Welcome to Who? What? Where? When? Why? on the World Wide Web. Your comments, criticism and suggestions: editors#8w.forix.com (replace # with @).
8W is forix.autosport.com's motorsport history section and covers the drivers, cars, circuits, eras and technology that shaped the face, sounds and smells of motor racing.
DRIVER BIOGRAPHIES
CONSTRUCTOR PROFILES
TRACK RECORDS
SEASONS' PORTRAITS
TECHNICAL FOCUS
Events, seasons and eras to remember fondly or sadly
Poachers turned gamekeepers
- How the FOCA became the new FIA, by Mattijs Diepraam
1973 Dutch GP
- A look back in time on the day that changed GP racing's views on safety, by Mattijs Diepraam
Glory Days
- The pre-war French Drivers Championships, by Rémi Paolozzi
Memories
- 1960 and 1975 - Living 'The Dream', by Stuart Dent
- 1971 International Trophy - A weekend at Silverstone, by David Beard
- 1973 International Trophy - The body parts I wish I still had, by Stuart Dent
- 1974 Race of Champions - Mike Salmon and Team Ensign saved my weekend, by Stuart Dent
- 1976 Dutch GP - An unburdened visit to Zandvoort, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1977 British GP - Two guys and a vest, by Stuart Dent
- 1981 Dutch GP - Ugly teenager surrounded by campsite beauties, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1988 Le Mans and 1986 Birmingham Superprix - You want me to what? Asking the (racing) impossible..., by Stuart Dent
- 1983 Dutch GP - Turbo nirvana, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1984 & 1985 Dutch GPs - Second dawn of the turbo, by Mattijs Diepraam
Off-beat looks at Grand Prix history
- Truth or thereabouts - Questioning the myths of Grand Prix racing history, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- Second life - Identity changes in Grand Prix racing, by Mattijs Diepraam
- Defining moments in Grand Prix history - The events that determined what F1 looks like today, by Mattijs Diepraam
- The dominators - Modern-day F1 cars that ruled the roost, by Henri Greuter
- Big, bigger, biggest! - The 'halo-effect' in Grand Prix racing, by Willem Visser
- Big, bigger, biggest! - Vettel storms top-3, by Willem Visser
The Forgotten Era
- Back on Track, racing in the 40s: Sept 9th, 1945 to May 13th, 1950, by Alessandro Silva
- 1946 GP des Nations - How the great Tazio came to ignore a black flag... and got away with it, by Leif Snellman/Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas/'Uechtel'
- 1947 Italian Championship - The race when Nuvolari waved the steering wheel at the crowd and a forgotten Championship, by Alessandro Silva
- 1948 French GP - Ascari's Alfa debut (and swansong), by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas/Leif Snellman
- Coupe René le Bčgue - The event that wrote history three times, by Marc Ceulemans
- Jean-Pierre Wimille - The uncrowned king of the forties, by Mattijs Diepraam
The Indy 1964 second-lap disaster
- Closing in on the truth, by Henri Greuter
The Indy 1948 what-if
- 1948: .........., by Henri Greuter
The 1958-'61 South American Triangular Tournaments
- Where front-engined Formula One went to die, by Lorenzo Baer
Case History
- The Journal of the Clio & Zeitgeist Considered Society for the History of Automobile Racing, by Don Capps
- Rear View Mirror, by Don Capps
- Vol.7, No.1: The dangers of nostalgia
- Vol.7, No.2: Connecting the dots
- Vol.7, No.3: The Jacob Cohen Complex
- Vol.7, No.4/5: Automobile racing history and history
- Vol.7, No.6 Case History and Casey and Clio Has a Corollary: Part II
- Vol.8, No.1 Rules of the Game, I-IV
- Vol.8, No.2 Brooklands: 1907
- Vol.8, No.3 A Requiem on Serial Reflections
- Vol.8, No.4 The 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Circuit in Relation to the New York City Area
- Vol.9, No.1 Christopher Hilton: An Appreciation
- Vol.9, No.2 Four case histories
- Vol.9, No.3 The Dust Bunnies of Automobile Racing History
- Vol.9, No.4 Further Observations & Thoughts Regarding the Dust Bunnies of Automobile Racing History
- Vol.10, No.1 Indianapolis, we have a problem
Feature stories
- The Gordon Bennett races - The birth of international competition, by Leif Snellman
- 1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy - Britain's first international motor race, by Brendan Lynch
- 1906 French Grand Prix - The first Grand Prix, by Leif Snellman
- 1914 French Grand Prix - Remember it for the one who lost, by Leif Snellman
