It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first...
Rarely in the history of motor racing was one person so revered as Ayrton Senna da Silva. From the start...
As the calendar year moves into its second half, we come to what motor racing calls its “Silly Season,” when there arises lots of conjecture about who will drive for who in the next year or two. Actually, I think the silliest part of it is the name. Why “silly”?...
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s first of three Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championships. It was also McLaren’s 4th...
One of the most memorable events in the history of Donington Park, the rain-soaked 1993 European Grand Prix a quarter-century...
The Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, has announced that it hosted a record-breaking number of visitors from all over the world during 2017, the final total reaching the 100,000 milestone. Those attendees come from all over, with nearly a third coming from Europe, but significant numbers of visitors arriving...
1 • Glenn Seton drives a Nissan Skyline to victory in the Australian Touring Car race at Calder Park in...
November 2017 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Championship at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones is born (1946). 3 Ayrton Senna wins the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide in a McLaren-Honda (1991). 4 Townsend Bell, the...
1 Jeremy Dale, driving a Spice-Oldsmobile, wins the IMSA WSC race at Phoenix, Arizona, giving Oldsmobile the IMSA Manufacturers Championship...
This year’s Formula One World Championship commenced without the reigning champion in the field, something that has not happened since 1993 when Alain Prost quit the Williams team. So, how many times have we been without the current champion? The easy answer is four, but it depends on the precise...
Ayrton Senna started 13th on the grid and thrived in the wet conditions, making it all the way up to...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
The boys from Brazil just keep on coming: Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna and, since 2002, Felipe Massa. The others won eight Formula One World Championships between them, but even with 11 GP victories to his credit, Felipe hasn’t made it yet. He almost did in a 2008 mind...
1 Jody Scheckter drives a Ford-powered Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African Grand Prix (1975). 3 Nobuhiko Kawamoto,...
March 2017 Thrill of the Chase By Colin Crabbe If ever you wanted to know anything—everything—about the Scottish sportsman Colin...
Some people do; some people don’t. Some people enjoy it; some people don’t. Driving in the rain, that is. Apart from being the title of two wonderful books—the real racing one by John Horsman, (Racing in the Rain) and the other (The Art of Racing in the Rain) “written” by...
I grew up on a farm in Northern Ireland, far removed from motor sport, and my parents strongly disapproved of...
Formula Ford was a specification racing series created on the idea that the best drivers would win if they were...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money, or was bored with retirement, but whatever the reasons he certainly believed that McLaren could do the job. Above all, he felt sure he could. I think the real story...
Last month we presented the first half of European Editor Mike Jiggle’s interview with engine wizard John Judd, and the...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
The tragic death earlier this year of Jules Bianchi has reignited an on-again, off-again discussion of whether Formula One cars...
The 1987 season was my first year in Formula One. I had sponsorship from Lois jeans and Mr. Minardi offered...
1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at Riverside, California, but his race ends after five laps, with engine failure. Denny Hulme drives a Team McLaren M8D-Chevrolet to the win (1970). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land Speed Record in the...
2 Louis de Palma drives a Benz to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912). 3 George...
4 Colin McCrae and Derek Ringer win the Acroplis Rally in a Subaru Impreza (1996). 5 The 917 racecar project...
The Toleman TG184-Hart, chassis 02, with which Ayrton Senna made his first big splash in Formula One, is currently on sale at Prindiville, London’s global specialists in prestige car sales, for £1 million. The car’s provenance confirms that this is the machine the gifted Brazilian drove during his rookie F1...
