Images courtesy of the publisher Niki Lauda wasn’t supposed to be a racing driver. Born into a wealthy Austrian family, the assumption was that Lauda would complete his formal education, then join th...
Emerson Fittipaldi at Daytona, circa 1995. Photo by Bill Warner. He’s won a pair of Formula 1 world driving championships, the first, at age 25, marking him as the then-youngest champion in the histo...
1975 Ferrari 312T chassis 022. Photos by Mike Maez, copyright and courtesy of Gooding and Company. By 1974, it was apparent to Scuderia Ferrari that the handling ills of its 312B3 Formula 1 chassis c...
Niki Lauda at the British Grand Prix in 2017. Photo courtesy Daimler media. Three-time F1 champion and global motorsport icon Niki Lauda died on Monday, May 20, at University Hospital in Zurich, Swit...
1992 Williams-Renault FW14B/08. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. In 1991, its debut season, the Williams-Renault FW14 won seven of 16 races on the Formula 1 calendar, but mishaps and mechanical issu...
1968 Brabham BT26, chassis BT26A-3, in its 1969 Canadian Grand Prix colors. Photos by P. Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams.com. In 1966-’67, Repco-powered Brabhams won the F1 constructor’s championship and...
Mario Andretti at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in January 2019. Photo by James Black, courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Editor’s Note: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mario Andr...
Photos courtesy Evro Publishing. Over the course of a three-plus-decade career as a racing driver, David Hobbs – “Hobbo” to his friends – piloted everything from sports cars to Can-Am cars, Formula O...
The 1970s were a decade of change for the sport of Formula 1, as — for the first time — driver safety became a serious consideration and big-dollar sponsorships widened the gulf between the haves and...
Most times, automakers’ marketing efforts fall toward the ephemeral end of the scale. They are, after all, conceived for the short-term gains that lead to the next quarter’s sales figures, nothing mo...
John Miles at the Nuerburgring in 1970. Photo by Raimund Kommer. By the time John Miles began driving Formula 1 cars for Gold Leaf Team Lotus, the engineer-turned-racer had already proven his talent ...
Graham Hill, the 1968 F1 world champion. Photo by Joost Evers. Fifty years ago, during the 1968 season, the sport of Formula 1 racing underwent a tectonic shift, and it’s no exaggeration to call the ...
Senna, driving chassis 6 at Monaco in 1993. Photos courtesy Bonhams. On paper, 1993 looked to be a challenging year for the McLaren F1 team. Rival – and 1992 constructor’s champion – Williams-Renault...
Sir Stirling Moss at the 2015 Mille Miglia. Photos courtesy Mercedes-Benz. Consider this: In his active years as a driver, Sir Stirling Moss won 57-percent of the races he entered, across a variety o...
Dan Gurney (R) with A.J. Foyt at Le Mans in 1967. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. If Dan Gurney wasn’t the greatest American racing driver of all time, he was certainly in the running for the hono...
Photo courtesy of FIA On the evening of December 4, The FIA formally introduced the Formula 1 Hall of Fame by inaugurating its first class: each of the 33 men who have won at least one F1 title since...
Automaker Alfa Romeo has a long and storied history in Grand Prix and Formula 1 racing, dating back to the 1920s. The last time the Alfa Romeo name graced a Formula 1 car in any manner was 1987, when...
piloti, che gente. . . by Enzo Ferrari. Photos by author. Well before he became the world’s most famous carmaker, Enzo Ferrari’s main interest in life was to become a journalist. He was highly articu...
Proposed Jim Clark Museum. Image courtesy The Jim Clark Trust. Jim Clark, widely regarded as one of the best racing drivers ever to compete, is today honored by a single-room museum in the town of Du...
Bernie Ecclestone (L) with Sir Stirling Moss at Silverstone in 2010. Photo courtesy Silverstone Circuit. Since 1999, the sculptures of British artist Gerry Judah have welcomed visitors to the Goodwoo...
Ayrton Senna was one of Formula 1’s shining stars in the modern era, and his ten-year career atop the highest rung of the motorsport ladder was filled with both triumph and tragedy. A new book, Ayrto...
I’m not sure what to say about this one, I’m pretty gobsmacked! If you like Formula 1, engineering, and…uh…old Volvos, then this one’s for you. What we’re looking at is a Volvo 360 with a turbo AND s...
Proposed Jim Clark Museum. Images courtesy The Jim Clark Trust, unless otherwise noted. Jim Clark was, by most period accounts, the best racing driver of his day, and quite possibly the best of all t...
Graham Hill drives his Lotus Type 49 to victory in the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports. Throughout much of the sport’s history, the evolution of the Formula 1 racing car has ...
Photo courtesy Silverstone Circuit. A would-be financial rescue for the historic Silverstone circuit in Great Britain has apparently fizzled now that Jaguar Land Rover has backed away from a bid to e...