two Championship against tough nuts...
As you’ll read in this month’s news, Bette Hill, wife of World Champion Graham and mother of World Champion Damon, has passed away at the age of 91. After meeting future husband Graham, at a rowing club function in 1950, Bette would four years later be swept up into the...
Many were the similarities shared by young American racer Bobby Marshman and the Scottish Legend Bobby Marshman Photo: IMS Colin Chapman...
As you’ll read in this month’s news—and likely learned from our web site back on March 10—multi-time motorcycle and Formula...
Dad was a part-time taxi driver and Mom a secretary, and five-year-old Mika plagued the life out of them to let him race a kart. They hired one for him, but he crashed it on the first lap of his first race, so kart racing was a no-no in the...
“Phil Hill, World Champion Formula One 1961” Water Color Painting by Uli Ehret Weinheim, Germany Limited edition prints available e.g....
The Belgian Grand Prix; Zolder, May 13, 1979. Really trying! The wonderful Gilles Villeneuve, father of recent World Champion Jacques...
Robert Newman You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the page. Well, he’s the man none other than Niki Lauda described as The 20th Century’s Greatest Rally Driver. Not the most popular branch of motor sport in America, but rallying...
