Goodbye Romolo

Yesterday we heard the news that Enzo Ferrari’s former private secretary and team manager, Romolo [...]

Friedl Linke with her saviours and the Graber bodied Alvis. ( Photo Graham Gauld)
A Very Special Alvis

Shortly after the end of WW 1, in 1919, T.G.John and Company was formed by [...]

At the Lancia factory in Turin, the D50 grand prix cars are pushed out and loaded on to the Ferrari transporters. (Photo Graham Gauld archive)
The Handover That Saved Ferrari

At a time when everyone is lamenting the pathetic performance of Ferrari in Formula 1 [...]

From the left, Angelo Sticchi Damiani (President of Automobile Club Italia); Pierluigi Martini; Gian Carlo Minardi; Marco Panieri (Major of Imola); Uberto Selvatico Estense (President of Formula Imola). ( Photo Grand Prix Photo Peter Nygaard)
Gian-Carlo Honoured at Imola

One of the great unsung heroes of modern Formula 1 in Italy is our Grand [...]

Tony Wood at the wheel of the Tec-Mec Maserati at the Monaco Historic meeting.( Photo Graham Gauld)
Fritz, Colotti and the Tec-Mec

Last month we lost another grand prix driver of the 1950s with the passing of [...]

The Toyota TS050 driven by Kazuki Nakajima takes the flag at Le Mans yesterday
Third Time for Kazuki

Grand Prix Drivers Club member Kazuki Nakajima won his third Le Mans 24 Hour race [...]

How Ferrari 250GT SWB 2231GT got its nose

Here in the South of France we will be starting the olive picking in three [...]

Meet Mauro

To anyone who has the slightest interest in Ferrari, whether in grand prix racing or [...]

Away from the race track Don Parkinson’s Parkinson Special at a US Concours event. (Photo Vanhoolandt)
Phil’s Brother in Law

When it comes to the building of “Specials” the Americans probably lead the field and [...]

The three musketeers, Charles Kwan, Winston Mak and Kevin Wong
The Three Musketeers in Hong Kong

The whole Coronavirus affair reminded me of my two-year stint in Hong Kong back in [...]