F1
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…
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.
Auctions
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…
F1
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…
F1
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…
Auctions
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…
F1
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.…
F1
‘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…
F1
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…
Auctions
Mirage and the Gulf
Five outings, three podiums but overlooked at La Sarthe This is a forgotten successful stalwart of Le Mans. Yet its colours, drivers and engine are all familiar. Heading to auction…
F1
Uncomfortable strings
How Britain's pre-war superstar met conflict and chaos, winning in Nazi Germany
F1
On this day in motor sport – July 13-19
This week in motor sport, from the database July 14 // July 15 // July 15 // July 16 // July 17 // July 19 // 13 July 1918 Antonio Ascari’s successful racing career had only just accelerated when Alberto (above) was…
F1
John Barnard 'Perfect car' extract: Racing the carbon car
Taken from John Barnard's recently released biography, The Perfect Car, we pick up the story as McLaren embarks on the 1981 season with F1's first carbon car
F1
A Hockenheim classic: Ickx vs Rindt, 1970
As the dust settles on Silverstone, teams prepare for the run south-east to Germany… but both legs of this traditional July double are in jeopardy Is something rotten in the…
F1
On this day in motor sport – July 6-12
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
F1
Ferrari's youth brigade
Amon, Hawthorn, Lauda, Rodríguez... Leclerc? Ferrari has championed youth, but not for decades Louis Chiron was approaching 56 years of age when Lancia invited him to drive one of its…
F1
On this day in motor sport – June 29-July 5
This week in motor sport, from the database June 29 // June 30 // July 1 // July 2 // July 3 // July 4 // July 5 June 29 1902 The Automobile Club de France organised the major city-to-city race of…
MotoGP
The grandfathers of Márquez’s RC213V
When octogenarian HRC mechanic Carlo Murelli turned up at Mugello, he brought memories of two of Honda’s greatest race bikes flooding back During the Barcelona MotoGP weekend…