Dario Franchitti has dramatically surpassed the Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA) team’s GT3 race car benchmark to approve the T.50s Niki Lauda track supercar for production.The team picked the Bahrain International Circuit for the final T.50s prototype Production Approval Test, which saw the four-time IndyCar champion and triple Indy 500 winner...

A look back at some of the world championship's most memorable performances by reigning titlists like the current one.

Ferrari will run a special livery at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, honoring Niki Lauda’s first championship with the team 50 years ago.Lauda won the 1975 drivers’ championship driving the Ferrari 312 T, taking five victories and nine pole positions in total from the 14 rounds. The title was...

The 1975 Formula 1 season is widely remembered for the dominance of Niki Lauda and Ferrari, who won five races together as the Austrian cruised to his first world championship title by a comfortable margin. But that season a half-century ago also included a notable achievement that has not been...

With just over two weeks until the gates open for the third annual Air|Water event on April 26 in Costa Mesa, CA, we have more details to share with visitors and fans. The 2025 event will include experiences exclusive to Air|Water ticket holders, such as rides in the new 911...

The scene: The 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix. The practice session finishes, and Goodyear engineer Dr. Karl Kempf bolts straight to the toilet at the back of the garage in Jacarepagua’s pitlane. Once he sits down, he won’t be leaving for a while.If you happen to be reading this while you’re...

Comprised of over 29,000 images, the André Van Bever Photograph Collection will join over 120 archival collections already selected by the Florida-based Revs Institute for preservation. The images will be indexed and digitized, making Van Bever’s work accessible to researchers, scholars, and enthusiasts through the Revs Digital Library.“Throughout his career,...

Mercedes has renamed the road into its Formula 1 factory as "Lauda Drive" after the former non-executive chairman and three-time world champion.Lauda worked with Mercedes from 2012 until his death in May of 2019, and was viewed as a key part of the team’s immense success from 2014 onwards. In...

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...

In 1978, Brabham’s Gordon Murray needed something big to beat the Lotus 79. His eureka moment came with the BT46B “Fan Car,” a Formula 1 legend that raced – and won – just once.This story appears in the Oct./July 2021 ‘Great Cars Issue’ of RACER magazine alongside other great features...