Articles tagged Maria Theresa de Filippis

Page 48 of October 1997 archive issue thumbnail

Page 48, October 1997

The road to Morocco

He was Vanwall's number three to Moss and Brooks, but as Robert Edwards relates, Stuart Lewis-Evans could be challenge either man It was a subdued and depressing flight back from Casablanca in the BEA Viscount. The Grand Prix from which it was returning, the decider of the season, had delivered two long-awaited firsts to British motor racing; those of the first British world drivers' champion,...

Page 43 of February 1999 archive issue thumbnail

Page 43, February 1999

The Sportscar with a Penchant for F1...

Porsche's involvement in the World Championship actually began four years before its F1 debut, and at time when the marque didn't even make a open-wheeler... In those days the company stretched everyone's imagination to the limits by running stripped-down sportscars in F2, and since F2 entries were allowed in the odd GP, hey presto - Porsche got away with the impossible... The company's debut was...