On this day in motor sport: November 30-December 6
Anniversaries from Formula 1, sports cars and more from the Archive and Database November 30 1966 Finnish Formula 1 driver Mika Salo is born in Helsinki. Salo battled Mika Häkkinen…
The major anniversaries in Formula 1, sports car racing and more from the database and archive November 23 2014 Lewis Hamilton wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch the…
But for an illegal exhaust, this is the car that should have won Jaguar Le Mans Photos courtesy of Bonhams A car that finished 15th at Le Mans in 1993,…
The milestones from this week in motor sport, from the Archive and Database November 16 1892 Pre-war Grand Prix and Le Mans winner Tazio Nuvolari is born. The fourth son…
Three-time NASCAR Cup champion David Pearson died at the age of 83 on November 12. Paul Fearnley recounts Pearson's rivalry with Richard Petty Photos: ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images…
Dickie Meaden on retracing the footsteps of Ayrton Senna with a double track test at Thruxton Earlier this year I spent a day at Thruxton driving two of the most…
The major anniversaries from Formula 1, Le Mans and more from the database November 9 1999 French sports car stalwart Claude Ballot-Léna (above, Le Mans 1971) succumbs to cancer. Ballot-Léna started…
Peter Arundell was never Lotus's 'number one', but he deserved better Jochen Rindt – not yet crowned the ‘King of Formula 2’ – was chasing the ‘King of Formula Junior’…
On this day in Formula 1, Le Mans and more, from the database November 2 1946 1980 Formula 1 world champion Alan Jones is born. This gritty Australian won the…
An exclusive gallery of Ayrton Senna's Van Diemen RF81 from the December 2018 issue of Motor Sport. Pick up or download your copy here Ayrton Senna's Van Diemen RF81 – chassis…
This week's major milestones from history, via the database October 26 1986 The 1986 Formula 1 World Championship was decided on this day in Adelaide after a dramatic three-way title…
Age was just a number, as Fangio, Farina and Fagioli proved... and Räikkönen Blimey, the Three Fs weren’t exactly a boy band. The pops (sic) combo that dominated the inaugural…
Each year at the Goodwood Revival, Credit Suisse brings together some of the sport's great names for its 'Racing Forum'. In 2018, five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell, 1989 victor…
On the face of it, a Porsche 908/3 clean sweep with little interest. But second and third split by less than a second, and who really needs to be asked twice…
This week's major milestones from history, via the Archive and Database October 19 1958 Casablanca’s Ain-Diab district holds the world championship-deciding Moroccan Grand Prix. Stirling Moss, who had already won…
“Jim Clark once held that very steering wheel, he once sat exactly where you’re sitting, saw what you’re seeing. Pretty special, isn’t it?” World Endurance Championship Ford GT racer Andy…
On this day in motor sport, from the database October 12 1906 Grand Prix veteran, team manager and respected author Piero Taruffi is born. The son of a wealthy surgeon,…