Historic Racing News: May 2026

A look at the life and times of Lella Lombardi: Jon Saltinstall argues that, although famous for being the world’s most successful female F1 driver, there was much more to her than that. Experienced historic racer Saif Assam tells Paul Tarsey about the cars he competes in, and Rob Young and Arnout Kok talk about the amazing South African F1 ‘specials’ of the 1960s. There is a debrief from Jim Roller on Monaco Historique and the Goodwood Members Meeting and Paul Jurd looks back at why Barry Sheene and James Hunt were so important to British morale in 1976.