Having signed for Tyrrell mid way through the 1989 season, a combination of devastating single lap pace and wily race craft saw Jean Alesi become F1’s hottest young talent. Despite contesting…
Read MoreFor around 18 months, Giotto Bizzarrini raced the A3/C Grifo thanks to the largesse of Iso boss Renzo Rivolta who had commissioned the car. However, in August 1965, Rivolta terminated the agreement…
Read MoreFollowing the untimely death of Colin Chapman in December 1982, Lotus recruited ex-Matra and Ligier designer Gerard Ducarouge to create a new line of F1 cars. Ducarouge arrived at a team in…
Read MoreHaving campaigned the two-litre V6-powered A440 and A441 with much success during the 1973 and ‘74 seasons, Renault’s Alpine subsidiary created a 2.2-litre turbocharged A442 for 1975 when the…
Read MoreOf all the ill-fated projects born during the late 1980s collector car boom, none proved costlier than the epic Bugatti EB110. Having purchased the Bugatti naming rights in 1987, Italian industrialist…
Read MoreAs the most successful rally car of the Group B era, the Peugeot 205 T16 needs little introduction. Suffice to say, in the face of incredibly stiff opposition, it won back-to-back Driver and Constructor…
Read MoreFew cars sum up the glamour of 1950s motoring better than Mercedes’ 190 SL which was unveiled in production-ready trim at the Geneva Motor Show during March 1955. Conceived as a less…
Read MoreAlthough Audi had spearheaded rallying’s four-wheel drive revolution and Lancia were first out of the blocks with a purpose-built Group B car, Peugeot was the manufacturer that best combined the…
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