I am often asked what was my “greatest race,” and that is not an easy question. The Mille Miglia in...
Like any racing driver who has competed seriously, I am often asked what were my favorite cars, or the quickest,...
The topic of great drivers and “who is the greatest” driver is always an interesting one and, of course, a difficult one, because it is not easy to compare drivers from very different periods of racing history. I have always considered Fangio the “greatest,” but there are certainly many others...
I always think I have to be cautious when I talk about “great cars” or “my best cars,” because the...
I went to the Salt Flats at Bonneville in Utah for the first time in 1957. John Thornley from MG invited me to come and make an attempt on the International Class F record. MG had been there in 1954 when one of the MGA prototypes had been fitted with...
I was really surprised when I learned that there was going to be an historic race on the same circuit...
Aston Martin was one of the cars and teams I had a relationship with for quite a long part of...
At the end of the 1955 season, Mercedes Benz made the decision to withdraw from motor racing, partly because of the Le Mans disaster, but in reality they wanted to concentrate on developing their road cars. This left me without a Grand Prix drive for 1956, but I had some...
The feature this month on the C-Type Jaguar which won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1953, the car I...
I have been asked a number of times who had the most influence on my career, the way I drove,...
The historic racing scene has brought many excellent cars back to the circuits over recent years, although quite a lot of them are not very original, and many have been substantially improved. While there are some safety arguments for this, it opens the door to modifying cars with new parts,...
