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...
Browsing: Heroes
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...
Jenson Button
It had been a long, hard ride from winning masses of kart races when he was a kid to winning the 2009 Formula One World… Read More...
1958 Le Mans Coupe
One of the most intriguing post-war American automotive tales has largely been forgotten. It was a car story that began in 1957 and involved publishing… Read More...
David Bruce-Brown
Ask anyone who was the first American to win a Grand Prix and chances are they will say Phil Hill or Dan Gurney, heroes of… Read More...
Luigi Chinetti
An Alfa Romeo car mechanic who rose to become one of the greatest endurance drivers of his generation, the man responsible for establishing Ferrari in… Read More...
Eddie Cheever
The only time I ever met Eddie Cheever was one weekend when we were at the Hockenheim circuit, in Germany, for the 1979 Formula Two… Read More...
Juan Manuel Fangio
One of the remarkable things about Juan Manuel Fangio is that he only competed in 51 Grands Prix, yet won five Formula One World Championships.… Read More...
Walter Röhrl
You might well ask “Who the hell’s he?” when you read the name at the top of the page. Well, he’s the man none other… Read More...
Sandro Munari
I have a Minichamps model of the legendary Lancia Stratos HF rally car in Alitalia’s green and white colors sitting on my desk and every… Read More...