Frank Stella's 'Polar Coordinates' BMW M1
Commissioned in 1979, the Frank Stella BMW M1 Procar was painted to Stella’s “Polar Coordinates” design and created for his close friend and racing driver, Peter Gregg. This was the only time that a BMW…
Porsche restore their iconic 962
Porsche has fully restored Hans-Joachim Stuck’s iconic 962 C racer that he took to victory in the 1987 ADAC Würth Supercup. The restoration, which featured the reproduction of many new parts, took a year and a half…
The original lightweight 911
Porsche rarely, if ever, follows any other automaker’s lead, but Colin Chapman’s maxim of “add lightness” was taken to heart by Zuffenhausen’s early racing director Ferdinand Piëch. He tasked his engineers…
Tribute to a Sebring racer
This beautiful Superformance Corvette Grand Sport was the second example built as a tribute to the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport chassis #003 that was driven by A.J. Foyt at Sebring in 1964.
Inside Williams
Back in March, Williams introduced the FW43B, designed to compete in this year’s World Championship and piloted by George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. The car's livery pays homage to Williams' successful past…
Jaguar brings back the C-Type
Jaguar Classic is bringing a strictly limited run of new C-type Continuations to life in celebration of the iconic model’s motorsport heritage, 70 years after it first raced to victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours…
Twice as nice
The Calder Foundation and BMW have unveiled the Calder BMW Art Car (Artist’s Proof), which is set to be displayed at the ‘Alexander Calder: Minimal / Maximal’ exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin…
Mario Andretti's 'scary' GT40
The Ford GT story dates from 1963-64 when the mighty Ford Motor Company of Detroit was rebuffed by Ferrari in its attempts to buy into international endurance racing success simply by purchasing the Italian…
Mercedes celebrates 'The Red Pig'
50 years ago the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps put AMG on the motorsport map, literally, overnight. At 3pm on 24 July 1971 almost 80 touring cars started the race. Right in the middle of the field there was a…
Tour de Force
The 52nd alloy-bodied 250 GT LWB Berlinetta “Tour de France” of 72 built, was originally finished in an Alfa Romeo colour known as Giulietta Blue with a red stripe and Havana brown upholstery. These were but the…
The World’s Greatest Sports Car
To any automotive or motorsport enthusiast, the Porsche 917 needs no introduction, and it is the car’s early 917K coupe form, that truly ignites the passions of these enthusiasts most strongly. Commonly regarded as…
Niki Lauda's British GP winning McLaren
This McLaren MP4/1B-6 was piloted by Niki Lauda for the 1983 Formula 1 season, winning the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch. Conceived by John Barnard, a gifted and perfectionist engineer at Project Four…
NART's last hurrah
Apart from Enzo Ferrari himself, no single person was so critical to Ferrari’s global cachet as Luigi Chinetti. In 1949, he received Enzo’s blessing to operate as Ferrari’s sole distributor…
The Prodrive Collection
Prodrive is bringing a collection of its iconic race and rally cars from the past 40 years to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this July, with many being driven up the hill by some of the most famous names…
Rainbow Warrior
Believed to be sold new as a John Player Special road-going model before being converted to the racer you see today by its original owner, this 1973 Lotus Europa went on to compete at one of the world’s top…
Kremer's denim-clad 911
Competition is second nature to Porsche, and the manufacturer has produced some of the best racing machines of their time. The Carrera RSR was one of these and, during the 1974 and 1975 seasons it cruised…
The Monster from Maranello
The latest edition to INK’s ‘Plain Bodies’ series encapsulates for many the philosophy of the Ferrari brand, excellence in performance and design, the legendary 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO. Designed by engineer…
When Alfa conquered the BTCC
The Super Touring era was a golden age for the British Touring Car Championship and its popularity and strong following had not gone unnoticed at Alfa Romeo. Keen to be part of the action, Alfa Corse – the factory…