This was the race - and the incident - that made the BTCC a national sensation in early-'90s Britain. During this era the Touring Cars had higher TV viewing figures than F1. This kind of action helps to explain why-with brilliant commentary from Murray Walker #BTCC #murraywalker

A sunny day in New York State seemed set to provide the perfect backdrop to Sir Jackie Stewart's 100th and final Grand Prix meeting. But this weekend would soon turn to tragedy... Available from RPM and Classic Team Lotus #JackieStewart #classicteamlotus

Nigel Mansell had never won a Grand Prix in 71 attempts, and some thought that he never would. This was the day that he proved his critics wrong...and began a truly phenomenal F1 career. #NigelMansell #red5

For two decades it seemed that Ferrari would never again win an F1 driver's World Championship. But Michael Schumacher finally broke the curse at Suzuka in 2000 by winning the Japanese GP. Joyous photo by Girardo. #MichaelSchumacher #Ferrari

102 yrs ago today, motor racing's greatest-ever English language commentator Murray Walker was born. In 2001 ITV filmed the great man as he prepared for his final F1 season behind the microphone providing a unique insight into his distinctive and much-loved style #murraywalker

On the day that Jacques Villeneuve won Williams' last World Championship, here we see the extraordinary team founder Frank Williams in his element at the Williams HQ in 1992. #onthisday #williamsf1 #archive #itvarchive #champions #f1 #frankwilliams #motorsport

The WRC's legendary Group B formula only had a few months left to run in October '86. But these cars were as fast and spectacular as ever on this opening day of the '86 San Remo Rally. #onthisday #GroupB #WRC #SanRemo #DirtFishRally

Today we remember the great Jo Siffert who passed away on this day at Brands Hatch in 1971. Here we see his breakthrough victory at the 1968 British Grand Prix held at the same circuit, where he claimed a memorable win for privateer entrant Rob Walker in the beautiful Lotus 49B.

32 years on & Tiff Needell is still taking the blame. Nigel Mansell jetted back to Britain from IndyCar glory for a one-off fan-friendly appearance at the wheel of a Ford Mondeo BTCC car. A dramatic controversial ending resulted in worldwide headlines #nigelmansell #tocashootout

35 years ago this month Mika Hakkinen gave this amusing interview to celebrate becoming 1990 British F3 champion. 8 years later - & on this day - he became an F1 World Champion with McLaren for the first time. #onthisday #MikaHakkinen #F3champion #f1champion #BrandsHatch #McLaren

17 yrs ago today Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 F1 World Championship at the last corner in rainswept Interlagos. But as this RPM-owned video from the late-90s shows-karting-era Sir Lewis was used to racing in the rain, edge-of-the-seat finishes & lifting trophies #lewishamilton

Nov 8th is a big date in Adrian Newey's diary....the day he left Williams to join McLaren in 1996...& also the day he formally joined Red Bull in 2005. During winter 1992/93 ITV caught him hard at work on the 'active' Williams FW14B; one of the greatest racing cars ever built.

Richard Burns & Colin McRae were Britain's world-beating WRC drivers of the mid-90s - and they both died tragically early during the mid-2000s. Richard left us 20 years ago today - but he left a host of spectacular memories behind him #richardburns #dirtfishrally

Just over half a century ago the world lost a British racing hero when Graham Hill tragically died in an air accident, aged just 46. Filmed only a year previously, ITV's 'Graham' documentary captured one of motor racing's all-time greats in the prime of his life. #itvarchive

Born on this day in 1982- best known to 'Drive To Survive' viewers as Mrs. Toto Wolff - Susie Stoddart (as she was then) was a more than useful karter in her teens. And discusses her racing future here in a bedroom decorated with David Coulthard posters. #SusieWolff #Formula1

Racing Past Media were delighted to support the Motor Sport Magazine eve this week celebrating 1985's motoring achievements & honouring special guest 4-times F1 WC Alain Prost.  We happily provided the VT inserts telling the stories from that year #MotorSportMagazine #AlainProst

Colin Chapman-the man responsible for the creation of the Lotus legend-packed several lifetimes into his 54 yrs but died on this day in 1982. In 1968-when not adding advertising to his F1 cars & attaching aerofoils to their rears-he invited a documentary crew to film him at work.

63 yrs ago today in South Africa, a minor F1 miracle... BRM had spent much of the 1950s being mocked for its performance. Just 3yrs into the 1960s the team scooped both World Championships-with Graham Hill winning his 1st driver's title. Evocative colour coverage filmed by BRM.

The motor sport calendar spreads across the year but January has always meant one iconic event-The Monte Carlo Rally. As the WRC prepares for the 94th edition RPM will explore how the Monte Carlo rally made the transition from Group B rallying to the modern Championship of today

39 yrs ago today, rallying’s brave new world began. 1987 was WRC’s first post-Group B season, but any fears that this might be a bland era were blown away by the opening day’s action. It also proved that–even as a different model–a Martini Lancia was still the rally car to have.