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It was during his spell as a McLaren works driver, first with the Church Farm Racing M10A in Formula 5000 and later as a member of the Grand Prix team,…

Perhaps I just don't eat enough seafood, but I've never quite been able to picture how the Brabham BT34 earned the soubriquet 'lobster claw' — although its unusual disposition of twin…

This, it should be said, was one of the bigger gambles. When this Jaguar XJR-9LM, chassis number 488, won Le Mans in 1988, it was the greatest triumph in sportscar…

Down the years there have been exceptions to the rule, of course, but by and large the running of two bona fide number one drivers in a single team is…

Jackie Stewart was never going to be part of the Tyrrell team in 1974, having given Ken ample notice of his intention to retire at the end of ’73, but…

It was a country on the verge of a revolution, in need of a hero. Three years had passed since the death of Eva Peron and an uneasy nation watched…

Make a list of the cars Chris Amon raced to earn his living in the 1960s and 1970s and two things strike you. First that there's an awful lot of…

Motor racing fans measure success in terms of wins and that's not a bad thing. The Cosworth GP car never even entered a race, let alone won one. So why…

It's bright red, true blue British sports-car, with the charisma and presence of Sir Anthony Hopkins, but will any of the post-rush hour drivers let it join the traffic flow?…

In 1932, in the depths of the economic depression, a quiet, modest man who had spent most of the previous year unemployed joined the payroll of Mercedes-Benz as a humble…

Twenty-five years ago Formula 1 drivers had already become, in their own eyes at least, pretty important people. Now they had motorhomes to hide in, and even a chat over…

The year is 1948. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari is preparing for the debut of his first Grand Prix cars. Ferdinand Porsche is putting the finishing touches to the prototype…

The Porsche 917 is one of the machines in the running to be named Race Car of the Century; will it get your vote? Click below or scroll to the…

I suppose that the 1979 Italian GP at Monza, when Gilles and I were second and first and I won the world championship, has to be my most spectacular race,…

As four new teams emerge this season to take on the Formula 1 establishment, there’s no shortage of doubters prophesying their early downfall. It’s an echo of exactly 40 years…

Grand prix racing was a changing world by 1958. And after the opening race of that season, in Argentina, it would never be the same again, for a tiny rear-engined…

"Mad Ronald," Mike Hailwood used to call him. Twenty and 30 years ago, Grand Prix racing may have been infinitely more perilous than now, but it lacked the hard edge…