Top Five of 2012: Touring Cars

Video: BTCC 1992 – Tin-Top Tearaways

The British Touring Car Championship has pitted high-street cars and household-name drivers against each other for over 50 years. And ever since those early years in the late 1950s, the …

Top Five of 2012: MotoGP

Legends: John Surtees

John Surtees left motorcycle racing at age 26 with the number one on his machine. It’s a fact quoted many times since Casey Stoner announced that he’s retiring.
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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 …