F1
Ferrari's first World Champion: Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari drove racing cars as though born to it – which, of course, he had been. Father Antonio – much admired by the formative Enzo Ferrari – had until…
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Jochen Rindt: the man who brought cars to dancing life
Jochen Rindt was super-cool and mega-quick. With the stylish, willowy Nina on his arm and stopwatches, this German-born Austrian epitomised motor racing in the second half of the 1960s. Even…
Historic Racing News
Back from the blueprints: Brands debut for six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 'continuation'
When crazy-keen American historic racer Jonathan Holtzman’s attempts to buy a Tyrrell P34 were thwarted, he posed the six-wheeled question: ‘Why can’t we just build one?’ That was in July/August…
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Ron Tauranac "just designed bloody good racing cars"
The schoolboy stood shyly by the flung-open workshop doors. It was the first day of his summer holiday of 1963 and he had cycled the short distance from his Byfleet…
F1
Reims 1960: the end of the road for front-engined F1 cars
Enzo Ferrari could be mulish: who on Earth would think it logical to place a prancing horse behind its cart? So surmised a man basking (from July 1960) in the…
BTCC News
Kelvin Burt: the 'wasted' racing prodigy whose F1 dream turned sour
I liked him even before he revealed – 30 years after the fact – that not only had he owned a Fiat 131 Mirafiori Sport but also that he considered…
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British cast that showed its promise in F1's first championship race
Twenty-one men started the inaugural Formula 1 world championship race – the 1950 Grand Prix of Europe – at Silverstone 70 years ago: four were French; two were Italian; and…
Racing History
'A schoolboy's dream': 50 years since March's 'miracle' front-row debut
The start/finish area at the old Kyalami was a wide apron atop a crest. This then was the broad, sunlit upland for the two striking, tall young men walking the…
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Tony Brooks: making the extremely difficult look ridiculously easy
Tony Brooks turned 88 this week. My interest in him was piqued by a factoid within Cyril Posthumus’ year-by-year history of the German Grand Prix: that two-time winner Brooks was…
Racing History
Front-wheel drive heroes, from Indy to the Ardennes
It’s not the sexiest in motorsporting terms but I am guessing that we have all done it – and on occasion rather enjoyed it: ragged a front-wheel-drive car. Okay, so…
F1
Overheated and overhyped? The two-stroke's inglorious GP history
Well, ring-a-ding-ding, two-strokes in Formula 1 by 2025 – if Chief Technical Officer Pat Symonds’ recent intriguing suggestion is acted upon. More bangs for your suck from fewer moving parts…
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F1 in the winter sun: New Year racing with Clark, Hill, Stewart and Moss
For the leading drivers of the 1960s, Christmas and New Year heralded racing in the South African sun Clark, Brabham and Gurney lead at the start of the 1963 South African…
