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1940s – Roaring out of the Forties

1940s – Roaring out of the Forties

The fact that motor racing bounced back at all in the wake of World War II is surprising. That it did so with such vibrant invention and superlative skill in so short a time frame is astonishing. I...

The Great Racers – Bentley 3-litre

The Great Racers – Bentley 3-litre

Bentley’s racing heritage will forever be associated with the 4½-litre blowers of the late 1920s and the champagne-hued exploits of the Bentley Boys – a group of raffish, independently wealthy gent...

24h Le MansMulsanne Straight - Motorsport's Greatest Blast

Mulsanne Straight - Motorsport's Greatest Blast

The great race tracks of the world all have their stand-out corners, legendary names made famous by impossible overtaking moves or amazing speeds, from Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps, to the 130R a...

Formula 1The Pit Stop Revolution

The Pit Stop Revolution

The August 15 weekend is usually a MotoGP weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, but on 15 August back in 1982, it was the turn of Formula 1 cars competing in the Austrian GP, at what was then kn...

1930s - Supercharged for the future

1930s - Supercharged for the future

If motor racing in the 1920s had been about the champagne-drenched exploits of restless adventurers and fabulously rich playboys, then the 1930s was the decade in which, perhaps for the first time,...

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Formula 1Donington Park Circuit Celebrates 90th Anniversary

Donington Park Circuit Celebrates 90th Anniversary

This year, England’s Donington Park Circuit celebrates its 90th anniversary. Donington Park has hosted Formula 1, MotoGP and a plethora of national motor-racing categories throughout its 90-year hi...

Formula 1Heaven and the Green Hell: Fangio’s Greatest Drive

Heaven and the Green Hell: Fangio’s Greatest Drive

In an age where pit stop calamity is measured in tenths of a second and in which the loss of any more than that results in a yawning chasm of time that not even the greatest driver can claw back, t...

Formula 170 years of the Ferrari 375 F1 victory: A British Grand Prix celebration

70 years of the Ferrari 375 F1 victory: A British Grand Prix celebration

Charles Leclerc almost gave Ferrari a fairytale win in sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Earlier that same day, the Monegasque driver got behind the wheel of a beautifully restored Ferrar...

Formula 1"The Best Race In The World"

"The Best Race In The World"

“The best race in the world,” is how Rene Arnoux described his five lap battle with Gilles Villeneuve at the Dijon Prenois Circuit in the 1979 French Grand Prix. It is still regarded as one of the ...

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