Zanardi memories, the Lotus IndyCar engine debacle and Formula 1 vs Formula E electrics among topics filling the Mailbag this week.

In 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship, an exclusive club of just five American drivers has won grands prix, with two earning an F1 world title. We look at all five in the new RACER, Issue 336. Here we examine the case of one of racing’s true icons.

One day, several months after his Indy 500 win in 2018, Will Power tried to explain just how much the event means for its participants, and how it plays on the mind between races.“It’s easy to look at the list of Indy winners and say, ‘Oh, that’s the year that...

Lotus has brought history back to life with the world premiere of the Type 66, originally designed as a potential Can-Am racer. The new/old Lotus is set for a limited production run as a track day car.The unique project was unveiled at "The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering" as part of...

Take a tour of the amazing Formula 1 collection owned by Juan Gonzalez which spans 35 years including cars raced by Ayrton Senna at Lotus and Williams, plus Ferraris driven by Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, McLarens piloted by Mike Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, a Toro...

Heralded far and wide as one of the most significant vintage racing summer events in the country, the July 15-17 WeatherTech International Challenge with Brian Redman was an activities-packed three full days: Vintage racing action on the spectacular 4.0-mile Road America circuit, exhibitions, Concours awards, and a wide-variety of off-track...

Photo: Motorsport ImagesSanta Fe, ARGENTINA -- Former Formula 1 star Carlos Reutemann died July 7 at a medical facility in his native Santa Fe, Argentina, where he had been undergoing treatment over the past month for intestinal and kidney issues. He was 79.Reutemann (pictured above in 1981) drove for Brabham,...

The Central Feature at the July 8-11 Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will celebrate Lotus in honor of the brand’s pioneering road and race cars.From the first sculpture in 1997 to the present day, the Goodwood Festival of Speed has become known for its creative and daring Central...

World Champion Jenson Button's JBXE Racing and Lotus Engineering have joined forces and formed a technical partnership for the new electric off-road series, Extreme E.The British engineering consultancy, part of Group Lotus, brings its reputation for innovation to JBXE and Extreme E , supporting the series' parallel goals of promoting...

Johnny Dumfries, who was Ayrton Senna’s teammate at Lotus in 1986, has died at the age of 62 following a short illness.The Scotsman’s full name was John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, but he raced under the name Johnny Dumfries and won the 1984 British Formula 3 championship, and...