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Nigel Mansell and Lotus – Ten great shots and a story

1992 Formula 1 World Champion Nigel Mansell endured a tough time at Lotus. He drove three races on debut in 1980 and then four full seasons from 1981 to 1984. Few could have predicted the …

The story of the Connew F1 Team

If remembered at all, motorsports fans  recall Sunday, August 13 1972 as the date Emerson Fittipaldi won the Austrian Grand Prix, and in doing so all but clinched his first Formula One World Drivers’ Championship. …

Formula 1 Strike in the Hotel

Formula 1 Strike One. South Africa, 1982

Images: LAT Photographic
The drivers were unified, for once; fighting clauses in their Superlicence contracts, and it sparked a remarkable weekend. This is the story of the 1982 Formula 1 drivers strike.

Mansilla McLaren Test 1981

Quique Mansilla – One who should have been

He was Ayrton Senna’s Formula Ford team mate, he raced Formula 3 and landed an F1 test. Were it not for politics and war, Quique Mansilla would have had the perfect route to Formula One.

Nigel Mansell – Stat Attack

Nigel Mansell drove in 191 Grands Prix between 1980 and 1995. These are the facts about everything in between.

Split-second decision making at the Isle of Man

Michael Dunlop and Guy Martin go toe-to-toe at the 2014 Isle of Man TT.

Rally Monster – MG Metro 6R4

At the start of the 1980s, Austin Rover reached a crossroads in its efforts to take on its chief rivals – notably Audi, Ford and Opel – in the increasingly competitive world rally championship. Despite …

10,000rpm WRC hunter – The Toyota Starlet from hell

Ok so maybe every Toyota Starlet you see on a daily basis comes from hell. This particular one is evil in a completely different way.