During WWII, some of America’s fiercest warbirds took to the skies looking...unfinished. But those shiny, unpainted fighters were a strategy instead of a lazy shortcut.
F1's calendar has shifted with its needs. While some circuits became obsolete and disappeared, others remain despite their flaws. Let’s check out the ones that fall under the first category.
Enzo snubbed Henry. Carroll answered. What followed was a blood feud written in oil and gasoline, not ink. Le Mans was the battlefield, but pride and power were the real war machines.
In 1970, Jochen Rindt became the only driver to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship after his tragic accident at the Italian Grand Prix. He clinched the title posthumously, a record-setting achievement that stunned the motorsport world.
At first, the Ford Mustang didn't perform like the hot rod that we know love and today. So, to boost its image, Ford turned to a man of boundless ambition: Carroll Shelby.
NASCAR was dangerous in the 1950s. Add in dubious weather and an infamously unforgiving track, and the stage was set for tragedy—but perhaps that tragedy was made worse when Larry Mann spurned a superstition that had been entrenched for decades.
The Ford Thunderbird is one of America’s most iconic cars and dominated the market for years—but it all it took was one change in the car's design to trigger its shocking downfall.
Onofre Marimón’s rose to fame in Argentina and made waves in the European racing scene—until a bit of daring led to a tragic end. This is the story of Formula 1’s first Grand Prix victim.
