This week in motor sport – August 15
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title. August 15 1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title. August 15 1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile…
Virtual reality and motor sport continues to produce excellence, with Ford being the latest to try out the new technology. You can now experience their 2016 Le Mans victory in 360-degree…
Sir Stirling Moss won the Pescara Grand Prix 59 years ago today, a gruelling three-hour encounter over 18 laps of the 16-mile road circuit. Moss took victory by more than three…
Jackie Stewart won the Oulton Park Gold Cup today in 1968, and, remarkably, you can go back to that day courtesy fo this five-minute super 8 film. There's no sound,…
Zak Brown and United Autosports prepared for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion by taking the fleet of historic race cars to Laguna Seca and the Monterey Pre-Reunion over the weekend, claiming victory…
Some of the greatest names in US racing remember the 1967 Indy 500, won by AJ Foyt. Parnelli Jones, who celebrates his 83rd birthday today (August 12), dominated the race…
The final instalment of Fergus Walkinshaw's two-day restoration of a first-generation Range Rover at the Silverstone Classic. Using only parts surced on eBay, he and his team fully renovated the Range Rover in…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more. August 8 1904: Tazio…
The greatest win for one of the greatest ever Grand Prix drivers, Tazio Nuvolari at the Nürburgring in 1935. It's 63 years to the day since the Italian died of a…
The Porsche 917 scored its first-ever race win 47 years ago today, when Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens won the 1969 Austrian Grand Prix, or the Austrian 1,000 Kilometres. Hear from Brian…
Happy-go-lucky Frenchman Patrick Depailler would have been 72 today. If you need a reminder of his flair, car control and fearlessness, go onboard with him at a sodden Montreal in…
Last month's Silverstone Classic condensed into 99 seconds, featuring Dario Franchitti, Sir Stirling Moss, DFVs, Group Cs and some cracking race action.