In terms of Formula 1’s mass appeal, this was its genesis. A human story that catapulted the sport from minority interest to a global phenomenon. It had every bit as…
Few knew: ‘Uncle Ken’, firm of handshake and belief, kept a mean secret; and, with views to his past, present and, wisely, future, Jackie Stewart had let a couple of…
I’d been in the world 14 years and one month when, on January 4, 1967, I watched Donald Campbell’s fatal Bluebird somersault on Coniston Water, on our black and white…
What’s blue-and-white and red all under? John Surtees’ Ferrari 158 wore North America’s racing colours at a topsy-turvy Mexico City decider, its welfare ostensibly catered for by influential US importer…
Faulty steps and tragic dark shadows cast the still-young world championship in a peculiar and troubled light, especially from this distance of 66 years. This was also a season that…
John Watson 22nd, 1983 United States GP West It’s a record John Watson hopes will stand for ever – and it will unless more than the current 10 teams join…
Twenty six years ago, on May 28, 1972, a driver with a degree in mechanical engineering from Brown University won the Indianapolis 500. His name was Mark Donohue. It was…
I first met Derek Bennett in 1965 when he brought over the original Chevron Clubmans car to Northern Ireland, raced it at Kirkistown, then took it down to Dunboyne. As…
This was taken through the media centre window at Suzuka in October 1994. The circumstances may not have been conducive to producing a clear image but it was a rare…
F1 Retro – May 2017 click here for full article The 2024 Goodwood Revival reverberated to the beautiful cacophony of a John Surtees-themed parade, celebrating 60 years since the great…
On the soggy Sunday morning at the Goodwood Revival meeting one of my earliest memories flashed back to me. It was around 1948-49, when tiny me was raised from bed…
A 1954 Mercedes W196 streamliner is among 11 astonishing cars to be put up for sale this autumn by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, in a bid to secure the…
Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, September 25-29 Late September and it’s the first flush of autumn. The nights are drawing in, leaves are turning russet shades, Blackpool’s Illuminations have been switched on and...…
The Motor Sport interview Jamie Chadwick, triple W Series champion, has been racing since she was 11 years old, starting in karts and moving to Ginetta Juniors in 2013 having…
Winter, 1969 East Horsley, Surrey Long before the McLaren F1, Bruce McLaren had a vision of a fast, lightweight coupé road car, making it eligible for the Group 4 GT…
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Phil Hill, who in September 1961 became America’s first Formula 1 world drivers’ champion, began his climb to the top 11 years earlier with his maiden significant victory. That happened…
