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The years go by, but they are not all the same. The Ferrari 296 #21 triumphed last year. This year, although it crossed the finish line first, it was penalized 5 seconds for an unsafe restart in the pits and was therefore classified fourth.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
And the coverage of the Spa LMGT3 class….
1,300 mph against say 50 mph, only at Brooklands could you get a Fiat Gamine and Concorde in the same shot.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
I certainly cannot be accused of being elitist, having only just returned from Rome and the amazing and exotic Anantara Concorso, it was time for a trip up to Brooklands in Surrey on May 2nd for their annual Italian Car day with Auto Italia magazine. Such a contrast to Rome but just as fantastic. The event attracts lots of exotics so plenty of shouty Ferraris and Lamborghinis, but it is the more everyday stuff which you used to see all the time but now rarely do that piqued my interest. Well, perhaps one or two exotics sneaked into my selection.
St Mawes Harbor (Gauld photo)
Story by Graham Gauld
Very few motoring events take place near my new homestead in Cornwall, but on Thursday, May 7, there was a Concours d’Elegance taking place as part of the St Mawes motoring festival.
Review by Pete Vack
More than ten years ago, S. Scott Callan published his massive, expensive, leather-bound Alfa opus, Alfa Romeo: View from the Mouth of the Dragon, 1900-1940 which in turn was derived from a CD ROM. Now, an expanded and more affordable softback edition (at only $125) is available. [Read more…] about Alfa Romeo: View from the Mouth of the Dragon Softbound Edition
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
After 35 years, the traditional Techno Classica Essen show became Retro Classics Essen in 2026 (held April 8-12), following the takeover of the organization by the team behind Retro Classics Stuttgart.
Featuring the Varzi Trophy Race. Photo by Joe Harding
By Gary Axon
Photography by Joe Harding and Gary Axon
With Veloce Today’s ace British reporter Jonathan Sharp off covering the inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma in Italy, our own Goodwood insider Gary Axon has stepped in to report on just a few of the many highlights from this year’s 83rd Goodwood Members’ Meeting held on April 18-19, all with a Latin flavor.
In bright spring sunshine and unseasonably high temperatures, Goodwood turned the clock back 50 years to the blistering heat of 1976 by celebrating the spirit of that year’s motor racing season, when Brits James Hunt and Barry Sheene dominated, taking the World Championships in their respective Formula 1 and MotoGP sporting disciplines. Hunt’s ’76 Championship winning McLaren M23 and arch rival Niki Lauda’s Ferrari 312T were both present, the latter proving to be one of Maranello’s most successful Formula 1 chassis of all time.
1957 Ferrari 500 TRC by Scaglietti
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
Saturday morning, April 18th, dawned bright and sunny, in fact probably a bit too hot especially as it is only April. Having spent Friday morning running up and down Via Nazionale followed by a full day of site-seeing in Rome, we decided to catch a taxi to the Concorso held at Casina Valadier, rather than take the Metro or walk, very reasonable at only 10 Euros.
The renamed Jim Clark Grandstand beside the BRDC clubhouse and the Lotus 32B raced by Clark. (Photo Gauld)
Story and photos by Graham Gauld
At Silverstone on Saturday April 25, the British Racing Drivers Club invited Sir Jackie Stewart to announce the renaming the club’s private grandstand in the name of Jim Clark.
Breathtaking and fitting. Photo by Bernard Canonne.
Review by Pete Vack
Baby Bugatti, the Art of the Automobile for Children, by Jean-Pascal Viault, is a 456 (the same number as Baby Bugattis listed in company records) page blockbuster, the Baby Bugatti Bible, an effort almost beyond comprehension. The author has attempted to track down as many of the Baby Bugattis as possible, accumulating photos, stories, diagrams and histories from owners and families around the world. [Read more…] about “Baby Bugatti, the Art of the Automobile for Children” Reviewed
Story by Jean-Pascal Viault
directeur artistique – metteur en scène
Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite
artistic director – stage director
Knight of the National Order of Merit
All photos courtesy of the author
“May the road rise to meet you, may the wind always be at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face…” Old Irish Blessing
From April 14th to 21st, Ireland became both a stage and trial, a setting and challenge. Beneath a shifting sky—at times slate-grey, at times liquid light—a caravan from another age took to the road. To the sound of an Irish ballad that seemed to rise from the wind itself, and to the lilting rhythm of the jig, nearly thirty Bugattis, Amilcars, and Rileys carved their path westward, into the raw soul of Connemara. More than a thousand kilometers were devoured between winds and tides, across rugged land, peat, and ever-shifting horizons.
The object of our exercise.
Exclusive story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
The first event of the first Anantara Concorso Roma, the Giro d’Anantara, held on the 17th April, took lucky entrants on a journey through the heart of Rome to Frascati, and back to Rome. The start point was the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Hotel, finishing at the Casina Valadier in the Villa Borghese, where the main event was to be held over the weekend, with suitable stops for coffee with a lunch break at the Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati.