- 1927 Coppa Florio - When Brittany became Italian, by Rémi Paolozzi
- 1930 Monaco GP - Dreyfus wins over Chiron, by Hans Etzrodt
- 1930 French GP - Libre victoire for Étancelin, by Hans Etzrodt
- 1933 Monza GP - Black Sunday, by Leif Snellman
- 1933 Monza GP - The greatest motor racing catastrophy to date, by Hans Etzrodt
- 1934 French GP - Chiron's jump start to victory, by Hans Etzrodt
- 1934-'37 Rio GPs - Postcards from Gavea, by Mario Cesar de Freitas Levy/Leif Snellman/Antonio Carlos Barque de Lima
- 1935 German GP - The race of ages, by Michael Ferner
- 1937 Donington GP - Racing in the year of the titans, by Alessandro Silva
- 1938 Pau GP - René Dreyfus and the Delahaye upset at Pau, by Leif Snellman
- 1938 Donington GP - Tazio's winning ways in Britain, by Arjan de Roos
- The 1939 European Championship - Unfinished symphony, by Richard Armstrong
- 1948 Fairfield Handicap - South Africa's first post-World War II race, by Marius Matthee
- 1949 Brazilian Temporada - Brazil's forgotten racing days, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1950 F1 season - The very first World Drivers Championship, by Jikku George
- 1950 Chilean GP - The first, the last and the only, by Lorenzo Baer
- The winter of '51/'52 - Switching to F2 regs, by Michael Müller
- 1952 German GP - German F2 specials taking on Ferrari, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1954 International Trophy - Ferrari's chassis doubts during the early 2.5-litre era, by Mattijs Diepraam
- That December 1954 Hockenheim test session - How Stirling got his Mercedes breakthrough, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1957 British GP - Vanwall's breakthrough win, by Felix Muelas/David Fox
- The Race of Two Worlds - The 1958 "Monzanapolis" bash, by Darren Galpin
- 1959 Dutch GP - BRM and Bonnier take centre stage at Zandvoort, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- The 1960-1975 South African Drivers Championships - Grand Prix at the Cape, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas/Rob Young
- 1962 Mexican GP - Mexico's fatal arrival on the world scene, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1966 Argentinian F3 Temporada - It's never too late to revive old passions, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1966 & 1967 - How Ferrari shot themselves in the foot, by David Fox
- 1966, 1967 & 1969 German GP - A tale of two classes, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1967 Argentinian F3 Temporada - Time to go south again!, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1967 Swedish F3 Championship - Reine & Ronnie: The Swedish golden boys' first duel, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1968 Argentinian F2 Temporada - The quick dash of the Cavallino Rampante in the Argentinian Pampas, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1969 Tasman Championship - Something that Chris Amon did win, by Tom Prankerd
- 1970-1972 Moroccan F3 - An adventure in the Maghreb, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1970-1975 Tasman Championship - Back to Pukehoke for a revival of F5000 Tasman days, by Gareth Evans
- 1970 Eifelrennen - When Rindt became a Ringmeister, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1971 Colombian F2 Temporada - When Formula cars roared in the Coffee Land, by Lorenzo Baer
- 1971 Questor GP - F1 at the Oval, thirty years before the USGP came to Indy, by Tom Prankerd
- 1972 Monaco GP - Beltoise's miracle performance, by Mattijs Diepraam/Matej Muraus
- 1973 Indy 500 - Reviewing a golden Indy anniversary that's better not celebrated, by Henri Greuter
- 1973 Canadian GP - Probably the craziest race of the 20th century, by Mattijs Diepraam/John Cross
- 1975 South African GP - Local Springboks' final jump at Kyalami, by Mattijs Diepraam
- The Aurora AFX Championship - An F1 club series, by Rainer Nyberg/Mattijs Diepraam
- 1980 Australian GP - The first 'F1 race' Down Under, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas/Nicolas Korzan
- 1981 South African GP - The one that didn't count, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1981 Spanish GP - The Villota farce, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1982 Monaco GP - The race that nobody wanted to win, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1983 South African GP - Honda power moves Williams back up the grid, by Leif Snellman
