Aside from his regular report on the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, won by James Hunt for McLaren, Motor Sport devoted a page to Denis Jenkinson’s take on a new…

Letter from Europe July 1968 Motor Sport’s famed continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson – or ‘DSJ’ as he was known in these pages – famously sent his account of the 1955…

Letter from Europe June 1968 While I was returning from the Targa Florio I was cruising quietly up the Autostrada del Sol at 105mph, admiring the scenery around Orvieto, north…

Österreichring, austria, August 13, 1972 It is easy to forget that the permanent race-track, in the hills overlooking the village of Zeltweg, was opened only three years ago. Even before…

The death of Ayrton Senna, following so closely on that of Roland Ratzenberger in qualifying the previous day stunned the Formula One fraternity in Imola, in precisely the way that…

From: Motor Sport, June 1957 1957 Mille Miglia   The Ferrari team received notification of only the first three positions at the Ravenna control, so that they did not realise…

Daimler-Benz and Motor-Racing Back in the summer the Daimler-Benz factory announced that they were withdrawing from Grand Prix racing at the end of the 1955 season and would continue with…

Let us go back to the beginning, for this win was not a fluke on the spur of the moment, it was the result of weeks, even months, of preparation…

The Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari Dominates Jarama, Madrid The opening event in the European Grand Prix season was the Spanish Grand Prix, held on the "mickey-mouse" circuit of Jarama, north…

How Motor Sport reported what many regard as the endurance classic's apotheosis After the usual problems arising from scrutineering, such as insufficient rear vision in the mirrors on the Fords, too much…

Rather Dull  Hockenheimring, August 2nd After the green and pleasant garden-party atmosphere of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, with its garden-party result, it was a nasty shock to enter the…

The starter  At one time the starting of a Grand Prix was a pretty haphazard affair, the signal being given by the Clerk of the Course or some local dignitary by means…