Arrow McLaren IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi takes James Hunt's McLaren M26-02 Formula 1 car for a ride at Sonoma Raceway during the 2023 edition of the Velocity Invitational vintage racing event.https://youtu.be/Bdj1Wraa2Y8Or click HERE watch on YouTube.

The 2023 Phillip Island Classic – Festival of Motorsport will host a number of historic F1 cars from Europe along with nine international drivers competing at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit on 10 – 12 March. Regarded as the largest historic motor race in the Southern Hemisphere, the Phillip...

The Dutch Grand Prix provided the ideal background for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of one of Formula 1’s most popular teams, Hesketh Racing.In 1975, Briton James Hunt gave the “biggest little racing team in the world” its first and only F1 World Championship victory on the Zandvoort...

As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of RACER magazine and the 25th anniversary of RACER.com this year, I’m once again reminded that racing is ultimately an inspiration business, rather than a contrived entertainment business as some would lead us to believe. This is the central theme of Chapter 6 of...

Formula 1 commentary legend Murray Walker has passed away at the age of 97.The Englishman started out in commentating in the 1940s and his first grand prix commentary was the 1949 British Grand Prix. He worked more regularly in motorcycle racing before becoming the BBC’s full-time F1 commentator in 1978....

John Hogan – the man behind major sponsor-related deals that changed the face of Formula 1 – has died of COVID-19 at the age of 76.Best known for his work with Phillip Morris, Hogan was central to the sponsorship deals that led to Marlboro backing McLaren and Ferrari in F1,...

The wait for racing cars to return to the streets of Long Beach is a little longer than usual this time around. But in the decades since the inaugural event, enough stories have sprung up around the race to fill a book – which is exactly what Gordon Kirby has...

When you hear the name James Hunt, you don't invariably think of secret agents, dangerous Alpine skiing adventures, and Formula 1 cars equipped with ejector seats, right? You will after this installment of McLaren's light-hearted "Tooned" video series focusing on the British ace at Monaco in his title-winning season of...

If Formula 1 history is anything to go by, the 33-point deficit Lewis Hamilton faces with four races remaining is far from insurmountable.There have been vast swings in form and momentum between the Mercedes pair throughout 2016, with Nico Rosberg winning the first four grands prix, then Hamilton six from...

It's 40 years since archetypically Italian Ferrari and British-based garagiste McLaren went head to head in the 1976 Formula 1 World Championship, 312T2 vs. M23. Two different cultures. Two very different cars. One epic season.During a lull at the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix in May, James Hunt clambered aboard friend,...