Racing History

Voice of 90’s motor racing is completing project to revive hidden gems of motor sport film and television.

December 7, 1968 Riverside, California Twenty-eight-year-old hotshot American driver Mario Andretti gets up-to-date with the world of racing by leafing through the November 1968 issue of Motor Sport. He has…

Bugatti Type 35C Over the second half of the 1920s, the Bugatti Type 35 was one of the most successful race cars both with the factory team and in the…

Brooklands: birthplace of motor sport – and of Motor Sport. For years the Surrey autodrome, first race circuit in the world, was the centre of motor racing in Britain, and…

A pivotal decade in our history. First, Bill Boddy is stood down as editor – except Mr Tee forgets to tell him. “Who do you think you are, telling me…

1991 The British Touring Car Championship adopts a single-class structure for the first time. The 2-litre era banishes the crowd-pleasing, flame-spitting Cosworth RS500s, but kick-starts a global touring car racing…

1980 Audi reveals its Quattro at the Geneva Motor Show. Having already successfully lobbied to make 4WD legal for rallying, a Quattro appears on the Algarve Rally as a non-competitive…

“The Magazine that gave its name to the Sport” becomes the tad more pompous  “AUTHORITATIVE VOICE OF THE SPORT”   (1) in January 1986 (Mr Tee’s idea) – as the…

One hundred years ago a man called Oscar Seyd decided that the world of motor racing needed a dedicated publication on the subject. Back then motor racing in Britain was…

The Motor Sport Interview Stefan Johansson began as a kart racer, winning the Swedish championship in 1973 before moving to Formula Ford, winning the championship in 1977 and ’79. His…

Reynard in a Reynard? This we’ve got to see. Especially as the car in question is peak Formula 3000, the long-defunct Formula 1 feeder that roamed Europe as a gloriously…

In this era of the professional racing driver ’workforce’ being continuously topped-up by childhood karting stars who effectively grow from the age of seven or eight utterly immersed in racing…

The celebrated shed in which Ken Tyrrell’s early Formula 1 cars were built proved a popular draw on its public debut at its new Goodwood home. Members’ Meeting patrons flocked…

Ferrari's F1 car is set to feature a 'blue livery' at the 2024 Miami GP – we look back on the other times Maranello cars haven't run in red

It was what the French call 'Un été de la Saint-Martin"— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had been hot, oppressive. During our night time run into France…

Where in Britain can you still drive in the wheel tracks of Nuvolari, Rosemeyer and Lang? Or recapture for a fleeting moment the zing of supercharged V16s echoing among trees?…

Strictly speaking, I'd never been to Reims before. But I had, like millions of others, been through Reims dozens of times. Every time I had cause to be almost anywhere…