A 12-car pile-up and a Jordan 1-2
Simon Arron recalls the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix... The memory remains so fresh that it seems inconceivable 20 years could since have passed, but the Gregorian calendar…
Driver-owner Ed Carpenter could achieve a feat last attained 20 years ago at the 102nd Indy 500 Indianapolis native Ed Carpenter, polesitter for the 102nd Indianapolis 500, stands…
This week in motor sport, from the database May 25 // May 26 // May 27 // May 28 // May 29 // May 30 // May 31 May 25 1979 Amédée Gordini died on this day in…
“Just what an old man needs.” Mario Andretti, then 38, was referring to his Lotus 79 after dominating the 1978 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder: on pole by eight-tenths, he…
This week in motor sport, from the database May 19 // May 20 // May 21 // May 22 // May 23 // May 24 May 18 1914 Swiss nobleman Emmanuel “Toulo” de Graffenried was born…
This week in motor sport, from the database May 12 // May 13 // May 14 // May 15 // May 16 // May 17 May 11 1940 Swiss amateur sports car driver Herbert Müller was born. Early success came…
This week in motor sport, from the database May 5 // May 6 // May 7 // May 8 // May 9 // May 10 May 4 1928 Wolfgang von Trips was born 90 years ago.…
This week in motor sport, from the database April 28 April 29 April 30 May 1 May 2 May 3 April 27 1908 Count Carlo Felice Trossi was born in…
Imagining motor sport had Jim Clark survived his crash at Hockenheim in 1968 Three-time Formula 1 world champion Jim Clark yesterday beat Ford Escort team-mate Hannu Mikkola to…
How the 1987 Volkswagen Twin Golf and driver Jochi Kleint came close to giving Röhrl a run for his money Walter Röhrl’s 1987 victory at Pikes Peak…
This week in motor sport, from the database April 20 April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 April 26 April 20 1927 America’s first Formula 1 World Champion…
Drawing parallels between Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix winner Daniel Ricciardo and serial overtaker John Watson Already I’ve stumbled across what is sure to remain my favourite…
How Stirling Moss won the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix, and why it was such a major achievement There was a time, more than a decade distant, when I’d board a…
Part five in a series of extracts this week from Jim Clark – The Best of the Best, written by David Tremayne and published by Evro publishing, available to order now The foreword…
Part four in a series of extracts this week from Jim Clark – The Best of the Best, written by David Tremayne and published by Evro publishing, available to order now Jim Clark's…
Examining the personality behind champion Jim – not Jimmy, almost never James – Clark What would he have made of the brazen world of Formula 1 now?…
Part three in a series of extracts this week from Jim Clark – The Best of the Best, written by David Tremayne and published by Evro publishing, available to order now May 31, 1965,…