At the time, Stirling considered this his greatest drive. The Buenos Aires 1,000 Kilometres was a sports car race in which he was to share with Fangio the wheel of the new 4.5-litre V8 Maserati, the 450S. The organisers had...
This extract is taken from Chapter 4 of ‘Stirling Moss - The Definitive Biography Vol 1’, by Philip Porter The Bari GP was one of Stirling’s finest races to date. The grid contained the two 158 Alfas of Farina and...
by Martin Emmison First published in Motor Racing News c. 2012 ANSWER: when he races another gentleman’s car on an unwritten ‘you bend it, you mend it’ gentleman’s agreement … and then bends it! We are all aware that most...
By Michael Kliebenstein One day I got a surprise call to view an interesting Porsche in northern Germany. The car in question I knew only from pictures and the occasional Nürburgring appearance in the ‘80s. It was David Piper‘s old...
By Stewart Longhurst With fewer than half of the 50 cars built thought to have survived, it’s not often that you see a Cooper T39 ‘Bobtail’, let alone one with a Briggs Cunningham team racing livery. Add to that the...
By Richard Heseltine Giorgetto Giugiaro is nothing if not an overachiever: a man with a gilded resume that includes umpteen landmark post-war design icons. Nonetheless, ask him to comment on his past efforts and he will invariably dismiss them out...
Early in the season, Stirling Moss was seriously injured at Goodwood, ending his career. The championship was therefore between Graham Hill, in the BRM P57, and Jim Clark, in his Lotus-Climax 25, with Hill taking four wins to clinch the...
Michael Turner has been established at the very top of his profession as a motor racing artist for many decades. His work is universally known throughout the motoring world, as is his distinctive style. We first met on a Guild...
Adapted from the book SuperFinds by Michael Kliebenstein Although he is an accomplished businessman and has given his name in sponsorship to his local Bundesliga football stadium, Thomas Sommer tends otherwise to avoid the spotlight. He is the owner of...
Above: Gordon Murray's initial sketches of potential spaceframe arrangements with one (of 6 September 1989) showing the first incarnation of the final Rocket body shape. Sketches copyright Gordon Murray Design Above: Job lists for early 1990 showing the chassis work...
So far in my automotive career, I have designed upwards of 50 cars but the Rocket stands out as a very important and personal design for many reasons. Firstly, Chris and I had been talking about doing a car together...
By Michael Kliebenstein When I was researching cars in Italy for a client, I got a call from my friend Paolo telling me that he had seen a very mysterious race car in Vicenza. The mystery being that he...
