Over four decades since he became the last American driver to win the 1978 Formula 1 world championship, Mario Andretti looks back on that remarkable title-winning season. This is an extract from an exclusive interview that appeared in our sister...
A flashback to my first Autosport cover photo published back in 1984, as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesburg, living 15-minutes from Kyalami, venue of the South African Grand Prix on 20 occasions - I attended my first one there...
Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Jackie Stewart has only ever had one answer when asked who was the finest racing driver he raced against: the late Jim Clark whose death still pains JYS over half a century later. Saturday is...
Reflecting on his career at the pinnacle of the sport the Felipe Massa rates Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton as the most formidable drivers of his era. Massa was a teammate to the likes of Schumacher, Alonso and...
Yet another tragic day in racing when, in 1982, Gilles Villeneuve died aged 32 following a high-speed accident in Formula 1 qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. In other Grands Prix on this day, Mario Andretti’s Lotus-Cosworth won...
As Honda pulls out of Formula 1 for yet another time, it is telling to look back when the Japanese auto-giant dropped the ball at the end of 2008. Former F1 driver and team owner Aguri Suzuki believes that Honda...
A busy and, sadly, tragic day in Formula 1 and racing history when Denny Hulme‘s 1967 Monaco Grand Prix victory for Brabham-Repco over Graham Hill Lotus-BRM and Chris Amon came under a cloud as Amon’s Ferrari teammate Lorenzo Bandini fought...
Patrick Marie Ghislain Pierre Simon Stanislas Nève de Mévergnies was a former Formula 1 driver from Belgium. He was born in Liège into a well-known Belgian family. He started racing by attending the Jim Russell Racing School at Snetterton. He...
Elio de Angelis was an Italian Formula 1 driver who raced between 1979 and 1986, for teams including Shadow, Lotus and Brabham. On 15 May 1986 he was killed during testing at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet. De...
There were no drivers with at least one full season of Indycar Series competition entered in this year’s Daytona 500 race. However, in the event's illustrious history, veteran open-wheel drivers have gone to Florida in February and experienced success in...
Heveningham Concours confirmed today that its fifth annual motorsport and aviation event will now take place in the summer of 2022 as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic. The event, which was also sadly cancelled last year due to...
One of the most intriguing episodes in Ayrton Senna’s stellar career was his test with a McLaren powered by a Lamborghini engine in 1993. Unhappy with the Ford-Cosworth motor they had been using that season, the British team was considering...
