Nuvolari and the Tortoise
I have admired Tazio Nuvolari all my life and so has just about every other motor racing enthusiast of my generation. My friend Murray Walker,…
Browsing: Heroes
Fangio and His Museum
Tucked away in a little potato-farming town, 250 miles south east of Buenos Aires, is one of the most important motor racing museums in the… Read More...
Robert Kubica
He was a spectacular Formula 1 driver and the first Polish addition to the F1 circus, who had it all going for him after six… Read More...
Franco Cortese
Today, Franco Cortese is, perhaps, one of motor sport’s forgotten stars and he shouldn’t be. He was the driver who put Ferrari on the map… Read More...
Andy Green
He is literally the fastest man on the planet, and has been since October 15, 1997. That was when Andy Green set the current World… Read More...
Family Affair—The Hills and The Rosbergs
Fathers and their sons who have each won the Formula 1 World Championship are few and far between. There are only two dads and their… Read More...
Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler
The last time a car featured in my Heroes column was months back, when I wrote about the 1935 Alfa Romeo Bi-turbo, a fast if… Read More...
Alberto Divo
Bugatti had won the Targa Florio three consecutive years from 1925 – 1927 by the time their new recruit, Albert Divo, was flagged away from… Read More...
Mike Hailwood
Mike Hailwood had won no fewer than nine World Motorcycle Championships before he ever competed in his first Formula One motor race. Not to mention… Read More...
Giulio Ramponi
Giuseppe Campari discovered 17-year-old Giulio Ramponi in 1919, when the youngster was working as a trainee for a Milan fuel pump manufacturer. The great driver… Read More...
Dan Gurney
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons:… Read More...