Racing History

Many of you have told me how much you enjoy dipping into the extraordinary treasure trove that is the Motor Sport archive, how stories from past decades bring back so…

Darren Turner recently wrote an article for Motor Sport entitled Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan. The superbly named hypercar follows the lead of Pagani, Ferrari and McLaren – all brands…

A new documentary's been doing the rounds at film festivals over the last couple of months – the story of Steve McQueen's obsession with motor racing and the making of…

He's one of the best-ever US racers, but add to that his years as a team owner and innovative car builder and it's clear that Dan Gurney has made a greater contribution to motor sport than any other American, writes Gordon Kirby

The Gran Turismo games of the late '90s and early '00s were a great catalyst for a generation’s love of motor sport and cars in general. The franchise provided access…

On Tuesday 28th the podcast team of Roebuck, Widdows, Arron and myself journeyed north to the suburbs of Northampton to call on the ex-F1, sports car, rally and Indycar designer…

Ninety years to the day after Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to travel at 150mph; his World Land Speed Record run was re-created at Pendine Sands in South…

With the Hungarian Grand Prix only a few days away we look back into Motor Sport's archives to see what's been said about the venue over time. Damon Hill "coped…

Established in 1946, the Cooper Car Company started life with a pair of donor Fiat 500s. Stripped of their front suspension components and disc wheels, the little Fiats formed the four…

Cigarette kiosk? Check. Blokes in Elf Team Tyrrell jackets and similar? Check. Absence of debris fencing? Check. Proximity to circuit? Check… People complain that modern racetracks tend to look the…

When the British Motor Company staff launched the Morris Mini-Minor in 1959, no-one dared imagine the success its work would inspire across so many spheres and for so many decades.…

There is a delicious story doing the rounds at the moment that I’d have not taken seriously were it not for the fact that, first, it originated from the editor…

This month's featured track test is of the EMKA-Aston Martin that led the 1985 Le Mans 24 Hours. Driven by Nick Faure, Tiff Needell and Steve O'Rourke, it was the…

Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1967 The theorists said it was a pairing ill conceived for the delicate art of endurance driving, because Dan Gurney and A J Foyt were racers…

60 years ago Did he or didn’t he? When Stirling Moss popped the question many years later, the always classy and enigmatic Juan Fangio insisted that he hadn’t: “No, it…

Honda’s new Civic Type R is an aggressive looking machine. Its jutting splitter, bulging arches and angular rear wing all signal its on-track intent and having lapped the Nordschleife in…

Two Formula 1 events on one day, about 400 miles apart in neighbouring nations. The difference? One drew a massive crowd, 20 cars and colossal global exposure, the other attracted…