Ferrari 246 Dino: Front runner
Ferrari's F1 Finest 5th, 246 Dino << Ferrari 126 C3: Power politics >> Ferrari 641: V12 furore The Dino was defiantly front-engined: carburettors gasping for breath from a hole within a long, mean bonnet, fronted by…
When I was a kid, someone gave me an EP – remember them? – of the BRM V16 on full noise. I once told Stirling Moss about it. "I'm surprised,"…
A 'retro' interview this month. Recently I came across a tape, recorded in November 1981 with Frank Williams, and on a whim slotted it into the machine and began to…
Complacency: a strong word when aimed at brittle motor racing people. But... "Why change it when we're winnin'?" Sounds complacent, doesn't it? Well, at the dawn of the 1960s John…
Jean-Pierre Jabouille took up his pole position slot at Dijon 1979. The sun glinted off the bright yellow bodywork, and as he looked in his mirrors he saw the heat…
Louis Chiron, one of the greatest racing drivers, was born in Monaco of French parents. He served in the 1914-18 war as an Army driver and in the immediate aftermath…
By the end of 1973 Mark Donohue had achieved most of his goals in motor racing. Since 1967 he had worked for Roger Penske, the pair of them synonymous almost…
I have often wondered what became of the fixtures and fittings and artefacts of The Steering Wheel Club. There were innumerable great photographs, but also more unconventional items, like the…
For someone of my vintage it’s a tremendous breath of fresh air to see someone like Lewis Hamilton doing so well. The statistics are amazing enough already, but they only…
It was during his spell as a McLaren works driver, first with the Church Farm Racing M10A in Formula 5000 and later as a member of the Grand Prix team,…
Perhaps I just don't eat enough seafood, but I've never quite been able to picture how the Brabham BT34 earned the soubriquet 'lobster claw' — although its unusual disposition of twin…
Ferrari's F1 Finest 1st, Ferrari 500 << Ferrari 156: Shark strike >> Ferrari's F1 finest: the verdict Ferrari was just over three years old, and yet it had seen off Alfa…
Jackie Stewart was never going to be part of the Tyrrell team in 1974, having given Ken ample notice of his intention to retire at the end of ’73, but…
Make a list of the cars Chris Amon raced to earn his living in the 1960s and 1970s and two things strike you. First that there's an awful lot of…
In 1932, in the depths of the economic depression, a quiet, modest man who had spent most of the previous year unemployed joined the payroll of Mercedes-Benz as a humble…
The year is 1948. In Maranello, Italy, Enzo Ferrari is preparing for the debut of his first Grand Prix cars. Ferdinand Porsche is putting the finishing touches to the prototype…
By the late ANTONIO ASCARI I am very pleased to have the opportunity of writing my experiences of the Grand Prix d'Europe, especially in The Brooklands Gazette, because I have…