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Relive Australia’s Motorsport History with Shannons Legends of Motorsport
Launching on 7mate on Saturday July 19th, 4.30pm EST, Shannons Legends of Motorsport is a new twelve-part series in which Neil Crompton is set to bring the history of Australian Motorsport to life...
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German F1 GP 2001 – A great Formula 1 battle
Part way through the 2001 German GP, Olivier Panis and Jarno Trulli went toe to toe. The result was one very memorable battle, held on a greatly missed Hockenheimring layout. It wasn’t a battle for...
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Lancia LC2 – Wolf in Wolf’s clothing
It looks as good as it sounds, and sounds as amazing as it goes. This is the Lancia LC2. The glory days of Lancia are often remembered for their championship winning rally machines the Stratos and...
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BMW LMR V12 – Le Mans hero of 1999
The German marque’s only outright 24 Hours of Le Mans champion. It weighed just 900kg (1984lbs), featured an offset driving position and a 60 degree, 5990cc normally aspirated V12 engine with around...
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Video: Richard Petty’s death-defying crash
Darlington 1970 – The unthinkable happens. Richard Petty suffered one of the worst accidents in his NASCAR career during the 1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington, USA. Many onlookers thought Richard to have...
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Photo of the Day: San Remo in ’97
Piero Liatti knocked over some big names on that weekend in 1997 – Kankkunen, Makinen, Sainz and more. Only his own team mate and 1995 World Rally Champion Colin McRae would best Liatti in Italy during...
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Goodwood FOS with Porsche – Celebrating historic motorsport
Porsche certainly know how to arrive in style. Upon releasing this little video, Porsche boldly claimed that their motorsport victories aren’t remembered with dusty trophies, but rather by bringing...
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James Garner – Looking back at Grand Prix
With the sad news of James Garner’s recent passing washing over the community. Let’s take a look back at the masterpiece we best remember him for. Released to the public way back in 1966, Grand Prix...
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Video: Senna calls Prost a coward
“If he wants to be sporting, then he must be prepared to race anybody, at any condition, at equal terms”. Strong words fly as Ayrton Senna criticizes the way in which Alain Prost has negotiated a...
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Audi quattro – The very best (gallery)
Amazing photographs capturing quattro in action. Few names in rally stir an equal amount of emotion as Audi quattro. They were the cars to beat during their 1980s heyday, and maintain the ability to...
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Le Mans Classic – 10 Things we discovered
Ten things which took us completely by surprise. If Le Mans Classic is on your bucket list, I have one word of advice: go. It’s a terrific event. You’ve probably already seen some great shoots of the...
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Michael Schumacher Ferrari F1-2000 For Sale
Image: RM Auctions, by Steve Etherington/ LAT The year 2000 marked the start of a pretty good run for Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, and the F1-2000 was the car that set it all up. This one,...
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Peerless GT – Father & Son (video)
The Peerless GT – An awesome little late 1950s British creation that you’ve probably never heard of. Petrolicious videos are always a treat – they have perfected the art of telling engaging, human...
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Peter Brock – Behind the scenes (video)
This rare piece of video footage gives us an extraordinary look into the race-weekend mindset of the most loved Australian racing car driver to ever live. Peter Brock. Peter Brock is a household name...
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Paris Dakar 1989 – Photo of the Day
Talk about a magic moment! This pretty well sums up the Paris Dakar 1989 rally. Paris Dakar 1989 Ari Vatanen and Bruno Berglund getting a little loose behind Jacky Ickx and Christian Tarin during the...
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Targa Florio – A regular day with the champ’ (1970)
Brian Redman won the Targa Florio in 1970. Here he is practicing beforehand in a normal, road going Porsche 911. English born Brian Redman is a clever man. In 1970 he was instrumental in his team’s...
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Lotus Track Days – How to Have Fun, Make Friends and Go Faster
In 1996 Lotus released a mid-engined rear wheel drive sports car that was made out of plastic, stuck together with glue and defined by a stunning aluminium chassis. That car was the original Elise and...
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Introducing the Ayrton Senna Institute Showcase
Image: Ayrton Senna Institute Showcase/Ducati Bringing together the official products of the Ayrton Senna, Senninha and Ayrton Senna Institute brands, the Ayrton Senna Institute Showcase helps you to...
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Go kart king – Parking like a pro
This kid is going places, forwards or backwards, most probably in a go kart. We like to spend as often as is socially acceptable celebrating the past here at Motorsport Retro, but this kid is the...
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Rover-BRM: Gas Turbine monster
Le Mans didn’t know what hit it when the Rover-BRM Gas Turbine car showed up. Usually when we’ve got a clip to show you guys featuring the pure, raw sounds of an awesome historic racing machine we’ll...
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