May 12, 1979 Zolder, Belgium Legends in their own lunchtime, from left, Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Renault), Jody Scheckter (Ferrari), Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) and René Arnoux (Renault). Villeneuve was leading the F1…
2024 Bugatti Bolide Sold by RM Sotheby’s, £3.5m Chiron too tame? In that case, you might need a Bolide – but with just 40 built, examples of Bugatti’s track-only hypercar…
We in the west tend to think Japanese motor sport didn’t really exist until the fledgling Honda motorcycle team first appeared at the 1959 Isle of Man TT races –…
Abrighter scene than Brooklands on August 7th, 1926, would be hard to imagine; sunshine, dresses, sumptuous cars, grass, trees, advertisements, and lastly the little green and blue projectiles themselves, such…
Acelebration for the centenary of the first grand prix to be held in Britain will take place at Brooklands in August – and Motor Sport is the event’s official media partner. This,…
Pondering on Kimi Antonelli’s precocious run of early Grand Prix successes this year highlights the Italian’s youth at the time of his first World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory at Shanghai,…
Trips down the more arcane and lesser-trodden byways of Formula 1 history are always a treat. So this book, which tells the stories of the efforts of numerous South Africans…
Max Verstappen must have thought his dreams of winning the Nürburgring 24 Hours were dashed. On the Monday of race week it was confirmed: for the first time, I would…
Wigram circuit has its own chapter in the history of motor racing in New Zealand and in the hearts and minds of Kiwi fans from both the islands. They love…
This month we feature two anniversaries, both of them significant and yet shrouded in incertitude. The first forms the basis of our cover story which celebrates 75 years since Ferrari,…
The assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed was packed with cars. But one driver was missing. Fans were around Tom Wheatcroft’s pale-green BRM V16. Argentine great José Froilán…
More than 400 historic racing cars take to the Ardennes this weekend for the 14th edition of Spa Classic
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Matt Bishop meets: Olivier Panis Olivier Panis has always struck me as a man of charming contradictions. Whenever I have met him, which has been often over the past 30-odd years, particularly…
1952 Stirling Moss To me Stirling Moss and his Herbert Johnson crash helmet are almost indivisible. I love the fact that he has signed it with more than his usual care – most of his signatures…
