By Marshall Pruett One year after Alex Zanardi’s crash and ensuing head trauma in an Italian hand bike competition, his wife Daniela shared an update on the CART IndyCar Series and Paralympian’s recovery progress. “One year after the accident, Alex’s condition is essentially stable,” she said. “He is currently in a special clinic, where he […]
· Yesterday the 1000 Miglia convoy went deeper into the Italian peninsula, traveling from Viareggio to Rome. · “A very long stage, but the pleasure of driving the Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint and the beauty of this country stop it from tiring us out too much,” stated Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and his wife […]
· The Alfa Romeo legend returns to take on the roads of the 1000 Miglia: 400 classic cars in the race, 50 of which belong to the Biscione brand, which is also lining up the Giulia and Stelvio in the official convoy. · Yesterday’s stage took the convoy from Brescia to Viareggio, amid enthusiasm from […]
by Motorsport Media Bailey takes scratch, van Niekerk handicap honours in Pretoria Historic Racing South Africa’s classes once again delivered spectacular and dramatic racing when the series visited Zwartkops on Saturday. Peter Bailey took HRSA Sports, GT and Saloons victory, while Willem van Niekerk’s Marauder took the day’s win in the whirlwind Charlies SuperSpar Pursuit […]
By Marshall Pruett A new documentary titled “Alex Zanardi — Disability is all Relative” is about to make its debut on Amazon Prime. Filmed across 2018-19 in partnership with BMW, the 50-minute film chronicles the Italian’s preparation and effort to compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona endurance race driving a specially modified BMW M8 GTE outfitted with […]
BY MARK VAUGHN She had won many times over at the ‘Ring, where she grew up, and also drove the ‘Ring Taxi. Sabine Schmitz, the Queen of the Nürburgring, who won many races at that scary and storied track, has died after a long battle with cancer. She was 51. Schmitz literally grew up at the ‘Ring, where […]
By Cyndi Paceley Schumacher and Page were elected to the IMS Hall of Fame by a voting panel of 150 motorsports journalists, officials and living Hall of Fame members, chosen from a total of 14 nominees representing the Speedway’s diverse history as host to the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and, from 2000-2007, F1’s United States Grand Prix […]
BY BOB SOROKANICH The birth of cool Masato “Bob” Hirohata was a kid in California in the Forties, one of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans imprisoned in U.S. camps during World War II. He died in 1981. But his name lives on with one of the most influential custom cars in American hot-rod history: the Hirohata Mercury. […]
By Motorsport Media Historic Racing South Africa ready to race at Red Star The 2021 Historic Racing South Africa season gets under way with races for both the Pre-90 Sports and GTs and Pre-80 Saloon Cars, as well as the opening round of the Charlies SuperSpar Pursuit Series at the Red Star raceway near Delmas […]
by Motorsport Media Well, almost! SATCAR-inspired HRSA Youngtimers to bring budget racing at its best Historic Racing South Africa is abuzz on the news of the arrival of the new Youngtimers class as an experimental category for 2021 ahead of a step up to a regular championship class on the Historic Tour from 2022. HRSA […]
BY MIKE DUFF The car that could actually do it is being put up for sale, its owner says he “can’t take it any further.” The Land Speed Record has moved steadily upwards, from the 39 mph set by Frenchman Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in an electric Jeantaud back in 1898 to the 763 mph Thrust SSC […]
Trident Motorsport is delighted to announce that David Schumacher will be part of its line-up in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. The agreement reached between the 19-year-old and the Milan-based team carries on a legacy that ties Italy to the most representative name in motorsport history. David is the son of Ralf. Born in Salzburg, […]
By: VIKNESH VIJAYENTHIRAN It’s now been 70 years since the Jaguar C-Type arrived and Jaguar is marking the occasion with a run of continuation examples, eight to be exact. The C-Type was built for just two years starting in 1951. Initially intended as a race car (it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice), […]
