F1
Alfa Romeo's full F1 circle
If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…
Racing History
Explore news, articles and features from years gone by in our category all about the history of racing and those that made it. From iconic people to iconic moments with interviews, opinions and much more.
F1
Bernd Rosemeyer – Hall of Fame nominee
Bernd Rosemeyer returns for another year as nominee for the Formula 1 category in the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on…
Racing History
Peugeot 205 T16 gallery
The final installment of our Group B galleries features the Peugeot 205 T16 – a car run under the watchful eye of Jean Todt. Also featured in the series is an…
F1
Nigel Mansell – Hall of Fame nominee
Nigel Mansell returns for another year as nominee for the Formula 1 category in the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on…
Racing History
Ford RS200 gallery
The fourth of five. This time we look at the Ford RS200. If you haven't heard where these images come from yet they are the product of a Spanish trip…
F1
Mika Häkkinen – Hall of Fame nominee
Mika Häkkinen is another returnee to the Formula 1 category of the Hall of Fame. He's joined by 11 other nominations who you can find out about on the F1 podcast…
Racing History
MG Metro 6R4 gallery
In the third instalment of our five-part Group B picture special attention turns to the MG Metro 6R4. A few weeks ago Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill travelled to Madrid, Spain…
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Emerson Fittipaldi – Hall of Fame nominee
Emerson Fittipaldi returns to the Hall of Fame Formula 1 category shortlist for the second year in a row. He is joined by 11 other racing names who you can…
Racing History
Lancia Delta S4 gallery
In the second part in our five-part Group B picture special we look at the Lancia Delta S4 – another car that Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill found in…
F1
Costin and Duckworth – Hall of Fame nominees
Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth return to the Hall of Fame Formula 1 category shortlist for the second year in a row. They are joined by 11 other racing names…
Racing History
Audi Quattro S1 E2 gallery
Richard Heseltine recently travelled to Madrid, Spain to visit a 1980s Spanish hillclimb champion called Teo Martin. What he found there, in a spotless workshop, was a selection of the best-known…
Archive
David Purley, GM: 'As large a character as motor racing has known'
When David Purley's Pitts Special crashed into the sea off Bognor Regis on July 2nd, motor racing lost one of its most popular drivers. The widespread shock and grief experienced by so…
F1
Michael Schumacher’s F1 debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix
Few Grands Prix can match Belgium 1991 for ready-made headlines. It began with the incarceration of Jordan driver-cum-local hero Bertrand Gachot, dispatched to HMP Brixton for using a pepper spray…
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50 – 1964 Mexican Grand Prix
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Two years after the dramatic seasonal finale in South Africa – Graham Hill taking race and…
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49 – 1937 Avusrennen
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Not a Grand Prix, per se, but such was the entry’s quality that it counts in…
F1
51 – 1962 South African Grand Prix
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). During 1962 Jim Clark and Graham Hill had emerged as Britain’s premier racing talents and their…
Archive
Eric Broadley tells the story of Lola Cars 1959-1989, Part 2
Market forces Apart from the Mk1, Eric Broadley’s best designs have been drawn on a large canvas, and one immediately associates Lola with such as the T70, the T330 series…
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