Racing History

The car that brought Gilles Villeneuve his first Grand Prix victory and placed the Canadian firmly in motor racing’s pantheon of legendary drivers This is the car in which Gilles…

Andrew Frankel takes the wheel of the Birkin Blower, around Le Mans I think for most who remain schoolboys at heart there is usually a story we can recall hearing…

The all-time pole record is Hamilton's, but what of those (far) down the order?  Without wishing to denigrate Lewis Hamilton’s achievement of 69 pole positions – P1s in Q3 in modern…

There may be more exciting things you can do with a steering wheel in your hands than guide an Aston Martin DB3S around Goodwood, but few are more satisfying, fewer…

If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…

Bernd Rosemeyer returns for another year as nominee for the Formula 1 category in the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on…

The final installment of our Group B galleries features the Peugeot 205 T16 – a car run under the watchful eye of Jean Todt.  Also featured in the series is an…

Nigel Mansell returns for another year as nominee for the Formula 1 category in the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on…

The fourth of five. This time we look at the Ford RS200. If you haven't heard where these images come from yet they are the product of a Spanish trip…

Mika Häkkinen is another returnee to the Formula 1 category of the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on the F1 podcast…

In the third instalment of our five-part Group B picture special attention turns to the MG Metro 6R4.  A few weeks ago Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill travelled to Madrid, Spain…

Emerson Fittipaldi returns to the Hall of Fame Formula 1 category shortlist for the second year in a row. He is joined by 11 other racing names who you can…

In the second part in our five-part Group B picture special we look at the Lancia Delta S4 – another car that Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill found in…

Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth return to the Hall of Fame Formula 1 category shortlist for the second year in a row. They are joined by 11 other racing names…

Richard Heseltine recently travelled to Madrid, Spain to visit a 1980s Spanish hillclimb champion called Teo Martin. What he found there, in a spotless workshop, was a selection of the best-known…

When David Purley's Pitts Special crashed into the sea off Bognor Regis on July 2nd, motor racing lost one of its most popular drivers. The widespread shock and grief experienced by so…

Few Grands Prix can match Belgium 1991 for ready-made headlines. It began with the incarceration of Jordan driver-cum-local hero Bertrand Gachot, dispatched to HMP Brixton for using a pepper spray…