Fifty years ago today, at Monza, Lotus Formula 1 star Jochen Rindt was killed during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. His friend and Autosport Editor of the day, SIMON... read more »

Hans Mezger, the architect of a line of successful racing engines at Porsche including the TAG-badged Formula 1 twin-turbo V6, has died at the age of 90 read more »

Ricardo 'Richard' Divila, perhaps best known as the designer of the early Copersucar Fittipaldi Formula 1 cars, has died at the age of 74 after a short illness read more »

The greatest driver never to win a Formula 1 world drivers' championship title. An accolade attributed almost exclusively to Sir Stirling Moss, this only serves to... read more »

Denmark's first Formula 1 world championship driver, Tom Belso, has died following a battle with stomach cancer read more »

Domingos Piedade, a leading light in Portuguese motorsport and a long-time boss of AMG, has passed away at the age of 75 following a battle with cancer read more »

A three-time Formula 1 world champion and non-executive chairman of the Mercedes team, Niki Lauda was one of the biggest names in motorsport. read more »

He worked on Nelson Piquet's and Niki Lauda's car at Bernie Ecclestone's Brabham team before becoming a leading figure inside Formula One. Charlie Whiting's... read more »

Following the death of F1 race director Charlie Whiting, Maurice Hamilton remembers a man who lived and breathed motor racing and was a constant voice of calm and reason in the... read more »

Dr Robert Hubbard, the engineer behind the HANS device that saved many lives in Formula 1 and across motorsport, has died read more »

Morris Nunn, who ran his underdog Ensign Formula 1 team for a decade before finding huge success as an engineer in Indycar racing, has died at the age of 79 read more »

John Nicholson, who made one just grand prix start at Silverstone in 1975 but won two Formula 1 world championships as an engine builder, has died at the age of 75 read more »

The motorsport world this week lost Don Nichols, a man whose team produced popular cars and employed driving talents such as Peter Revson, George Follmer, Tom Pryce, Alan... read more »

Tim Parnell, who has died aged 84, had racing in his veins as the son of Britain's pre-eminent post-war racer read more »

Chris Amon, widely regarded as the best driver never to win a world championship grand prix, has died at the age of 73 read more »

Alan Henry's first break in motorsport journalism came after writing a letter to Autosport to complain about the quality of a race report from Brands Hatch in 1968 read more »

At 17 laps, Michael MacDowel's grand Prix driving record was among the shortest in Formula 1 world championship history read more »

Behind the quiet voice and calm exterior, above all Jules Bianchi was a determined racer. Although he never sat in the cockpit of an F1 car that could fully convey his talent... read more »

Italian ex-Formula 1 driver Renzo Zorzi has died at the age of 68 read more »

Robert Manzon, who was the last survivor of the inaugural Formula 1 world championship season in 1950, has died at the age of 97 read more »

Andrea de Cesaris had a reputation for crashes that unfairly clouded judgements of his ability as a Formula 1 driver read more »

Legendary Lotus designer Len Terry, who was integral to the team's success in Formula 1 and at Indianapolis in the 1960s, has died at the age of 90. read more »

When Jack Brabham headed from his native Australia to Europe as a 29-year-old in 1955, he was just another racing hopeful whose achievements on home soil counted for little read more »

Nigel Stepney was a key player in Ferrari's dominance of Formula 1 during the Michael Schumacher era but achieved notoriety for his involvement in the spy scandal of 2007 read more »

Maria de Villota obituary read more »