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Explore news, articles and features from years gone by in our category all about the history of racing and those that made it. From iconic people to iconic moments with interviews, opinions and much more.
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Chris Craft: How British saloon star found himself in F1 — for one GP
Chris Craft, who has died at the age of 81, was one of the great characters of British motor sport. A big player on the domestic scene, notably in Ford…
Single-Seaters
Grands prix on ice: when drivers headed north to race in the snow
In the days before the ‘winter sun’ of the Springbok and Tasman series’ of the 1950s-’60s, hardier European racing types rugged up and headed north to get their off-season fix.…
F1
Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie review — 'Sensational footage of F1 from 1965'
A new feature-length documentary about Steve McQueen will be broadcast on Sky on January 1 and for anyone with even a passing interest in motor racing it should be judged…
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Warwick & Tambay catch the boat to the 1986 Canadian GP: Flashback
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…
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Bernie Ecclestone: from building F1 to its future — The Motor Sport Interview
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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V16 BRM P15: the sensational GP car that's forever England
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.…
F1
Alonso: '2005 Renault was built for demo laps... they weren't expecting me to push it!'
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…
F1
The man who pioneered carbon fibre F1 cars: still saving lives today
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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F1
'I had my first F1 car and no money': Eddie recalls birth of Jordan 191 — 30 years on
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…
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You were there: 1971 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
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.…
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Racing through Europe
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…
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Doug Nye: Italy's attempt to keep racing in the ghastly circumstances of 1940
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 –…
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You were there: '60s touring cars & more
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
Historic Racing News
Mystery of the Goodwood lap record: nobody knows what it is
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…
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F1
British F1 at its peak: Kennedy & Keegan's '79 Aurora AFX Silverstone showdown
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…
F1
Alan Jones, a chip off the old block – 40 years on
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…