As part of Renault’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2022 for the Renault 5, the French manufacturer debuted its R5 TURBO...
To celebrate its debut in Formula One, as well as its assault on a selection of other high-speed disciplines, Alpine...
There is a saying, “an apple never falls far from its tree” and similarly a carrossier needs strong antecedents. The Grümmer family had been in the saddling and coachbuilding business long before the creation of the Grümmer company in Clichy, France, in 1924. The oldest traceable origins of the family...
1 The Mille Miglia is won by Alberto Ascari driving a Lancia D24. Second overall and first in the...
The transfer of technology from F1 to production cars will be embodied by a selection of models exhibited by Renault...
The history of the racing engine—and perhaps to a lesser extent the road going engine as well—has been driven by advancements in induction and valve train technology. Once the 4-stroke Otto cycle form of internal combustion engine became the standard, some of the greatest leaps in performance and efficiency came...
Get beneath the skin of a Formula One racing car, uncover the history of Aston Martin and hear motorcycle racers...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 it became an...
Fewer than 20 Renault AI 35/45 HP Runabouts were produced, and four of the five remaining 1907 racers — often called simply “Vanderbilt Renaults” — graced the 18th fairway at the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. A bit of history: Founded in 1899, Renault soon emerged as a force to be reckoned with...
Groupe Renault displayed four historic endurance racing prototypes (above, photo courtesy of Renault) at this year’s Retromobile Show in Paris,...
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
July 2017 Porsche 914 – The Racing History By Roy Smith Writing about a subject is relatively easy when there...
Bob Wollek was a champion many times over before he even got into motor racing. He won no fewer than...
The Royal Automobile Club has announced that the 2017 Bonhams London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, supported by Hiscox, will create an Entente Cordiale this November as the event adopts a French flavor. To celebrate France’s extensive contributions to motoring’s early days, the 2017 Run will welcome examples of those...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations set forth by the FIA (Federation International Automobile) in the International Championship of Makes from 1964-1971, and the World Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. The regulations changed somewhat as the...
As dawn breaks this Sunday, November 6, London’s Hyde Park will be full of the sights, sounds and smells of...
Derek is the epitome of the driver who should have won the Formula One World Championship, but was just about...
Initially, Jean-Pierre Jabouille made his mark in France’s national Formula Three racing in 1968. Not only did he race, but he also maintained his own car and earned enough money to move continually forward to the next meetings. At the time, a certain François Cevert was dominating the French F3...
September 2016 Into the first corner of the 1980 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s Renault RE20 leads...
The Formula Junior category was introduced in Italy in 1958 by Count Giovanni Lurani, and in 1959 became an International...
The celebration of French culture continues at the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California, with displays of the finest examples of transportation from the end of the horse-drawn era and dawn of the automotive age. Carriages and early motorcars from France’s prominent coachbuilders will be shown in the main Mullin...
Australia has decided to demote FF1600 and install Formula 4 as its national starter series. Formula 4 gives each country...
I choose the 1980 Renault RE23 as a Greatest Racecar with a little controversy, you’ll see what I mean. Since...
Colin Chapman The Comic Strip Biography Published by Haynes Think of the name Colin Chapman and the word innovator is not far away. This book innovatively marries the graphic novel and the world of motor racing. Some 1960s publications, such as The Tiger and the Grand Prix Gift Book Annuals...
1 Jean-Pierre Wimille drives a Simca-Gordini to victory in the Coupe Robert Benoist on a road circuit near Nimes, France (1947). 3 Jody Scheckter drives a Trojan T101 to victory in the L&M Continental F5000 race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington, Ohio (1973). 4 Eddie Cheever, driving for the Osella team,...
