In this profile we explore the life and afterlife of a more modern Formula One car. Indeed, what does happen...
The poet Robert Browning wrote “how sad and bad and mad it was—but then, how it was sweet.” In today’s...
As a wayward young schoolboy, John Judd found it difficult to find employment in the engineering businesses around his home city of Coventry. Despite having good qualifications and being at the epicenter of the UK car industry, he was rejected first by Jaguar and then initially by Coventry Climax. Fortunately,...
I’m always a little bit shocked when I see the worlds of modern and historic racing intersect. Recently, I was...
Eddie Irvine has been a shrewd operator for most of his adult life. He carefully maneuvered himself into the second...
The first time I recall sitting in a racing car was as a child at the BRM works at Bourne, England, this would be in the late 1970s. It was one of the then-current F1 cars, the Rotary Watches Stanley BRM P207. This would be toward the end of the...
Tyrrell’s Project 34 six-wheel Formula One car was one of those refreshingly radical cars that used to come into Grand...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Following a successful championship year in Formula Three in 2001—winning the British F3, Masters of F3 and the celebrated Macau F3 GP—it was not so surprising to see Takuma Sato appear in F1 the following year. Many thought it would be aboard a Honda-powered BAR, but for whatever reason it...
During the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch on October 6, 1985, Nigel Mansell leaves a shower of sparks from...
This is the story of two men, born 45 years apart, each completely obsessed with the automobile, and both hopelessly...
James Bond and the Receivers Dear Editor, Congratulations on maintaining a great magazine. It never fails to please. Just one small point from your December editorial, First Turn, though; it seems to be passing into the history of old cars that Aston Martin has “been bankrupt seven times.” Nope, seven...
1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside. California (1969). 2...
From 1964 to 1978, a series of flat-bottomed formula cars were manufactured to serve as a steppingstone to Formula One...
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL November 11-15, 2015...
Silverstone Circuit, Northants, UK October 17, 2015...
Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX October 7-8, 2015...
Collingrove Hill, Barossa Valley, South Australia October 4, 2015...
Road America, Elkhart Lake, WI September 17-20, 2015...
Grand Prix Ford: Ford, Cosworth and the DFV By Graham Robson One of the most beneficial results of Ford’s Total...
Next July’s Silverstone Classic has announced plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Can-Am Series with a pair of special commemoration races at its annual summer event, set for July 29-31. The two races will be the culmination of a three-round Can-Am 50 Interserie Challenge being organized by...
The two-time British National Hillclimb Champion who also gave five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell his initial international opportunity to...
A four-race 2016 calendar has been announced by Formula 5000 Drivers Association President Seb Coppola. Also revealed was a 2018...
After concluding arrangements with Patricia and Amanda McLaren, widow and daughter of the late Bruce McLaren, TMP, the company that owns and operates the international motorsport park at Taupo, New Zealand, has renamed the multi-purpose facility Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. McLaren is, of course, the Kiwi-born racecar designer, driver and...
RAC, Woodcote Park, UK November 17-20, 2015 ...
The theme for Goodwood’s 2016 Festival of Speed, set for the weekend of June 23-26, will be “Full Throttle—The Endless...
Bugatti Type 46 & 50— The Big Bugattis By Barrie Price Originally published in 1995 and out of print for some time, Veloce has now reprinted Price’s work, which is the only book exclusively dedicated to the Type 46 & 50 Bugattis. With introductory text providing an overview of the...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Porsche 924, the car that would ease Porsche out...
• The Fabulous Fifties held its annual Lindley Bothwell Award dinner in early December at the Proud Bird restaurant near...
A dozen cars topped $1 million at RM Sotheby’s Driven to Disruption sale in New York City last week. Leading they way, more or less as expected, was the 1956 Ferrari 290 MM by Scaglietti, chassis #0626, that was built especially for five-time Argentine Word Champion Juan Manuel Fangio to...