Today in Racing: 7 May
A busy and, sadly, tragic day in racing history when Denny Hulme‘s 1967 Monaco Grand Prix victory for Brabham-Repco over Graham Hill Lotus-BRM and... Read More...
Today in Racing: 5 May
Limited fuel allowances saw to a bizarre 1985 San Marino Grand Prix at Imola when Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson drove from 15th to lead the race... Read More...
Today in Racing: 4 May
Such was Jackie Stewart’s domination in Ken Tyrrell’s Matra-Cosworth MS80S, that the 1969 Spanish Grand Prix at Montjuich Park was one of two wher... Read More...
Today in Racing: 29 April
Emerson Fittipaldi drove a great race to climb from seventh on the grid to win the Spanish Grand Prix in his Lotus 72E Cosworth on this day 1973.
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F1 in South Africa: It took a while to get racing post-War
While hostilities had not directly affected the subcontinent in a physical sense, World War 2’s allied economical ravages indeed had a profound ef... Read More...
Racing Royalty: Prince Bira of Siam
The phrase ‘Racing Royalty’ could be interpreted two different ways. Looking at royalty in a literal sense through the array of drivers affiliated... Read More...
Formula 1 in South Africa: A unique racing story
Did you know that South Africa had the unique distinction of its own Formula 1 Championship? The South African Drivers Championship ran between 19... Read More...
COVID-19: IndyCar cancels two races in Detroit
IndyCar cancelled a doubleheader race weekend in Detroit due to the novel coronavirus outbreak on Monday but added three events to the schedule, i... Read More...
Inside Line: Lafitte in a Williams was my first Autosport cover
Not long ago I was reminded about the first cover photo I had published in Autosport back in 1984 as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesb... Read More...
Ferrari & Sebring: More than once around the clock
Ferrari in Sebring have much in common. The Italian icon and the American race have been interwoven from the very beginning — in fact Scuderia Fer... Read More...
Simming Memoirs – Part II: The era of second generation game consoles
Moving on from a bicycle as race simulator... although a true simulator was still a far way off. Google Dictionary adds the following example to its definition of simulation: “the production of a computer model of something, especially for the purpose of study.”
Red Mist: Leclerc, the Todts and the real Elephant in the room
Let’s take a spin in Back to the Future’s de Lorean. Make it to the Year Two Thousand...
Fresh from taking Peugeot on a rollercoaster of succes... Read More...
Alonso: DAS is a message from Mercedes to their rivals
Fernando Alonso interprets the headline-grabbing DAS system revealed by Mercedes during the first Formula 1 preseason test at Circuit de Barcelona... Read More...
Lewis impresses with piano rendition of Adele song
Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton showed a tender side of being the greatest race driver on the planet by playing an Adele song 'Someone Lik... Read More...
Brown: No place for Alonso in McLaren F1 team
While McLaren have thrown a lifeline for Fernando Alonso to compete in this year's Indianapolis 500 but, at the same time, there is no way the Spa... Read More...
Inside Line: Good news for this website and our partners
A fresh breeze of change has blown through Grand Prix 247 during the off-season and, as a result, we are in for a great 2020 Formula 1 World Champ... Read More...
Inside Line: Remembering Niki on his 71st birthday
Niki Lauda would have been 71 today and for Formula 1 fans of my generation, who started following the sport since the early seventies, it is hard... Read More...
On This Day: That Shell-Ferrari video, a birthday and other tidbits
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On 18 February, 12 years ago, residents of Monte Carlo would have been forgiven for thinking Ferrari had turned up for... Read More...