Motor Sport Retro

Top Five of 2012: Photo Galleries

Best of the Cahier Archive: Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows

Image: TheCahierArchive©
Enjoy this Photo Gallery of the Silver Arrows from the 1954, 1955, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Seasons.
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Top Five of 2012: Documentaries

Video Documentary: Carroll Shelby – The Golden Age of Motorsport

Here is the first of many video and photo tributes that Motorsport Retro will be running to celebrate the life of the legendary racer, designer and …

Top Five of 2012: Motorsport Art

Retro Art: Ricardo Santos

These brilliant artworks come from Ricardo Santos; Portuguese art director and graphic designer, and one of the design team responsible for the World’s Best-Designed Newspaper, jornal i, as judged by the Society for News Design in 2010.
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Top Five of 2012: Videos

Video: Rally Heaven – Shotgun in a Lancia Stratos and Delta S4

“But then when the turbo comes together.. pshwt!”
When it came time for Pirelli to launch their new tyre for historic racing and rally cars, the P7 …

Top Five of 2012: Formula One

One hit wonder: The Brabham Fan Car

Adrian Newey, genius. Gordon Murray, ‘God’. Racing rules are very definitive so it takes brilliant and inventive minds to find loopholes. Newey has made a skill of it, as …

Top Five of 2012: Interviews

Interview Part One: Rubens Barrichello – Still a Rookie

Thanks to Tony Di Zinno
Ten minutes will always turn into 40 with Rubens Barrichello. It’s tough in this business to not have favourites, but Rubens is one …

Top Five of 2012: Rally

Colin McRae’s WRC breakthrough: New Zealand 1993

While the current stars of the World Rally Championship strut their stuff on the other side of the world in Rally New Zealand, cast your mind back almost 20 …

For sale: 1973 Brabham BT40

We spotted this lovely 1973 Brabham BT40 for sale on eBay
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Video: Old Spa-Francorchamps by Martin Brundle

Opened in 1922, with the first 24 hours of Francorchamps held in 1924 and the first Formula One Grand Prix held in 1925, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps has been one of motorsport’s great tracks for nearly a …

Video: First Time Out 1967 – Lotus 49

On its first outing, at Zandvoort for the 1967 Dutch Grand Prix, Colin Chapman’s Lotus 49 was steered to pole position by Graham Hill, and went on to take the fastest lap and win the race …

Video Documentary: If You’re Not Winning… You’re Not Trying

Jackie Stewart wrapped up the 1973 Formula One Drivers’ Championship driving a Tyrrell 006 in his final Formula One season, with a handy gap back to rivals Emerson Fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson.
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Video Documentary: Racing Through Time – The History of Grand Prix Racing

From the great city-to-city races of the very late 19th century, to the super technical racing of the early 21st century, grand prix racing has always had one constant – first across the finish line …

Photo of the day: McLaren and Brabham go kart battle

Racers will be racers
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Video: Onboard with Fangio at Monaco in a Lancia D50

In this video we have the immortal Juan Manual Fangio sliding around Monaco in a Lancia D50, the car in which he won his fourth of five World Championships.
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Video Documentary: Nissan Skyline Racing Heritage

This video celebrates the birth of the Nissan Skyline racing legend at Suzuka, 1964.

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