Legnano gran premio 1961

Bianchi have been a staple of Italian cycling and racing for more than a century, with a long list of legends riding to victory on their ‘celeste’ bikes – a colour as synonymous with the Milanese bike

‘Monte Bondone, 8th June [1956]. A drama, a real drama, a shocking spectacle. From Trento to Monte Bondone, the snow: a few flakes 6km from the top, then the storm. It had rained all day, the cold and

porterpress.co.uk RRP £125 Vanishingly few cars have won the Le Mans 24 Hours more than once. Indeed, up until relatively recently, Ferrari believed no single example of its cars had done so. But of c

It all started with Jean Rédélé razzing around in his Renault 4CV. The youngest Renault dealer in France following WW2, Rédélé cut his teeth – metaphorically, but perhaps also those of the transmissio

After being spoilt for choice with Scuderia Ferrari racers, it was a 1934 Alfa Romeo P3 campaigned by Enzo’s equipe that judges ultimately crowned Best of Show at this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa

The conditions on the 1965 Monte Carlo Rally were some of the worst in memory. ‘Falling snow restricted vision to ten yards or less,’ wrote John Davenport in his report for Motor Sport. ‘Already many