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Moments In Motorsport (39): Chris Amon – Team Ensign

Chris Amon was born into a wealthy sheep farming family in New Zealand and went on to become on the most highly regarded race...
Moments In Motorsport (38): Alfa Romeo T33/2 – BOAC 500 1968

Moments In Motorsport (38): Alfa Romeo T33/2 – BOAC 500 1968

Alfa Romeo took the decision to return to motor sport when, in 1963, it made Auto-Delta, an independent competition division, its official race preparation...

Moments In Motorsport (37): Jaques Laffite – Ligier JS5 1976

During the 1970s, Formula 1 cars required skill and natural speed to handle them since they were real cars, not computers, and drivers had...
Moments In Motorsport (36): REINE WISELL – LOTUS 72C

Moments In Motorsport (36): Reine Wisell – Lotus 72C

Reine Wisell was one of handful of ‘Super-Swedes’ who arrived in Europe during the late 1960s to race in the highly competitive Formula 3...
Moments In Motorsport (35): Porsche 935/77 Jochen Mass

Moments In Motorsport (35): Porsche 935/77 Jochen Mass

For the 1977 World Sportscar Championship, Porsche constructed four examples of its new 935, a 630bhp, twin-turbocharged, 2.8-litre powered variant of the 911 that...

Moments In Motorsport (34): Matra MS10-DFV

In 1965 the French Matra Corporation, known mostly for its involvement in the world of military defence and aeronautics, took the decision to expand...

Moments In Motorsport (33): Roger Williamson

During the last one hundred-plus years, the uniquely talented individuals who demonstrated a prodigious level of skill at the wheel of a racing car,...
Moments In Motorsport (32): Chevron B16 - Brian Robinson

Moments In Motorsport (32): Chevron B16 – Brian Robinson

One of the most famous and recognised names in motorsport is that of Chevron cars despite the company’s tragically brief history (although it later...
Moments In Motorsport (31): Ford GT40 P/1002

Moments In Motorsport (31): Ford GT40 P/1002

Between 1962 and 1993 an enterprising English school situated near Westerham in Kent decided to make use of its steep tarmaced driveway that wound...

Moments In Motorsport (30): Pedro Rodriguez – Porsche 917K

As with any form of sport, every once in a while an exceptional talent will emerge and their skill and contribution will be recalled...

Moments In Motorsport (29): Jacques Villeneuve

In any sport, the children of successful parents have to overcome a degree of prejudice before becoming appreciated for their own abilities. In the...
Moments In Motorsport (28): BOAC 500 1969

Moments In Motorsport (28): BOAC 500 1969

The sports car endurance races of the 1960s and most of the 1970s saw some memorable battles waged between iconic cars and skillful drivers,...