If ever there is a breeding ground for heroes it is the Monte Carlo Rally, organized by the Automobile Club...
The Automobile Club de Monaco has announced the cancellation of the 2021 running of the famed Rally Monte-Carlo Historique, due...
While not the greatest racecar of all time, the Cooper 86B-Maserati was that for me, as it gave me a...
1934 MG Q-type The story of how, in 1923, the first MG—under the guidance of Cecil Kimber—grew from the Bullnose...
Over the coming months we will have a series of three interviews with former BRM mechanics who worked with the team during the beginning, middle and end of the marque’s history in Grand Prix motor racing. The first of these interviews is with Richard “Dick” Salmon, now in his 92nd...
Today, I believe, drivers are arriving in Formula One far too early in their racing career. The top echelon of...
Roads leading to Monte Carlo January 25-February 1, 2017...
April 2017 Pit and Paddock – Behind the scenes at UK and European circuits in the ’60s and ’70s By Peter Darley Peter Darley served as Team Lotus’ official photographer during the glory days of the ’60s and ’70s, and while his images may have enjoyed widespread dissemination in period,...
The 1970 World Cup Rally (WCR) has gone down in history as the longest and toughest rally ever. Criss-crossing Europe...
“At Monaco you get everything that you meet on a public road lampposts, trees, nightclubs, houses, hotels, curbs, gutters, you...
BMW has long followed a policy of racing cars and engines derived from production vehicles. Until BMW entered Formula One with Williams using its V10 unit in 2000, every single engine raced by BMW had been derived from a production unit. As the company celebrates its centenary, it seems appropriate...
Monaco, Monte Carlo May 13-15, 2016...
During the Monaco Grand Prix, in Monte Carlo, on May 10, 1970, Pedro Rodriquez looks for the apex before turning his...
Monte Carlo, Monaco January 27-February 3, 2016...
The name of Noel Macklin is writ large in the history of British sporting cars. Marques such as Eric-Campbell, Silver...
Motor racing has always involved risk for the drivers, and sometimes for spectators too, as was seen to horrific effect...
It is early 1964 and having recently qualified as a doctor, I had signed up for a short-service commission as medical officer for the Royal Air Force in Changi, Singapore, to start at the beginning of the summer. But there was a problem; I had an obsession for motor racing....
Born to a Paris butcher and his wife in April 1937, the late Jean-Pierre Beltoise had won the incredible number...
Vic Elford is this year’s recipient of the Phil Hill Award from the Road Racing Drivers Club. RRDC President Bobby...
Jochen Rindt looked wild, disheveled, and had that devil may care swagger of a young person who didn’t have to worry about money. He was, though, a spectacular racing driver, as anyone who remembers the 1970 Grand Prix of Monaco will confirm. Rindt was lying 5th in his works Lotus...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Two significant anniversaries come along during 2013 for Alpine Renault. Who, you may ask? Well, if you are relatively new...
I don’t think there has ever been a car that has captured the public’s imagination more than the Jaguar E-Type. When it first appeared, over 50 years ago, it combined everything that any motorist could possibly dream of in a car. Fabulous looks, magnificent performance and a price tag that...
Aspiration and reality are often diametrically opposed. Dreams, however, do come true every time an amateur driver clambers aboard, or...
Laury, Lucy O’Reilly and Harry Schell were father, mother and son. They were all larger than life characters who made...
I started work with Lotus Components in 1960. I really wanted to join the Lotus Formula One team, but unless you were in the right place at the right time and talking to the right person, it was difficult. It was very curious in the way it worked, you could...
There are so many great racecars. I have always liked the Cobra, and I would be very pleased for someone...
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). 7 Chuck...