By: VIKNESH VIJAYENTHIRAN About a year ago, Bentley announced plans to build continuation examples of the supercharged 4 1/2 Liter known as the Blower, the car that Sir Henry Ralph Stanley “Tim” Birkin made famous in the late 1920s and early ’30s by racing all over Europe, including in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first […]
Know-how from electric motorsport to be incorporated in development of ID. family in future Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH workforce to be integrated in Volkswagen AG The Volkswagen brand is pooling strengths for the transformation to the mobile electric era. The brand is terminating its motorsport activities as part of the company’s realignment and further focusing. The […]
By RACER Staff Jeff Bloxham/Motorsport Images Some five months after the road accident that left him with critical head injuries, Alex Zanardi has been transferred to a hospital in Padua, Italy nearer to his home to continue his recovery. The IndyCar champ and F1 racer lost both his legs in an IndyCar crash in 2001, but […]
Champion to be confirmed at prize giving after super-close season Historic Racing South Africa crowned its 2020 Universal Healthcare Saloon Car class champions at a most entertaining and intriguing season finale at the Red Star Raceway on Saturday. So close was the championship at the end of the day however, that HRSA has elected not […]
Red Star to settle close-fought HRSA championships The 2020 Historic racing South Africa season is poised for a cracking season finale at the Red Star Raceway Saturday 14 November. Both the Universal Healthcare Pre-’81 Historic Saloons and the Charlie’s SuperSpar title races are poised on a knife’s edge heading into the weekend. While the battle […]
Highlights of Mazda’s global motorsport heritage include overall Le Mans and Spa 24 Hour victories. From the beginning of the company, motorsport has highlighted sporting attributes and reliability. Today, Mazda North America competes in the IMSA Sportscar Championship with the Mazda RT24-P. With a century of history that has seen Mazda turn itself from a […]
HRSA Saloons, Sportscars & Pursuit wow Pretoria Historic Racing South Africa returned to Zwartkops on Saturday, where Willie Hepburn’s original Opel Rekord topped a great V8 show in the Universal Saloon Cars. Richard de Roos’ Porsche 911 RSR dominated the Sports & GTs and two more Porsche men, Wernher Hartzenberg and Wynand du Plessis Sr. […]
It’s Protea vs. Marauder in Zwartkops Pursuit This weekend sees Historic Racing return to Zwartkops. Not only will the scratch racers be at it hammer and tongs as usual in pursuit of Willie Hepburn in the Universal Healthcare Pre-80 Saloons and Sports & GT races, but there’s also an intriguing and quite unique South African […]
He could do absolutely anything with a car, writes Paul Fearnley. And Jochen Rindt did it with style and panache too. Author: Paul Fearnley Jochen Rindt was super-cool and mega-quick. With the stylish, willowy Nina on his arm and stopwatches, this German-born Austrian epitomised motor racing in the second half of the 1960s. Even a […]
A new automaker was created on Wednesday, and it’s called Stellantis. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group announced the merger of the automotive group’s will result in a new company named Stellantis. The automaker said the name comes from the Latin verb “stello,” which means “to brighten with stars.” Stellantis said a new corporate logo […]
Permission granted by Honourable Minister Nathi Mthethwa on 15 July 2020 Strict sanitation and health rules to apply at all racing venues Permission applies to all motorsport categories run under the auspices of MSA, subject to no spectators being permitted Motorsport South Africa (MSA) is pleased to announce that it has received full permission […]
One of the greatest rivalries in motor racing history played out through the 1930s. In fact, Motor Sport magazine recently named it the most explosive ever. The two men involved were Tazio Nuvolari – a legend considered by many as the most talented driver of all time – and Achille Varzi, a fellow Italian 12 years […]
Juan Pablo Montoya believes he can add the Le Mans 24 Hours to his name and complete motorsport’s Triple Crown. The trifecta, consisting of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix has been the holy grail that Fernando Alonso has been targeting in recent years, with only a win at the Brickyard eluding […]
