June 3, 1937 Douglas, Isle of Man Prince Bira of Siam hasn’t time to spot Blackpool Tower across the Irish Sea as he threads his ERA R2B Romulus through the…
May 20, 1983 Spa, Belgium Having last hosted the Belgian Grand Prix in 1970, Spa – by now shorter and safer – was once again on the F1 schedule. In…
Our recent story featuring Damon Hill driving his father’s E-type, the first competition entry of the model, prompted Nick Rowe to send us these excellent photographs. They were taken by…
After a 1987 trip to Ferrari’s base at Maranello, Tim Latham and his friend Ray began to get invitations to join the team at Silverstone F1 tyre testing sessions, with…
This month's cover image The Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus 007 Hypercar shot for Motor Sport on its race debut in Portimão Photography by Drew Gibson
August 23, 1953 Bremgarten, Switzerland The Maseratis of Juan Manuel Fangio, Felice Bonetto, Hermann Lang and Onofre Marimón make a splendid sight before the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix – the…
The challenge was to illustrate our British Grand Prix issue with a striking, unique image that captured the hopes of a home crowd that would be filling the Silverstone stands.…
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July 18, 1981 Silverstone, UK McLaren crew Tyler Alexander (seated), Teddy Mayer (left), Ron Dennis (centre), Creighton Brown (crouching) and driver Andrea de Cesaris (right) await John Watson’s victory at…
Give me Goodwood on an Easter day… Some 55,000 people came to the Sussex track for this opening 1960 meet. Colin Weston was there too, capturing all the action Send us your…
August 4, 1968 Nürburgring, Germany Ferrari’s Jacky Ickx (9) and Chris Amon (8) share the front row with Brabham’s Jochen Rindt at a wet German GP, but the Ferrari favourites…
Le Mans had a new look in 1990, with two chicanes bisecting the Hunaudières Straight to cap top speeds. Mick Miller was there to see Jaguar’s most recent win Send…
My uncle was there No, George Thompson isn’t old enough to have attended the 1935 Dieppe Grand Prix. These pictures are the work of his late uncle Anthony Butlin, who…
Long Beach wasn’t the most scenic circuit, but racers race hard regardless. Michael Harris attended US GPs in 1980, ’81 and ’82 and was able to capture some candid images…
Our recent feature on 1967 prompted Julian Nowell to recall his trips that wonderful season – two UK F1 meets plus one of the great sports car races. And all…
Press guest with extra privileges: Being Ford’s guest at Le Mans in 1966 is already pretty lucky, but Robert Ames also became a film extra while Grand Prix was being shot…
