I was involved with the E-Type Jaguar right from its inception, initially as an employee under the wing of Lofty...
I’m sure, like many other racing drivers, the first race victory is an indelible moment in time and a memory...
The Ferrari Dino was always my favorite racing car, but that was as much to do with the two seasons I was a member of Scuderia Ferrari as the car itself. First, I had been approached by two suspicious looking Italian gentlemen at the British Motor Show in London in...
It is an extraordinary difficult question to answer, “What is my greatest racecar?” One can consider cars one has won...
Many will believe my greatest racecar will be the Ferrari 156 “sharknose,” since featuring in my film and DVD of...
The greatest racecar has to be the Ford Mustang, no question. I helped homologate it in the first place, and...
Winning the 1970 Monaco Formula Three race was seen as my ticket to a Grand Prix future. I’d made my...
Looking back, I’m tempted to regard the Mo Nunn-designed Theodore N183, as my greatest racecar. It was one of the first carbon fiber cars; I drove it at the Race of Champions in 1984 at Brands Hatch. I just managed to scrape enough money together to hire the car for...
My favorite Williams Formula One car that I designed, is the FW08—the car Keke Rosberg used to win the 1982...
As far as I’m concerned the greatest racecar I ever drove is the car that gave me the greatest happiness...
Gary Pearson stretches his and the D-type Jaguar’s legs during a Goodwood Revival.Photo: Roger Dixon My first open-wheeled car was a Lotus 22, in fact it was one of the cars used in the filming of Grand Prix. When I first got the car it still had the Jordan BRM...
My first racing was in motorcycles on a Triumph 350. That would be in 1958 while I was in Japan...
My greatest racecar has to be the D-Type Jaguar. Of course, when I drove my greatest racecar it was fairly...
Bentley Speed 8 My obvious choice for my greatest racecar has to be the Bentley Speed-8 which I won with at Le Mans in 2003. I was teamed up with Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello and the great Tom Kristensen who has gone on to become such a Le Mans legend with...
Hans Heyer got his one big chance to race in Formula One with the ATS-run Penske PC4 in the 1977...
Photo: Pete Austin Without a doubt my greatest racecar has to be the Matra 670. Matra worked so much since...
Ian Ashley Lola T330 F5000. Photo: BRDC Archive Motor racing is a very expensive hobby, but once you start with a taste at a racing school like Jim Russell’s the drug gets hold of you and you’re hooked for life. Following my initial grounding at the lower levels, I progressed...
Seen here at Monaco, Laffite scored two of his six Grand Prix wins in 1981, taking his favorite Talbot Ligier JS17-Matra...
I am synonymous with the Jaguar marque. It would, therefore, be strange for me to consider a car other than...
Without doubt, I have to say my greatest racecar is the Jaguar XJR-9 LM that took me, Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace to victory at Le Mans in 1988. The car was designed by Tony Southgate and was ahead of its time using a full carbon fiber monocoque and undercarriage...
The prize money for winning the 1972 Formula One “Race of Champions” at Brands Hatch in a BRM P160 allowed...
1980 Austrian GP, Jabouille leads Jones.Photo: Maureen Magee I choose the 1980 Renault RE23 as a Greatest Racecar with a...
When considering my greatest racecar, the question seems far too big for me to give a simple answer. I drove some terrific cars in my motor racing history. I suppose the ones that stand out, particularly in terms of those I had the most success in, are the Porsche 956...
The best cars I ever drove were the John Player Special, which gave me the 1972 Formula One World Championship,...
In my era, the greatest car was definitely that Lancia Fulvia…the HF. I remember driving one and thinking, “Oh goodness,...
Beating Peter Gethin for the European Formula 5000 champion-ship was something really special. I had a great car and tremendous...
We have had this conversation before! When you get asked a question about your greatest drive, or greatest race or the greatest racecar, you always have to qualify it. I have had cars that did well that I hated, and cars that never won but were great to drive. Some...