The FIA could drop the requirement for world championships to race on different continents The FIA could drop the requirement for world championships to be held on three continents as the sport begins to get going in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with a minimum number of events, it is typically required that […]
French automaker Peugeot is celebrating the 125th anniversary of its first entry into auto racing. The company got off to a great start, winning the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris race in its inaugural effort on June 11-14, 1895. “The landmark anniversary also coincides with the original dates of this year’s postponed 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race – […]
Ferrari’s 90 years in racing has included periods of domination, disaster and legend but the more things change, the more things stay the same for the Scuderia […]
After roughly a year of no news, Volkswagen and Ford kicked their proposed partnership into high gear by announcing that a deal would be in place by the end of June just last month. Shortly thereafter, the VW board approved several of the automakers’ proposed joint projects with Ford, including a new European Ford EV built on VW’s […]
The 1957 Chevrolet Corvette established itself in American folklore as one of the greatest cars to ever come out of the United States. Bruce Willis is just about as big as an action star can get. He has been leading the way in Hollywood for decades and has cemented himself as one of Holywood’s biggest […]
The recipe is familiar. Take a front-wheel-drive economy and add some spice. That’s how the Volkswagen Golf GTI reinvented the affordable performance car.With the eighth-generation GTI on the way, VW delved into the car’s origin story. In 1974, a handful of staffers hatched a plan (no pun intended) for a sporty Golf model, with no […]
Dartz is famous for its big, hulking SUVs, although some may only know the company for offering the world’s most expensive vodka. In the future, the Dartz name could come to be synonymous with electric cars. The company has teamed up with a major Chinese automaker to revive historic Russian brand Freze as a player in […]
The Maserati brand has achieved international fame for the design, style and performance of its unique cars. With a tradition and history of successes on the roads and circuits all over the world, Maserati’s victories have made it a standard-bearer for Italian excellence. In fact, racing has always been in Maserati’s DNA: it was in […]
A delightful story arrived in my inbox recently. Headlined “The six weirdest places F1 has raced,” it was written by Ben Miles and published by Goodwood Road & Racing, and if you haven’t signed up for the British circuit’s newsletter, you’re missing some great (oh-how-I-hate-the-word) content. Those six weirdest places in Miles’ mind were a […]
Dodgy two-stroke technology and a nauseatingly callous racing establishment were the causes of Monza 1973 – a fiery multiple pile-up that claimed the lives of two of the sport’s biggest stars and changed the course of racing Motorcycle racing changed forever at 3.17pm on May 20, 1973. The Italian 250cc grand prix had just got […]
Jim Clark made his grand prix debut with Lotus and never left the team. But this formidable partnership had not been the original plan Jim-Clark-in-his-F1-Grand-Prix-debut-at-Zandvoort-for-the-1960-Dutch-Grand-Prix 1960 Dutch Grand Prix In just a few short F1 seasons in the 1960s, Jim Clark carved out his reputation as one of the greatest of all time. His grand prix […]
The bond between Alfa Romeo and Formula 1 is inscribed in the history of GP racing: Alfa Romeo won the inaugural Grand Prix Championship in 1950, with Nino Farina on board an Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 “Alfetta”, a success repeated in 1951 by Juan Manuel Fangio in the Alfetta 159 Race number One Thousand May […]
The Porsche 911 has always been a fantastic sports car, but the GT2 made it something more. This year, the GT2 celebrates 25 years of terrorizing supercars (and some of its own drivers), so Porsche offered a retrospective on Monday. Launched in 1995, the GT2 was originally conceived as a racing homologation special for the […]
Carroll Shelby, the son of a mail carrier in rural east Texas who struggled financially much of his life, left a global legacy as an expert on car design, engineering and racing. Now his story — with never-seen family photos, vintage international racing footage and family interviews — is coming to the small screen for […]