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Auction Photo Feature: 1962 Shelby ‘Factory Competition-Specification’ Cobra
This gorgeous 1962 Shelby ‘Factory Competition-Specification’ Cobra is heading to auction this weekend, on the 18th of January, at RM Auctions’ Arizona sale. It was originally purchased by one of...
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Video: 100 years of Aston Martin 1913-2013
This video celebrates 100 years since the founding of Aston Martin by Robert Bamford and Lionel Martin. Video: 100 years of Aston Martin 1913-2013 is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic...
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Photo Gallery: 2013 Autosport International – Jackie Stewart Display
Held over the 10th to the 13th of January, 2013, the Autosport International brought together every level of motor racing; from karting to Formula One legends, for a four-wheel motorsport...
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Top Five from Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction
Held for a full week, from the 13th to the 20th of January, 2013, Barret-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction is in the process of putting over 1200 stunning and rare machines up on the auction block. These...
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Video: Nigel Mansell Shows Off the 1992 Williams FW14
Designed by Adrian Newey and raced in the 1991 and 1992 Formula One World Championships, the Williams FW14 was seriously advanced, and spectacularly competitive. It put power to wheels through a semi...
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Video: Onboard a Porsche 935 at Le Mans, in the rain
2010 Le Mans 24 hour winner Romain Dumas fights through the spray during the 2012 Le Mans Classic Video: Onboard a Porsche 935 at Le Mans, in the rain is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you...
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Lars-Erik Torph: The only driver to die on the Monte wasn’t even driving
Very few people know of rally ace Lars-Erik Torph, who lost his life in 1989. He was on the verge of international success before his life was cut short in unique and truly bizarre circumstances. By...
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Racing Legends: Groovy Historic Motorsport Gear
Racing Legends is a business built by people for whom motorsport is a way of life, and they’ve made it their mission to source and stock clothing and accessories for people who are passionate about...
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Video: The Singer 911: All You Ever Wanted to Know
The Singer 911 is the purest expression of one of the greatest sportscars of our time – the Porsche 911. And their factory is a wonderland. There they search for and develop the best bits from all of...
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Video: Alan Jones and the Maybach: Celebrating Albert Park’s 60th
When the 2013 Formula One World Championship kicks off at Albert Park in Melbourne in March of this year, we’ll be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park,...
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Video: Bobby Deerfield Crash and Grand Prix Footage
Starring Al Pacino in a role for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor, Bobby Deerfield is not quite a Grand Prix or Le Mans. It was, however, shot throughout the...
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Extract from Circus Life: Hinton fixes spark plug with his teeth
Below is an extract from Circus Life – Australian Motorcycle Racers in Europe in the 1950s by Don Cox. The truth is regularly held to account for being stranger than fiction. It can certainly be more...
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Video: Onboard Le Mans Classic 911 RSR
There is just something about the sound of a racecar full noise down the Mulsanne straight. Video: Onboard Le Mans Classic 911 RSR is a post from Motorsport Retro, bringing you classic motorsport,...
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Top 5 Formula1: Lucky escapes
1982: Jochen Mass flies into the crowd at the French Grand Prix Mauro Baldi and Jochen Mass go tangled up and Mass’s car landed upside down in a spectators enclosure and caught fire. Thankfully, no one...
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Win! Shannons British F1 Grand Prix Tour Competition
Shannons is offering motoring enthusiasts the opportunity to win a trip for two to the 2013 British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone. The competition runs from January 20th 2013 to March 28th, 2013 and...
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Video: MCN Ride the Britten V1000
“It was a bespoke, beautiful, stunning, fast bike. And today I’m going to get the opportunity to ride it. Dreams do come true.” This video from MCN looks at the design, philosophy and technology of...
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Video Documentary: Racing Legend – Colin McRae
Sir Chris Hoy’s moving BBC documentary about Colin McRae is a wonderful celebration of the life of Britain’s first WRC champion. Video Documentary: Racing Legend – Colin McRae is a post from...
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Five Chapters of Lotus History
January 2013, the latest chapter in the Lotus F1 book was written with the launch of the E21. And what a long, extraordinary, tangled, successful and intriguing story the marque has produced since its...
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Video: McLaren Celebrating 50 Years in 2013
“Life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.” – Bruce McLaren McLaren has spent the past fifty years racking up wins in pretty much any form of four-wheeled motorsport its talented ladies and...
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Video: Courage – 50 Years of McLaren
This is the first of three short films that celebrate McLarens heritage as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Below is the official blurb: Instead of focusing on the high-tech, high-octane...
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