HT Chronicles

Let us celebrate the amazing life of Ayrton Senna.  King of Pole Position, King of Rain, without a doubt, one of the greatest racers that ever lived. How lucky we are to have met you!

In the '60s, a dispute between two motor industry titans, Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari, became perhaps one of the greatest stories of motor racing legend. Hollywood has now immortalized it on the big screen.

The Alpine A110 has been recreated for the modern era, but its original story began six decades ago with Jean Rédélé and the first A110 - and, évidemment, a lot of racing in the Alps (hence, the name Alpine) while eating baguettes au fromagge.

The 1000 TCR Radiale was the loudest and proudest version of the humble and minuscule Fiat 600. This 600 kg egg-shaped pocket rocket could reach speeds in excess of 200 km/h (125mph)! A true giant slayer of its time. 

Few liveries in motorsport are so illustrious as Mansell's "Red Five", a Williams-Renault FW14B that was one of the most sophisticated cars ever to compete in F1 and took a record number of wins in the '92 season against legends Senna and Schumacher. It's not usual for F1 drivers to be associated with numbers.

A rare gem of auto history, this one of a kind Aston Martin DBS V8 raced in the Le Mans 24h and simultaneously broke the record for fastest caravan towing

The real star of the show was a GMC V8 van with quad tip exhaust and a custom Black and Gun Metal Grey paint job with a Red Stripe across it that ends in a rear wing, red bespoke wheels and fog lights - a lot of them.

Launched in 1975, Ford's Escort MkII RS1800 is arguably the single greatest culprit for the Blue Oval's achievment of rally superpower status, back in the late '70s. 

The Freshest M3... Back when DTM was once one of the most exciting car racing competitions in the world