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Everything changed for Clay Regazzoni on March 30 1980. The accident at Long Beach that left him in a wheelchair ended a grand prix career that had lasted for 10…

Mention the name Vic Elford and it doesn't take long for the phrase 'all-rounder' to crop up. It may be a bit of a cliché, but just consider Vic's achievements…

Zolder, Belgium, May 16th It is interesting how time heals and you can get used to anything, for the Belgian Grand Prix was making its third visit to the little…

Not many people have known Formula 1 from the inside better than John Hogan. For countless years he was 'the man from Philip Morris', the man responsible for Marlboro's involvement…

Elio de Angelis, whose death from race-track injuries 25 years ago will be commemorated on May 15, is remembered with endearing fondness by almost everyone who knew him during his…

A long time ago there was a racing driver, a fantastic driver, who did many impossible things. He took his first GP victory — at the end of his first…

Driving the works Mclaren Can-Am cars must have been a surreal and special away to earn a living. First there were the obvious factors such as almost unlimited power in…

The day I first met David Pearson, I was enquiring at his motel room door if he was available for an interview. He said sure, walking into the parking lot…

In 1950 Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina became Formula 1's first world champion, yet he remains among the least known. In his day sportsmen were rarely interviewed, and besides, he was an…

Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz - Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…

The story of Brooklands and its creator Hugh Locke King has been made well known, not least through these pages, but perhaps his wife Dame Ethel has not had enough…

When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were 'bitten by the bug'. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it's like a…

At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…

This was no time or place to make your Formula One debut. Even 'Happy' Jacques Laffite wanted out. He'd planted his Ligier on the outside of the front row, yet…

Hard on the heels of that great commotion which followed Spain's Catalunya Rally, after which the works Toyota Castrol Team was not only deprived of all its points for 1995…

Where better to have lunch with Ron Dennis CBE than in the McLaren Technology Centre, which houses most of the companies in the McLaren Group and over 2000 staff, including…

Fate, as we all know, plays an important role in everyone's life, whether directly or indirectly. Whether we choose to take it seriously or not is a matter for personal…