Quite often people ask the question "What is a classic motor race?" and one simple answer is "The Grand Prix race round the streets of Monte Carlo". Even though the…

ONE of the highlights of recent weeks was the appearance and performance of Bruce McLaren's Oldsmobile-engined sports car fitted with the Ferguson torque-converter, built to Tera-Mala patents. Its failure in…

Continuity I always find continuity in the racing scene of great interest: the sons of famous racing drivers taking up the sport, like those of Sir Jack Brabham, Derek Bell,…

Regazzoni saves the day Monza, Italy, September 6th. After the sweeping victory in Austria the whole of Italy was behind Ferrari for the Italian Grand Prix, to be held over…

on Saturday, returning over-night for the Monaco race on Sunday afternoon. Eventually the rain came down so hard that even the bravest of them gave up and practice was quietly…

Fangio again Adenau (Eifel), August 5th Probably the most outstanding thing about the German Grand Prix was the fact that no British cars were entered. Not one of our Grand…

Third time lucky You would expect August 16 to be blazing hot almost anywhere in Europe, but Austria is not like that. On the Thursday before practice began the clouds…

This year the French Grand Prix returned to the Reims-Gueux circuit in the Champagne country, after a brief sojourn at Rouen. To say that the 49th French Grand Prix was…

With the Argentine races being cancelled the Monaco GP became the first round in the World Championship series and the first occasion when all the Grand Prix teams brought out…

British GP cars 1956 With the season finished I was able to spend a memorable day at Silverstone when one of our top drivers had three different Formula One cars…

Hockenheimring, July 24 If there is a better driver than Ayrton Senna in Formula One today I would like to see him. The Brazilian driver wins in the wet, he…

—a poor race Monza, Italy, April 25th. After the BOAC 1000 at Brands Hatch (reported in last Month's Motor Sport) the sports car scene moved to Monza, the very fast…