Johan Dillen

How Chinetti and Levegh preferred flying solo

In this episode on the Le Mans 24 Hours’ centenary, we look at two almost-solo exploits. Luigi Chinetti’s run to…

3 years ago

Niki Lauda’s 1984 Nürburgring Mercedes comes up for sale

The Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 Niki Lauda raced to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring celebrity race, comes up for auction.…

3 years ago

30th Goodwood Festival of Speed gets going

With a superb display by the Red Arrows, festivities got going at the Goodwood Festival of Speed today. Here is…

3 years ago

Le Mans Classic, the party of the century

This year’s Le Mans Classic, celebrating the centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours, saw a massive crowd 235,000 entering…

3 years ago

Win: a day’s driving in a classic Formula Ford in France

Imagine, that is you tearing down the track in a Crosslé 90F Formula Ford at the Charade track in France.…

3 years ago

Le Mans 2008, when Audi was slow… but still won

Audi’s incredible dominance of Le Mans during the 2000s and 2010s came mostly without opposition. One manufacturer, however, did contest…

3 years ago

For sale, the most exciting GT1 that never raced

It’s a little-known fact, but in 2007 Koenigsegg had a car ready to race at Le Mans under GT1-rules. And…

3 years ago

1 in 3 wins at Spa 24 Hours goes to BMW

The Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3 won last weekend’s Spa 24 Hours. Thus, they handed BMW a 25th overall victory…

3 years ago

42 years on, BMW gets the Le Mans crew back together

To celebrate the 80th birthday of Prince Leopold von Bayern, BMW offered him a present. A drive at Le Mans…

3 years ago

Le Mans Classic is in the starting blocks

ust weeks after the centenary running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, another party is ready to get under way:…

3 years ago