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On this day in motor sport: August 17-23
The anniversaries from this week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 17 // August 18 // August 19 // August 20 // August 21 // August 22…
Racing History
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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Fernando Alonso's F1 career
Seventeen years in F1, more than 300 Grands Prix started, two world championships, 32 wins and lots of controversy: Fernando Alonso's career timeline Read more: Farewell Fernando Alonso 1999-2000 Fernando Alonso wins…
Auctions
The Porsche 962's Daytona swansong
The final Daytona 24 Hours-winning Porsche 962 is set to be auctioned. Here’s its story Right car, right time. That was how Michael Cotton described Derek Bell’s Daytona 24 Hours…
Auctions
The rear-engined revolution of IndyCar
How, five decades apart, two Indy 500 cars demonstrate the evolution of racing machines On auction during Monterey Car Week will be two different, but historically significant, Indianapolis 500 racers:…
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On this day in motor sport: August 10-16
This week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 10 // August 11 // August 12 // August 13 // August 14 // August 15 // August 16…
Auctions
The most expensive car ever to be auctioned?
This Ferrari 250 GTO could set a new record thanks to its storied history Read more: Monterey's record Car Week Sixty million dollars. For a car. But this is a Ferrari…
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The rise of DP215
How the Aston Martin DP215 was created, unceremoniously pulled from the racetrack, and then restored to its former glory ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ – that’s what Aston Martin…
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Simon Arron: "History provides ample evidence to justify Ricciardo’s switch, but..."
There are more than enough recent examples that would have dissuaded Daniel Ricciardo from jumping to a rival F1 team Racing driver switches to slower team. Voluntarily. It isn’t common…
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Babe's Bentley
Woolf Barnato, one of the most important men in Bentley's history, and his 4½-litre WO Bentley once described Captain Woolf Barnato as “the best driver we ever had and... the…
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On this day in motor sport: August 3-9
This week in motor sport, from the database August 3 // August 4 // August 5 // August 6 // August 7 // August 8 // August 9 August 3 1952 Alberto Ascari…
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Sunoco Special
The story of the 1970 Lola T153 'Sunoco Special', which was raced by the likes of Mark Donohue and David Hobbs in the 1970s “The race itself was anticlimactic,” Mark…
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Defiance and drama: Dutch Grands Prix
The Netherlands hasn't hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix since 1985, but the tides may soon be turning to form a sea of orange Not since Niki Lauda’s last show…
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Force India's F1 decade
A timeline of Force India – and team principal Vijay Mallya's – ups and downs over the last 10 years in Formula 1 2007-08 Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya buys Spyker…
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Pink Gold
The tale of an important Ford GT40, expected to fetch millions at Monterey Ford's journey to Le Mans is a story that needs little in the way of introduction. Neither…
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On this day in motor sport: July 27-August 2
This week in motor sport, from the database July 27 // July 28 // July 29 // July 30 // July 31 // August 1 // August 2 // July 27 1953 French Formula 1 driver Philippe Alliot celebrates his 65th birthday today.…
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‘You’ll never guess what’s just happened’
1999 Belgian Grand Prix – when an all-nighter meant what it said on the tin On the surface all was bluster. The new British American Racing team had launched amid…
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On this day in motor sport – July 20-26
This week in motor sport, from the database July 20 // July 21 // July 22 // July 23 // July 24 // July 25 // July 26 // July 20 1943 Chris Amon (above) was born 75 years ago on New Zealand’s…