My motor racing career started with the most basic form of car, a 1952 Ford Anglia E93A, which I towed...
For the 1970 Grand Prix season, and still in my very early 20s, I was again a number two mechanic...
It is always amazing when I get a chance to drive some of the cars I raced many years ago. This year at the Goodwood Festival I was back in the John Player Special Lotus 72 that I drove many times. Everytime I get in that car I go back...
In 1975, at Mallory Park, I made my race debut in British Touring car Championship—it was the first round of...
Stirling MossPhoto: Keith Booker I have had many co-drivers in my career…John Fitch, Juan Fangio, Peter Collins, Harry Schell, Tony...
Fundamentally, the development of the Brabham “fan car” was due to the introduction of the Lotus 79, and in a sense the latter part of the Lotus 78. Both of those cars were essentially ground-effect cars with sliding skirts. The initial concept of the Brabham BT46 was to have surface-cooling...
Unlike many racing drivers, none of my family was associated with motor sport or the motor trade. Spain, my country,...
My early days of racing gave very few opportunities, starting with a Sprite I slowly progressed to Formula Ford and...
I think it was in 1957 that I saw Fangio race at Silverstone, it was a catalyst for me to get interested in motor racing and think of how I could design a racing car. I was always, and still am, fascinated by the technicalities of racing car design and...
I spent the greater part of my Formula One career with Alfa Romeo, joining them in 1979 and leaving at...
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early...
I actually started racing with the Nissan GTP team late in 1988, while I was still racing Indycars. I was brought in to support Geoff Braham’s championship effort, and met them in Phoenix for a test at Firebird. My first race was the street race in Columbus, Ohio, and I...
My father, the late Colin Chapman and founder of the Lotus name, was driven by ambition—ambition to be the best...
Following my initial foray into motor racing, I soon found I needed money, money, and more money. There were many...
My father, Tom Bamford, first got involved in motor sport in his late teens when he bought an Ariel motorcycle in the late ’30s that he had to keep down the street at a gas station because my grandparents didn’t want him to own it. One day he was following...
My career, like many people, started in Formula Ford, in 1971, before progressing to Formula Italy, and on to Formula...
Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in...
The Eagle Formula Ford that I won the SCCA Runoffs with in 1978 was a car I was involved with from very early in its development, and how that happened is a bit of a funny story. I was sitting at home in Massachusetts watching a hockey game on TV...
My racing Astons started in 1953, and although the first year brought some results, there wasn’t a win until 1955,...
I first drove what was to become Graham Hill’s 1966 American Red Ball Special Indy winner at the Brickyard, in...
When Formula Junior came to the UK shores, to replace the now out-dated 500-cc Formula Three racing, I felt that it was time to build a single-seater chassis for myself. It was at the same time I had decided to leave my £18-a-week job at Rotax and set up my...
What is it among first experiences that’s supposed to be the most unforgettable? A boy’s first kiss? I certainly remember...
Throughout history, men have always competed to go faster, farther, and higher than others, and during the past century much...
John Michael “Mike” Hawthorn won the Formula One World Championship in 1958, and in doing so became the first British driver ever to win it. He first appeared at Goodwood in 1952 as a comparatively unknown and amazed everyone by driving this very, very quick Cooper-Bristol, and became a star...
My first exposure to Formula Ford came as a lot of us began hearing about how neat it was in...
I drove the Birdcage Maserati for Lucky Casner’s Camoradi Team on three occasions in 1960, beginning with the 1,000 kilometers of Buenos Aires where Masten Gregory and I led until the gearbox failed. At Sebring I was teamed with Stirling Moss and we had built up a substantial lead, but...
My brother, Jim Hurtubise, started out racing on dirt tracks in California against seasoned drivers like Parnelli Jones and Allen...
Mario Andretti I had three different seasons in Alfa Romeo sports cars. People remember that I drove for them in...
I became involved in motor racing with some very good friends at the Midland Racing Partnership, located in my hometown of Wolverhampton, England. The team ran some really good drivers such as Richard Attwood, David Hobbs, and John Rhodes. David Baker and Alan Evans were the driving force behind the...
