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...
There was a fair bit of motor racing over the years on the fifth of January, most of it in the sunny southern hemisphere. Not least of all, John Surtees (below) won the 1963 Tasman New Zealand Grand Prix at...
Ross Brawn would do well to read up on race history today while pondering future Formula 1 rules… Way back on 2 January 1967, Rhodesian privateer John Love very nearly pulled off one of Formula 1's biggest upsets as he...
The bond between Alfa Romeo and Formula 1 is inscribed in the history of Grand Prix #racing: Alfa Romeo won the Grand Prix Championship in the inaugural edition of Formula 1 in 1950, with Nino Farina on board an Alfa...
Motorsport Magazine have released the Final Interview with motorsport legend Sir Stirling Moss, recorded
A busy day in Formula 1 and at Le Mans, 12 June saw John Surtees’ Ferrari 312 win a dramatic 1966 Belgian Grand Prix from Jochen Rindt’s Cooper-Maserati and Lorenzo Bandini in the other Ferrari. The field was decimated in...
Over the years 29 May has been another busy day of racing on both sides of the pond, with F1 races literally across the globe and several Indy 500s over the years. Stirling Moss took an historic 1960 Monaco victory...
There were four Grands Prix over the years on 28 May, each of them won by a multiple world champion. The first was the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix that Ayrton Senna won driving a McLaren-Honda from Riccardo Patrese’s Williams-Renault and...
27 May was a busy day both in Formula 1 and at the Indy 500 over the years, starting with Juan Manuel Fangio’s Alfa Romeo won the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten from Piero Taruffi’s Ferrari and Nino Farina...
Stirling Moss’ Vanwall dominated the 1958 Dutch Grand Prix from the BRMs of Harry Schell and Jean Behra, but 26 May was a big day for Graham Hill who won two of his five Monaco Grand Prix victories on this...
There were four Formula 1 grands prix on this day, starting with Jimmy Clark winning the 1964 Dutch Grand Prix in a Lotus Climax from John Surtees’ Ferrari and Peter Arundell in another Lotus The other three GPs were all...
