The Motorsport Scrapbook (33)
Despite the reluctance of Enzo Ferrari to build a competition car where the engine was not placed in the front of the car, in...
History In The Making At Icona Cavalcade
Over 80 Ferrari Monzas have completed the first edition of the Icona Cavalcade, an exclusive event that showcased the largest ever collection of the...
Moments In Motorsport (42): Mike Hailwood – Surtees TS10
Between the years 1958 and 1967, Mike Hailwood was recognised as one of the greatest grand prix motorcycle racers of his or any other...
Herbie Hancock And His Shelby Cobra
The year 1963 was a good one for jazz phenom Herbie Hancock. At 23, he had just joined the biggest band on earth, led...
Weekend Heroes: 2nd Running Paramount Ranch Road Races 1956
Isn’t this a most atmospheric shot ? Shown here is Dick Hayward’s Siata 208 Spider (BS526) that was entered in race 4, a 26-lapper...
McKlein Motorsport Classics: 6 Ore di Vallelunga 1976
Jacky Ickx/Jochen Mass, Porsche 935, 6 Ore di Vallelunga 1976
In 1976, the 6 Hours of Vallelunga was totally dominated by the factory Martini-Porsche 935...
A League Of Its Own
The ultimate sporting discipline, reimagined. With Kings League Germany, a bold new take on football (soccer, to be clear!) has landed. Faster, more exciting,...
A Faster Horse
When it arrived in 1908, it didn’t look like anything else on the road, mostly because there wasn’t much on the road at all....
Bonhams Paris Sale: The Coachwork Of Hispano-Suiza’s Motor Cars
When the beautiful and mysterious Iris Storm rang the doorbell of a Mayfair house in the opening pages of Michael Arlen’s The Green Hat,...
Formula One Cars Stripped
Nowhere else can visitors and photographers get as close to Formula One racing cars as at historic motorsport events. When the drivers and their...
Collector Cars Are Works Of Art
Collector cars are widely regarded as works of art due to their aesthetic beauty, cultural significance, and the craftsmanship involved in their creation. They...
Weekend Heroes: 1st Paramount Ranch Road Races
Start of the Powder Puff Derby or, in other words, the ladies’ race with Ruth Levy in her Porsche Speedster and Mary Davis in...
![Is this the greatest racing film oat?
In “Ford v Ferrari”, one of the most important
moments comes when Ken Miles takes the GT40 out for a test run after it’s fitted with its massive new 7.0 litre V8. The scene captures a turning point in Ford’s effort to challenge Ferrari at Le Mans, with Miles pushing the prototype hard at Ford’s Dearborn test facility.
With his trademark intensity, Miles immediately feels how the car responds to the raw force of the 427 cubic inch engine. The sound, speed, and feedback through the steering wheel signal that the GT40 is finally becoming something special.
The moment isn’t just cinematic drama, it reflects real history. The big block 427 gave Ford the power it needed to fight Ferrari, and Miles’s deep mechanical understanding played a key role in shaping the car’s behavior on track.
Despite Ford pouring more than $25 million into the program, it was experiences like this, Miles sensing every detail from behind the wheel, that turned early prototypes into Le Mans winning legends.
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