Derek Warwick, followed by Patrick Tambay, prepares for a boat ride on the Olympic lake at Montreal on 14 June 1986. This unique form of Formula 1 transport was made…
Bernie Ecclestone is one of the world’s great deal makers. He loves them and has done some very good ones, both for himself and for those around him. He transformed…
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This is far more than just another Grand Prix car. Back in period, ‘The BRM’ was as much part of British national awareness as today’s news of a Covid vaccine.…
An unexpected bonus during the Abu Dhabi GP weekend was the appearance of Fernando Alonso in the Renault R25 with which he won the 2005 World Championship. It was supposed…
There are many strands to the backstory to Romain Grosjean’s escaping his 56g fireball in Bahrain on Sunday. The 9kg titanium halo has garnered the bulk of the headlines as…
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It only took a short trundle out of the garage to know they had something. “It was just so easy to drive,” says Eddie Jordan. “Easy to drive, very beautiful…
A drive in the woods: In autumn 1971, Fred Gerkens and some of his friends headed to Watkins Glen for the US Grand Prix and their first taste of F1.…
Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…
Future enthusiasts will surely recall 2020 as having been a truncated racing season, yet one still jam-packed considering the Covid pandemic, lockdown, world economies tanking, and all the recent –…
A round of the European Touring Car Challenge at Mallory Park? The 1960s were ripe with possibilities that would nowadays be unthinkable, as these photos from Chris Mitchell confirm
Goodwood's SpeedWeek festival in 2020 saw sports cars, supercars and prototypes roll onto the Goodwood circuit for a no-holds-barred timed shootout, with all eyes on the timing screen to see…
Picture it now: a Mercedes W10 gunning down the Brooklands straight at Thruxton, or Ferrari's SF90 dicing with last year’s McLaren on the run up to Oulton Park’s Knickerbrook. British…
Damon Hill is often credited as the first second-generation Formula 1 world champion. But while Hill’s title in 1996 certainly made him the first champion son of a champion, there…
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…
Born December 6, 1948 in Stockholm to Finnish parents, Keijo ‘Keke’ Rosberg was a karting champion who moved into car racing and enjoyed success in Formula Vee and Super Vee.…
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…
