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Patrick Tambay: 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
Patrick Tambay: 1973 Monte Carlo Rally
January 9, 2012

The 1973 Monte Carlo Rally is remembered for many things – protests, police intervention, blizzards, and a week of long, tortuous stages. However, how many of you knew it was future Formula 1 winner Patrick …

Top Five of 2011: Buying Retro Racers
Top Five of 2011: Buying Retro Racers
January 8, 2012

For Sale: Jaguar XJR-9

Jaguar’s XJR-9 is the car that took it to Porsche at Le Mans and won. The gentlemen at Fiskenshave one for sale, so I’m going to try my luck with the Christmas list.
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Video: Dakar flashback – Cyril Neveu vs Hubert Auriol 1987
Video: Dakar flashback – Cyril Neveu vs Hubert Auriol 1987
January 7, 2012

Two Dakar legends go head to head during the 1987 edition of the worlds toughest race.

Top Five of 2011: Videos
Top Five of 2011: Videos
January 7, 2012

Video: Colin McRae + MG Metro 6R4 + biggest moment ever = crazy
Watch as Colin McRae has a huge moment and goes backwards down an escape road at 80mph in his MG Metro 6R4 on the …

Top Five of 2011: Moto GP
Top Five of 2011: Moto GP
January 6, 2012

Legendary Bikes: Barry Sheene’s Suzuki RG500 1976-77

Barry Sheene’s Suzuki 500 holds the record for the fastest motorcycle GP race ever.
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Top Five of 2011: Art and Design
Top Five of 2011: Art and Design
January 5, 2012

Legonds: Historic Race Cars in Lego

Incredible creativity, workmanship and design abound in all of them, from the simple but unmistakable W196 to the ridiculous detail of the Jaguar. Amazing work!
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Video: The history of the Porsche 917/021
Video: The history of the Porsche 917/021
January 5, 2012

This stunning video tracks the history of the Porsche 917, chassis number 021.

Top Five of 2011: Rally
Top Five of 2011: Rally
January 4, 2012

Henri Toivonen: Racing driver!

People often say that rally drivers are the most talented in the sport, and very few have succeeded at both levels: You are either a rally driver or a road racer.
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Top Five of 2011: Photo Galleries
Top Five of 2011: Photo Galleries
January 3, 2012

Best of the MSR Facebook: Classic Formula One Engine Photos

This post, then, is in honour of our Facebook fans, and their collection of beautiful cars and motorsport moments. Enjoy this gallery of some of our favourite Formula …

David Purley: Fearless
David Purley: Fearless
January 2, 2012

David Purley is a hero. Some would say an unsung one, but just a quick look at his life, and it will take you less than two minutes to realise this guy was like no …

Video Series: Car Wars – Formula 1 season 1979
Video Series: Car Wars – Formula 1 season 1979
January 1, 2012

A year after Colin Chapman began using ground effects to glue his Lotus 79s to the ground Formula One was a very different beast.

Video: Jackie Stewart drives the March Judd 881 and declares it “very strange”
Video: Jackie Stewart drives the March Judd 881 and declares it “very strange”
December 31, 2011

“Too uncomfortable and too cramped” was Jackie Stewart‘s summary of the Adrian Newey designed March Judd 881. Jackie was also less the complimentary about the entire concept.

Video Series: F1 1978 – The Shape Of Things To Come
Video Series: F1 1978 – The Shape Of Things To Come
December 29, 2011

Colin Chapman flipped the Formula One world upside down during the 1978 Formula One season, introducing the glued-to-the-ground Lotus 79 in Belgium and changing the shape of Formula One cars forever.

George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona solo
George Waltman completes the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona solo
December 28, 2011

George Waltman sits in his Aztec Racing Morgan Plus 4 after single handedly completing the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway.

Video: A lesson in Steering with a Heavy Right Boot
Video: A lesson in Steering with a Heavy Right Boot
December 28, 2011

One of the aspects of retro racing that I miss the most when watching modern Formula One is all the sliding around that the modern cars don’t do. I miss when drivers could afford to, …

The Dakar Rally: “A school of life”
The Dakar Rally: “A school of life”
December 27, 2011

The motorsport season is always an adventure, but there can be no bigger adventure than the Dakar Rally that traditionally starts on New Year’s Day.
Originally run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal, the ‘Rally Raid’ …

Video: Jackie Stewart on Project 34
Video: Jackie Stewart on Project 34
December 23, 2011

Hop in Tyrrell’s ‘Project 34’ for a run around Paul Ricard with Jackie Stewart a few weeks after the radical racer was introduced in London.

Video: Fresh Moods
Video: Fresh Moods
December 22, 2011

The internet can throw up some interesting surprises, even when it seems everything imaginable (and slightly too much that isn’t) has already had its 15 (megabytes) minutes of fame.

Illustration: March 89P Porsche
Illustration: March 89P Porsche
December 21, 2011

In 1989 Teo Fabi drove his Quaker State Oil sponsored Porsche to its only victory in the CART Series at the Red Roof Inns 200 on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, USA. It was …

Enduring: Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring Celebrate Anniversaries in 2012
Enduring: Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring Celebrate Anniversaries in 2012
December 20, 2011

2012 is to be a big year for classic races, with the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Twelve Hours of Sebring all set to celebrate significant anniversaries.