Racing History

Taken from the July 1973 issue of Motor Sport By Andrew Marriott Last year’s victory by Matra was somewhat hollow thanks to the lack of opposition, notably from Ferrari, but…

Professional racing drivers tend to fight shy of admitting to a favourite circuit because any such pronouncement presupposes that there are tracks where they might find themselves unable to give…

Taken from the July 1965 issue of Motor Sport By Denis Jenkinson There were 51 starters in the Le Mans race, but to all intents and purposes it was a…

Taken from the July 1953 issue of Motor Sport The Le Mans 24 Hour race carries with it more tradition and history than any other event in the minds of…

A hundred years ago, four Rolls-Royce Ghosts left England bound for the Alps. Three were factory prepared cars, one was owned by a private entrant called James Radley, among whose…

Taken from the July 1949 issue of Motor Sport Before the war Le Mans was a household word in British motor racing circles, as well it might be, with British…

In the current issue of Motor Sport our editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck writes about why he considers the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours the greatest race to take place at La…

Jaguar was nicely low-key at Le Mans in 1953. It had panicked the year before and radically altered its cars at the last minute, paid a heavy price for it…

Six years distant already? It seems barely feasible. At the time Lewis Hamilton was a bright-eyed neophyte, bereft of cynicism – a 22-year-old who bounced his way through Grand Prix…

Montréal is a fair city. Its Grand Prix circuit ain’t too shabby either: interesting location, quirky backdrop; layout conducive to good racing. The Wall of Champions, the big stops, the…

Ross James Brawn knows quality when he sees it. And so he should – he used to watch as a goggle-eyed kid Manchester’s Belle Vue Aces in their Hyde Road…

As Jack Brabham headed towards the last corner of the last lap of the 1970 Monaco Grand Prix, Piers Courage's hobbled de Tomaso was in exactly the wrong place. What…

Ivan Lendl never did win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles. Don Bradman never did score a Test century at Old Trafford. Jim Clark never did win the Monaco Grand Prix. ‘The…

Home advantage is in the main a psychological and statistical given. Familiarity with a venue creates a powerful force when combined with the will of the majority of its crowd.…

Circuit de Catalunya Spanish Grand Prix, June 2 1996 It had been a fairly quiet weekend, hitherto – if you discount serial backmarker Forti making a fuss about a new…

Onofre Marimón was killed during practice for the 1954 German Grand Prix. Seven years after the event his compatriot Juan Manuel Fangio wrote: “No death on the track, I think,…

In the May issue of Motor Sport, we featured two milestones in Ayrton Senna’s career: his first Formula 1 test with Williams at Donington in 1983 and his great victory…