Racing History

Much of Stirling Moss’s story has been recorded within the pages of this magazine. From boyhood, he was one of its avid readers, a supporter and sometime critic. At 25,…

Ours was a partnership made in heaven. I did what he asked, but I’m my own person and, fortunately, I’m quick-witted enough to keep up with him. But if I…

One of the most influential of early racing car constructors was the multi-national but Spanish-originated, and later French-based, Hispano-Suiza marque. Under the technical direction of Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt, the…

"Motion is tranquility" That was the motto by which Stirling Moss always lived. But for most of 1962 everything came to an abrupt halt for the-then 32-year-old, when he hit…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INr583dw4MM&feature=youtu.be Stirling Moss recorded two podcasts with Motor Sport and, much like his career, they were fast-paced, thoroughly entertaining and packed with variety. In 90 minutes of recordings, Moss recounts…

Being a three-time Formula 1 world champion puts you in a select band. Only 10 have done it. And, of the 10, one stands apart, but for the wrong reasons.…

The lack of live racing has left a vacuum in the weekend of motor sport fans and plugging the gap will be a serious undertaking. Up steps Amazon Prime’s The…

Making tracks: Always in control, Fred Craner inspects the latest development of the Donington circuit in 1937 In early 1931 and just as he was coming to realise the enormity…

In May 1969, Tim Marshall witnessed one of the all-time great Le Mans 24 Hours, featuring Jacky Ickx’s safety protest and a Ford victory by mere feet after a fierce…

Ayrton Senna's great drives trip off the tongue. Monaco 1984; Portugal ’85; Japan ’88; Brazil ’91; Donington ’93; qualifying for Monaco in ’88; holding off Nigel Mansell in those scintillating…

For the third lap in a row, Alain Prost gestured from his McLaren as he raced past the pitlane. The Frenchman believed the race he was leading was too dangerous…

The start/finish area at the old Kyalami was a wide apron atop a crest. This then was the broad, sunlit upland for the two striking, tall young men walking the…

The Australian Grand Prix is no stranger to uncertainty but at least in 2003, it was all on the track. After a fairly comprehensive Michael Schumacher/Ferrari whitewash in 2002, a…

At the end of a bright spring day at Monza, the timing sheets told the story. For Alfred Neubauer, studying the meticulously compiled chart headed Nachwuchsfahrer Ausbildung (New Driver Training),…

Tony Brooks turned 88 this week. My interest in him was piqued by a factoid within Cyril Posthumus’ year-by-year history of the German Grand Prix: that two-time winner Brooks was…

Imagine that Ayrton Senna, aged 30 and nearing the peak of his powers, had not taken part in the 1990 Formula 1 world championship. That, rather than claim the second…

It’s not the sexiest in motorsporting terms but I am guessing that we have all done it – and on occasion rather enjoyed it: ragged a front-wheel-drive car. Okay, so…