- 1989 & 1990 prequalifying - Rise and failing to shine, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1989 F1 season - So close to a different ending, by Henri Greuter
- 1992 Indy 500 - An Indy record deliberately listed incorrectly, by Henri Greuter
- 1995 Indy 500 - Rough justice, but justice nonetheless, by Henri Greuter
- 1996 Indy 500 - The 239.260 car, by Henri Greuter
- IRL 1996-2004 - A full history of the Indy Racing League, by Jikku George
Short articles
- 1935 Avusrennen - High-speed slugfest, by Michael Müller
- 1935 Monaco GP - Portrait of a Golden Era, by Felix Muelas
- 1935 Tripoli GP - Of high speeds and tyres that fall off..., by Arjan de Roos
- 1936 Monaco GP - Tadini's hairbrained decision leads to chaos, by Leif Snellman/Igor De Canck
- 1938 Pau GP - One of the most unlikely GP results in history, by Michael Ferner
- 1939 Pau GP - Lang on a roll, by Hans Etzrodt
- 1939 German GP - Maserati nearly upsetting the rule book, by 'Uechtel'
- 1951 British GP - The day Ferrari became a legend, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1951 Spanish GP - The Alfetta's last call, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1954 French GP - First race, first win: the Mercedes way, by Alessandro Silva
- 1955 British GP - Brabham's Cooper debuting among the all-conquering Mercs, by Felix Muelas/Gerald Swan
- 1958 - A pivotal year, by David Fox
- 1958 Argentinian GP - The first GP win by a rear-engined car, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1958 French GP - The Maestro's swansong, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1959 French GP - The last "real" victory for a front-engined Ferrari, by David Fox
- 1960 Italian GP - How the Brits came to boycot the banking, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1961 Monaco GP - Moss bluffs the sharknoses, by Mattijs Diepraam/John Cross
- 1966 International Trophy - The start of the 3-litre era, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1966 Italian GP - Ferrari's sportscar drivers walk the Park, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1968 German GP - The class of the field, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1969 Spanish GP - Adios aerofoils, enter aerodynamics, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas/Robert Blinkhorn
- 1969 Italian GP - By the narrowest of margins, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1970 International Trophy - JYS practising the De Tomaso, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1970 Monaco GP - Rindt lucks in, by Don Capps
- 1972 Monaco GP - The start of more business, less sport, by Don Capps
- 1973 Italian GP - After you, sir?, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1975 British GP - It's raining cars at Stowe!, by Robert Blinkhorn
- 1976 Japanese GP - Rising sons, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1978 International Trophy - Keke's miracle win, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1978 Canadian GP - McLaren's Löwenbräu connection, by Mattijs Diepraam
- Gunnar Nilsson Memorial Trophy - The fan car raced twice!, by Mattijs Diepraam/Tom Prankerd/Michael Ferner
- 1979 Gran Premio Dino Ferrari - Lauda's first swansong, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1980 French GP - Almost Ron Dennis' GP debut, by Michael Ferner
- 1981 British GP - First sight of the BMW turbo engine, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1982 Italian GP - Mario gives something back, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1983 Race of Champions - The last of the non-championship races, by Mattijs Diepraam/Felix Muelas
- 1986 US GP - Young Senna charges through the Detroit streets, by Gustavo Cianfarani
- 1986 Portuguese GP - Camera! Marlboro Lights! Action!, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1988 Brazilian GP - The last non-F1 car to enter a Grand Prix, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1989 French GP - Five debuts in one mid-season race, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1993 Italian GP - Marco Apicella's few yards as a Grand Prix driver, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1993 Italian GP - Fittipaldi's somersault at Monza, by Mattijs Diepraam/Geza Sury
- 1994 San Marino GP - F1's last major turning point, by Mattijs Diepraam
- 1994 Australian GP - Biggest driver reshuffle of the nineties, by Mattijs Diepraam
Facts & figures
