Some years ago I was invited to talk “motor sport” at a winter club evening in Bristol and the evening...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle After a very successful year in 1935, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, who financed Prince Birabongse’s racing, decided...
I first watched Niki Lauda as he “learned his trade” in his days with March and BRM, before he won his first World Championship in 1975. His background was Formula Super V and sports cars before joining March, where he paid for his drive. No one should forget that Niki...
Motor racing surely can’t complain about the amount of coverage it now receives on television, but transmission of motor sport...
At the first Shelsley Walsh meeting after the war, only the weather was as predictable as the belief among spectators...
Neville HayPhoto: Kary Jiggle As a small boy my love of cars and motor sport meant I went to every race meeting my late Father could afford to take me to. The books written by Prince Chula Chakrabongse made fascinating reading for a small boy and they covered his recollections...
Over the last few weeks, preparations for the 2016 Grand Prix season have been hectic as the teams have to...
In 1936, Stuck returned to Shelsley Walsh. It was a very wet meeting and Raymond Mays’ Zoller supercharged, 2-liter R4B...
Niki Lauda came back into Grand Prix racing, because he could! It has been suggested that he needed the money, or was bored with retirement, but whatever the reasons he certainly believed that McLaren could do the job. Above all, he felt sure he could. I think the real story...
Tazio Nuvolari Biography Tazio Nuvolari a legend in his own lifetime, was known as Il Montavano Volante, the Flying Mantuan. He...
As I write these notes, the 2015 season is coming to an end with just a few more Formula One...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
