Historic Racing News
A trinket from Stirling’s cupboard…
Gasps in the RAC Club last night at the annual Motor Racing Legends prize-giving. Its new Stirling Moss Trophy had got off to a great start in its inaugural year,…
Racing History
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Racing History
A tin-top treat from BMW
Steve Soper never used to be the friendliest of racing drivers. The first time I met him was at the Sebring 12 Hours in 1999, when he was racing a…
Racing History
Phil Hill and the Chaparral 2F
From your responses to last week’s blog about Jim HalI at the Nürburgring, it’s clear that many of you were taken by the Chaparral 2F long-distance sports/racer from 1967. Phil…
F1
Celebrating F1 innovation
When it comes to trying something new, uncovering the latest trick, getting an edge on the opposition, there are few examples in Formula 1 as visually striking and obviously unusual…
Racing History
Tracing the Targa Florio
The Targa Florio: a race that conjures vivid images of big, hairy sports cars on claustrophobic, winding roads; of large crowds of maniacal Sicilians, hanging off stone walls and sun-scorched…
F1
A lap with Moss and the Ferguson
Imagine looking in your mirrors and seeing Stirling Moss right up your chuff, that familiar white-dome peaked helmet and goggles, face set in grim determination, as you’ve seen in a…
F1
Jochen Rindt – by his rivals (5/5)
In the final part of our special Jochen Rindt tribute, we hear from two more of his rivals who were due to race against him at the fateful 1970 Italian…
F1
Jochen Rindt – by his rivals (4/5)
In the fourth part of our special Jochen Rindt tribute, we hear from three more of his rivals who were due to race against him at the fateful 1970 Italian…
F1
Why Monza is a must-visit
It’s time for Monza. What a delicious prospect. Passion, pasta, Peroni and the Prancing Horse. Then there’s the traffic, the tifosi and the double-booking of grandstand seats… The Italian Grand…
F1
Jochen Rindt – by his rivals (3/5)
In the third part of our special Jochen Rindt tribute, we hear from three more of his rivals who were due to race against him at the fateful 1970 Italian…
F1
Jochen Rindt – by his rivals (2/5)
In the second part of our special Jochen Rindt tribute, we hear from three more of his rivals who were due to race against him at the fateful 1970 Italian…
F1
Jochen Rindt – by his rivals (1/5)
This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix marks the 40th anniversary since the death of Jochen Rindt, who was killed at Monza in practice for the 1970 race. Having been that season’s…
Racing History
Enzo’s masterpiece in green
Were I to ask you to name the most desirable car ever built, what would you say? Your answer would of course be totally biased towards your own tastes: classic…
F1
Motor racing’s autumnal treats
I have been asked to get back to the blogging, from which I have been absent these past weeks. So here I am. Where have I been hiding? All over…
F1
Moss and Gurney to star at Monterey
The guests of honour at this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca are Sir Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney. The irrepressible Moss will make his return to US…
F1
Farewell to The Glen?
The weather was fabulous at Watkins Glen for last weekend’s Indycar race. The sun shone brightly all weekend and Will Power scored an excellent win from pole for Team Penske.…
F1
A highly charged season
I wonder if, like me, you are partial to the music of Frank Zappa? In one of his more philosophical moments, Zappa opined that the mind is like a parachute.…