Today in Racing: 17 May
Carlos Reutemann’s 1981 Belgian Grand Prix win was marred by two pitlane incidents involving pit crew.
The first proved fatal after Reutemann collided with Osella mechanic Giovanni Amadeo, who stumbled i...
Today in Racing: 8 May
Yet another tragic day in racing when, in 1982, Gilles Villeneuve died aged 32 following a high-speed accident in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.
In other Grands Prix on this day, Mario ...
Today in Racing: 7 May
A busy and, sadly, tragic day in 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 Lo...
Today in Racing: 5 May
Limited fuel allowances saw to a bizarre 1985 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola when Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson drove from 15th to lead the race before running out of fuel, before first man home Alain Pro...
Today in Racing: 4 May
Such was Jackie Stewart’s domination in Ken Tyrrell’s Matra-Cosworth MS80S, that the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuich Park was one of two where the winner ever finished two laps ahead of the runner-up, ...
POV: Lafitte in a Williams was my first Autosport cover
Not long ago I was reminded about the first cover photo I had published in Autosport back in 1984 as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesburg, living within 20-minutes drive from Kyalami.
I had b...
On This Day: Happy Birthday Alex & Graham and other milestones
Graham Hill, the only driver to win the Triple Crown of the Indianapolis 500 was born on this day in 1929 - he would have been 91 had he not perished in an air crash in 1975.
He won the Le Mans 24-Hours ...
On This Day: New F1 cars and other notable milestones
Things start picking up in the world of motorsport on 13th February over the years as Europe awakens from the winter hibernation and the early business of Formula 1 car launches, shakedowns and testing has ...
On This Day: Dennis drops Senna and other milestones
These are the notable Formula 1 happenings on 10 February over the years:
In 1993, Ayrton Senna is alleged to have offered Frank Williams to be Alain Prost's teammate at Grove for free but when that did ...
Niki Lauda The Bravest of the Brave
On fire in a burning cockpit: Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda, who died late on Monday at the age of 70, will forever be remembered for his fiery accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
But even the horrific...