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…
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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…
June 23, 1968, Zandvoort 1968 Dutch Grand Prix Lotus and Graham Hill were in a tough patch of form entering the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, and it continued…
Official race results, once confirmed, are seldom questioned. This is certainly true of the most prestigious surviving road race of them all, the Le Mans 24 Hours. Back in 1965…
Over long decades major manufacturers and their sponsors have invested colossal sums of money and expertise in what used to be called Grand Prix racing. Lucrative payback has come from…
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE, UK Editor Joe Dunn Editors-at-Large Gordon Cruickshank & Simon Arron…
Stirling Moss; a world-renowned circuit designer; and a wheeler-dealer, suspected of having worked for the CIA, all standing together in a Japanese field full of weeds. There's no punchline; this…
Given Mercedes’ current dominance, even a Max Verstappen win in a Red Bull is billed as a Formula 1 upset. But eight years ago, an upset happened on a monumental…
As the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya celebrates 30 years of hosting the Spanish Grand Prix, Damien Smith looks at the remarkable racing that the F1's unofficial home has hosted in its picturesque setting
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21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits...
