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Goodwood celebrates sports car racing at 2012 Festival of Speed

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (28 June – 1 July 2012), will mark two key anniversaries, with the peak of sports car racing 40 years ago, and the launch of the exciting Group C era 30 years...

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Legends: Carlo Ubbiali

At the Assen Centennial Classic 1998, events were decided on regularity of lap times. Italy’s nine-times world champion Carlo Ubbiali, then aged 68, was a clear winner in his class. His face was...

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Australia wins international challenge at 2012 Island Classic Bikes

Team Australia has easily retained the International Challenge team’s event at Phillip Island, the centrepiece of the 2012 Island Classic historic meeting held this past weekend (January 27-29)....

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Formula 1: The evolution of the car launch

The Formula 1 season kicks off in earnest this week as the teams unveil their 2012 challengers. However, it’s not all the fun of the fair it has been in the past In the 1960s there was no glitz to the...

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For Sale: 1985 Tyrrell 012 Formula One

1984 was a year of ups and downs for a young Stefan Bellof. He took six victories and won the Drivers’ Championship for the 1984 World Supercar Championship season in his Rothmans Porsche 956. It was...

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Gear: The Tipo 250

A winning combination of tremendous speed and timeless beauty, the Maserati 250F was the drive of choice for the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss in the mid-1950s. These days it is...

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Top 10: Best of Motorsport Retro

Best of The Cahier Archive: Ayrton Senna This feature gallery from the Cahier Archive contains images of the immortal Ayrton Senna. Hit this link to view the full gallery Climb Dance One of the...

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Rally Sweden: Saabs, Super Swedes and Sideways action

Rally history Unique among world rally championship events, Rally Sweden offers the only chance for the world’s top drivers to show off their extraordinary talents entirely on snow and ice. Threading...

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NHRA: Can you feel the Force?

Imagine interviewing a machine gun. That’s what it is like talking with John Force. The 15-time NHRA Funny Car Champion is the sport’s most popular driver Californian John Force is extremely well...

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Video: Depth of Speed – British Mania

Owning, working on, running and racing a classic car is something special. It’s a unique experience, and usually a deep and quite meaningful relationship that grows and changes along with life. There...

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Race Day: 1986 Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix

Ahead of the first Formula One pre-season tests to be held at Jerez in Spain this coming Tuesday, let’s take a look back at some of the magic that has occurred on the circuit over the years. 1986 was...

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Clay Regazzoni: The man who could never stop

Throw anything that life could at him, but Clay Regazzoni still raced whatever he could get his hands on. Even after he was paralysed. Clay Regazzoni is one of those drivers that seemingly would have...

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Touring Car Masters: Jim Richards new AMC Javelin

It has taken 30 months to complete, but Jim Richards says the Shannons 1972 AMC Javelin sedan he will debut at Adelaide’s Clipsal 500 opening round of 2012 Touring Car Masters on March 4 is the finest...

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Video: Seduced by Abarth

Super Bowl commercials have become an institution; rivalling the popularity of the match itself and lighting up social media with passionate conversations world-wide. Yesterday’s game reached a record...

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Crash Video: Miedecke’s Ford Capri plunges into river

Check out this shocking vision of George Miedecke plummeting into a river during last month’s Targa Wrest Point Rally. Driving a Ford Capri Perana, Miedecke and co-driver Daniel Willson missed a...

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Celebrating 40 years of Ford Autralia’s “Super Car” GTHO Phase IV

Open Day to Celebrate the Ford GTHO Phase IV Prototype’s. The team at Bowden’s Own Car Care are running an open day tour of their impressive collection, this coming February 26th to celebrate 40 years...

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For Sale: 1971 Matra F1 MS120

This lovely ex-Chris Amon Matra MS120 is for sale through Art & Revs Luxembourg. It debuted in 1971 with a victory in the non-championship round in Argentina, finishing ahead of Henri Pescarolo...

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Videos + Photos: Retromobile 2012

Retromobile produced yet another outstanding show in 2012, with an estimated 90 000 people through the doors for the 37th running of the event. Enjoy these photos and videos from just a few of the 350...

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Video Documentary: WRC – The Greatest Rally Cars

From the utterly bonkers Group B monsters to the pluck of the Mini, rally has seen some of motorsport’s most exciting cars. Often driven through some of the sports most spectacular moments. This...

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Video: Anatomy of the Grand Prix build up

There is still nothing like the excitement to the build up to a Grand Prix start. If it doesn’t make the hairs on your neck stand up, you are not human As the F1 teams start testing for 2012, it is a...

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