The first Grand Prix was won 85 years ago at 73 mph. This year's Indianapolis winner averaged 176 mph.

Millie Miglia, Targa Florio, Carrera Pan Americana - the names of the great road races have disappeared from the raci...

What makes a champion racing driver? Some of the sport's great names, including Nigel Mansell and Stirling Moss offer...

This is the story of the remarkable men whose daring and skill pushed the top speed of racing cars from around 20 mph...

The 20s and early 30s saw the expansion of grand-prix racing and the introduction of technical advances like supercha...

From zero to 300 mph in six seconds, nose-to-tail racing at 200 mph, ear-splitting exhausts, gigantic crowds - this i...

Hitler knew that victory on the grand prix circuits would demonstrate the Third Reich's technical superiority and bri...

Rallying began as a genteel amateur sport for those with a sense of adventure - today it is highly competitive, with ...

The story of the brilliant red cars of Italy - so elegant to look at, so easy to drive - which dominated grand-prix r...

In 1958, a little Cooper Climax, driven by Stirling Moss , won the Argentinian Grand Prix. It was the first time in t...

Ferrari, Porsche and Jaguar all made their reputations by winning on the racetrack. In the 1930s, MG were among the f...

To win the Indianapolis 500 is an American dream. The drivers share over $7 million for just one race. This year's wi...

How Formula 1 was transformed into a multi-million pound global business. Featuring interviews with racing drivers Ni...