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The major racing milestones from the week ahead October 5 1922 José Froilán González is born in Arrecifes. The ‘Pampas Bull’ arrived in Europe in 1950 and qualified on the…

Darren Turner recalls Mercedes' disastrous 1999 Le Mans, when the CLR went airborne three times “Can you imagine what a shocker that would have been? Your first-ever lap of Le…

The World Endurance Championship’s new rules should give independent teams a chance of victory – for the first time in decades The plight of the privateer at the highest level of…

Vantage GT3 racer set to make debut in VLN Endurance Championship at Nürburgring Aston Martin will give the Vantage GT3 its debut at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in the VLN Endurance…

The best motor sport highlights from the weekend, including the BTCC finale, the first NASCAR Cup race at the 'Roval', the Blancpain Endurance Series finale and more NASCAR Charlotte 'Roval': The first…

September 28 1968 Double Formula 1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen is born. A champion in both GM-Lotus and Formula 3, he graduated to Grand Prix racing in 1991 as part…

Porsche continues to rummage through its history – this time producing an homage to the 935 Porsche has announced a spectacular limited edition 935-inspired track car at the Rennsport Reunion, billed…

The ACO provided a vision of the future at Spa, with a hydrogen-powered prototype run The ACO’s aim of introducing hydrogen-powered prototypes to Le Mans took solid form at Spa-Francorchamps…

A round-up of this week's racing highlights, including British GT's first female outrught champion and MotoGP in Spain British GT Donington Park DTM Spielberg Race one Race two MotoGP Aragon…

This week's major milestones from the Archive and Database September 21 1953 Double Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk is born. The son of Jaap Luyendyk, who raced with some success…

From our cover feature film, go onboard – right on top of the gearbox – with Dario Franchitti in a Porsche 917 at Donington Park. No music, just Porsche's iconic…

How Goodwood hosted the curtain raiser for British motor sport, faded through tragedy and was triumphantly revived decades later When Bill Boddy turned up at Goodwood for its inaugural meeting…

Stirling Moss won the gruelling RAC Tourist Trophy on September 17, 1955 – Moss's 26th birthday – but tragedy marred the event Stirling Moss celebrated his 26th birthday today in 1955 by…

Editor Joe Dunn takes you inside the current issue of Motor Sport – and watch Dario in action We often say in the Motor Sport offices that our sport is about the…

Senna vs Prost. Tyrrell, Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert. The Rodriguez brothers, Pedro and Ricardo. Dan Gurney and Eagle. Senna vs Schumacher. John Wyer Automotive and Gulf Racing. Jo Ramirez…

The latest US news round-up from the past two weeks Don Panoz: 1935-2018 // Furniture Row to fold // 2019 IndyCar calendar announced // Ferrucci back to IndyCar // Kasey…

The best motor sport highlights from the weekend, including Goodwood Revival, Super Formula, Fernando Alonso's Indy test, DTM and Porsche's new Leipzig circuit More: Steve Parrish: Royal Automobile Club Talk Show…