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Book review: Formula 3000

Finally, a comprehensive overview of – almost – 20 years of F1’s main talent-feeding series has been put in a book. ‘Formula 3000 – Where legends earned their stripes’ is well worth the wait.

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Goodwood, where the weather doesn’t matter

Goodwood Revival had it all, once again. That also meant both fine weather and atrocious conditions, making racing even more spectacular. Here are the highlights.

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The day the prototypes returned to the Green Hell

1983 was the final year prototypes raced on the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. The Green Hell was deemed too unsafe, and racing moved to the new Grand Prix lay-out. Now, for one day only, the prototypes and Group 5 cars from the sixties and seventies returned to the old track.

Close up: 207 A, Abarth’s answer to the Porsche 356 Speedster

Mid-fifties, American boy racers had a craving for European roadsters. Light and agile, they were everything the American cars were not. And ideally suited for the blossoming club racing scene. Pushed by their importer Max Hoffman, Porsche showed the way with the 356 Speedster. Here is Abarth’s little-known answer: the 207 A.

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Swiss Aladdin’s cave comes up for sale: Ferrari 333 SP, Spa-winning Ferrari 488 GT3, Ferrari FXX Evo

RM Sotheby’s brings the contents of a true Aladdin’s cave to market, on October 11th in Zürich (Switzerland). The Swiss ‘Tailored for Speed’ Collection contains a championship-winning Ferrari 333 SP, the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo that came first in the 2021 Spa 24 Hours and the Ferrari 488 GTE Evo that finished on the GTE AM class podium at Le Mans in 2019. And those are just some of the race cars.

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Prototypes return to the Green Hell

This weekend, the fabled Nürburgring 1000 Km race is making a comeback. On the legendary Nordschleife ‘Green Hell’ no less. Prior to the race, prototypes like the Porsche 917 or the Group 5 Kremer Porsche 935 K2 will do demolaps, a unique chance to see them in action on the world’s hardest race track.

Jewelry on parade: Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance

Prior to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, set for this weekend, owners were eager to show their beauties on the road as well. Peter Singhof caught them on the move at the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance.

Monterey’s Car Week gets going: the parties, the auctions

It’s the busiest week of the year for the classic car world, with Monterey Car Week getting ready to impress. It’s the celebration of all that’s fast, prestigious and shiny. Peter Singhof once again is doing the rounds for us, here are his best pictures.

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The Winning Formula: Past, Present, 75 Years Flat Out

2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed — Origins didn’t ride shotgun — they grabbed the wheel – took the inside line and never lifted.

DTM cars at Zolder Concours d’Elégance this Sunday

We are doing something new. For the very first time, we are curating a class of DTM cars at the Zolder Concours d’Elégance (20 June) in Belgium. With the help of the Nationales Automuseum/The Loh Collection and private owners, we assembled a field of five – let’s not be modest – star cars.