“Sensational on the flat and incredible uphill, he was in another league going downhill. “I remember it as clear as daylight: Hafren, 23.5 miles. We were quickest – 36 seconds…
Fred Gallagher first met Juha Kankkunen down a firebreak in Northumbria’s Slaley Forest, SS21 of the 1983 RAC Rally. "Henri [Toivonen] and I were surveying this Opel and wondering how…
International rallying was a different beast in 1973. That year’s Daily Mirror-sponsored RAC was contested by 198 crews over five days and 70 stages; it would have been 80 stages…
Think of all the great drivers who drove all those great Ferrari prototypes and GTs that illuminated its golden age of sports car racing. Who was the best remains open…
They were an odd couple, the stooped yet tall Englishman with a stiff upper lip and clipped delivery and the little Mexican with luxuriant swept-back hair and clichéd Engleesh accent.…
Vic and Brian. A Londoner and a Lancastrian forever linked: Porsche versus Porsche, Alfa versus Ferrari. Rivals in a golden age of sports car racing: 908s and 917s; Targa Florio,…
Emerson Fittipaldi & Nigel Mansell They were champions with something to prove when they first stepped into an Indycar. Emerson Fittipaldi – born on the 12th of the 12th, 1946…
Mauro Forghieri and Gordon Murray Both designers were in their twenties when they were promoted by major teams undergoing a step change. Mauro Forghieri was 27 when Ferrari selected him…
A Hall of Fame special looking at four names from the shortlist: Rudolf Caracciola, Bernd Rosemeyer, Dan Gurney and Mika Häkkinen Caracciola and Rosemeyer Rudolf Caracciola was an old 34. Pain…
60 years ago Did he or didn’t he? When Stirling Moss popped the question many years later, the always classy and enigmatic Juan Fangio insisted that he hadn’t: “No, it…
Rough start The original home of the Austrian Grand Prix lies across the road from the Red Bull Ring. It is in all other respects a million miles away. The…
Read part one of the interview here New South Walian engineer/mechanic Jim Smith had been with Team Lotus for less than a year when he was suddenly allocated to…