Phil Hill

Hard-charging Mario Andretti experienced both triumph and tragedy on his way to becoming the second American to win the world driving championship

A growing awareness of death rode with Phil Hill when he drove his Ferrari world championship in 1961, but in the self-examination of retirement he feels the fascination of racing's fatal spell

Britain's John Surtees whirled away with the Canadian-American sports car title in the Las Vegas wasteland as, alas, the wonderful winged Chaparrals flew apart and the night people missed the action

Big money and an outlandish car are enlivening a new racing series

Triumphantly out of tune with the times, Sicily's antique race marks half a century of speed and 'gloria'