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Happy birthday John Surtees!
The only man who will ever become the champion of both Formula 1, 350cc and 500cc Motorcycle racing turns 80 today. By the end of 1960 a young John Surtees had already won seven Motorcycle World...
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Why Ayrton Senna was so fast (video)
This fan-made video raises some very interesting points. Many will argue with great reason why Ayrton Senna remains the greatest racing driver of all time, however it is significantly less often that...
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Buy The Winningest Shelby Ever
Image: RM Auctions With seventeen straight wins from 1968 to 1969, driven by Charlie Kemp, this 450-horsepower 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 R is known as the ‘winningest’ Shelby ever. And you can buy it....
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Is Martini back with Williams?
The best rumor we’ve heard all year. We’re big fans of the Martini stripes here at Motorsport Retro, so it’s with great excitement that we heard rumor circulating regarding Martini’s return as...
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Gallery: The best-ever Martini Liveries
The eight greatest Martini Racing liveries ever. With talk circulating regarding the return of a Martini livery to the 2014 F1 grid, it’s time to look back on some of the all time greatest examples of...
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Video: The classic battle of Jones vs Prost (1981)
One of the great F1 duels, caught on video. The battle between Alain Prost and Alan Jones during the 1981 German Grand Prix was one for the books. Fought out across Hockenheim, Prost took the pole yet...
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Gallery: Top Five Historic Race Cars from RM Auctions Paris
Image: RM Auctions RM Auctions wrapped up their inaugural Paris auction on the 6th of February, setting new world records for a stunning 1955 Jaguar D-Type and ex-works 1982 Porsche 956. The event...
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Photo of the Day: Ickx and Bell win at Le Mans (1981)
Sheer elation as Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell win the 1981 24 Hour of Le Mans. The car was a Porsche 936 powered by a 935 2.6l turbo and the duo won by a staggering 14 laps. Image: The Cahier Archive ©...
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Photo of the Day: Ford vs Lancia (1981)
Just sit and imagine the noises that this pack would have been making at this moment. The 1981 DRM Norisring six hour – Zakspeed’s Ford Capri Turbo leads the Lancia Montecarlo Turbo in a battle which...
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Video: Inside Audi’s secret storage facility
Forget auto museums, often the most interesting cars are hidden away like this. This cool video takes us inside the storage facility Audi use to preserve the most iconic racing machines the marque has...
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Video: Aryton Senna tests the NSX-R at Suzuka
Multi-cam edit allows you to fully appreciate the hand and footwork involved in driving like Senna. More than a million people have enjoyed this video, and it’s easy to see why. Whilst here at...
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Why ‘Class 1′ DTM was too good to be true
Image: DTM.de In 1995 and 1996 the DTM and ITC had it all: great racing, hi-tech cars, superstar drivers and three willing manufacturers hell-bent on making it the best racing series in the world....
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Mitsubishi Starion: The Series Production stars and Group A cars
Image: The Shannons Club “Mitsubishi brought out some brilliant engines for their world rally program. It’s frustrating to look back on it because a Starion with one of those (Lancer) Evo-type engines...
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Experience the 1978 Italian GP with Jacques Laffite
Ride onboard the ’78 Matra powered Ligier F1 car, and listen to that V12 scream! Soak up the fascinating precision of racing hero Jacques Laffite as he ushers the ferocity of the Ligier Matra V12...
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Video: Kenny Roberts rides his 1980 YZR500 at Laguna Seca
Watch in awe as the ever-charismatic King-Kenny gets back on the horse and rides. It goes without saying that Kenny Roberts is an absolute legend, but we’ll go ahead and say it anyway. He spent six...
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Video: Remembering Dale Earnhardt
On this day in 2001, Dale Earnhardt lost his life at the 43rd Daytona 500. One of the greatest moments in NASCAR history was most certainly the day that the much loved Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona...
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Photo of the Day: Renault V6T on show
The mechanics of the Ligier-Renault 1.5L V6 turbo lay bare in preparation for the 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix. Rene Arnoux and Philippe Alliot drove for Equipe Ligier at the event, with Jacques Laffite...
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Video: Top 10 Wildest NASCAR Fights
Ten awesome off-track conflicts caught on camera. While it’s probably not something we should be waving our arms around and celebrating too much, fights between drivers who couldn’t settle the score...
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The Awesome Classic Racing Photography of TJ Grewal
Image: teej “Cars, and especially race cars, represent the perfect mix of art and function in my mind. The exterior design. The mechanicals. The sounds and smell. The sensation of speed. All of it...
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Magic Moment – Jenson Button’s first win (Hungary 2006)
For more than 10 years now, G.H.MUMM has been the champagne befitting any celebration, taking centre stage during the magic moment that caps a superlative victory ceremony. G.H.MUMM, the official...
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