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...
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...
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...
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...
Mercedes motorsport legend Norbert Haug knows a thing or two about Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg having developed them both all the way into Formula 1. As Hollywood gets into motorsport movie-making mode, Haug reckons that the feud between the...
No-one knows the Porsche 911 Turbo better than race and rally legend Walter Röhrl. He first bought one for himself 41 years ago, and his first company car at Porsche was also a Turbo. At the Porsche Experience Centre Hockenheimring,...
Tom Kristensen won the Le Mans 24 Hour a record nine times. Now he's written the book. Every time Tom Kristensen's car made it to the finish of the Le Mans 24 Hour, he was in the top three. It...
Some say Rudolf Caracciola was racing's greatest all-rounder. We toast his 120th birthday with a look back at his incredible career. Like Fangio, Brabham, Clark and Stewart; Lauda, Piquet, Prost and Senna and more recently Sebastien Vettel and Lewis Hamilton,...
The activities of the Museo Alfa Romeo are back on track – virtually, for now – with a calendar of monthly appointments. The purpose to celebrate 12 crucial moments in the brand’s history: the 110th anniversary of Juan Manuel Fangio’s...
