Oy V.a.Y.!
For all the talk today of “level playing fields” and equal opportunities for all, it has to be understood that motor sport has never really… Read More...
Monthly Archives: February, 2010
Charlie Whiting
FIA Safety Delegate Any organization is, in truth, only as good as the people in it, and motor sport’s global governing body, the FIA, is…
Lunch with Barry
Like a large number of enthusiasts in the historic racing community, I was at first startled and then fascinated by the recent unfolding saga of… Read More...
Michele Alboreto
Ken Tyrrell once said that, contrary to what had been written about him, he had no special talent for spotting good racing drivers. “If they’re… Read More...
Surviving ’94
Both my father and my grandfather had raced, so racing was in my genes. Like most modern drivers my early career started in karts, which… Read More...
1989 Porsche 962
I’ve driven many racing cars during my career and, for me, a great racecar has to have exceptional acceleration and handle extremely well. These qualities… Read More...
The Birth of the Tiger
In 1953, the Rootes Group in England, which had acquired the Sunbeam Company in 1935, produced a handsome sports car, the Sunbeam Alpine. Its styling promised… Read More...
The Arundell Challenge
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many major races as any other… Read More...
Sleeping Beauty
The Aston Martin DB5 was made famous in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger, and from then on it has been used in five more… Read More...
Fast Exposure
The Monaco Grand Prix; Monte Carlo, May 10, 1964. Peter Arundell in the second works Lotus leads Richie Ginther’s B.R.M. around Station Hairpin during practice.… Read More...
Cadwell Park’s Mountain Complex
When asked by my good friend Rick Roso to write a piece on how “to do” one of my favorite turns, my immediate reaction was… Read More...