Tazio Magazine

10/10/2025

Book review 'F3000'. In short: about time a book like this was made.

Finally, a comprehensive overview of – almost – 20 years of F1’s main talent-feeding series has been put in a book. ‘Formula 3000 – Where legends earned their stripes’ is well worth the wait.

03/10/2025

Recap of the busiest month in historic racing (newsletter) - https://mailchi.mp/taziomagazine/recap-of-the-busiest-month-in-historic-racing

02/10/2025

1000 Km Nürburgring Revival. We were there, and we talked to Klaus Ludwig and Kurt Ahrens. An impression:

1983 was the final year prototypes raced on the legendary Nordschleife of the Nürburgring. The Green Hell was deemed too unsafe, and racing moved to the new Grand Prix lay-out. Now, for one day only, the prototypes and Group 5 cars from the sixties and seventies returned to the old track.

26/09/2025

Designed by Giovanni Michelotti, the Abarth 207 A Spyder never even made it past a dozen built. Yet, just look at it, what a stunning barchetta. If Batman was Italian, he'd drive this.
Prior to its sale at the Zoute Concours, Broad Arrow Auctions let us discover this piece of fifties racing history.
Abarth ZOUTE GRAND PRIX

Mid-fifties, American boy racers had a craving for European roadsters. Light and agile, they were everything the American cars were not. And ideally suited for the blossoming club racing scene. Pushed by their importer Max Hoffman, Porsche showed the way with the 356 Speedster. Here is Abarth’s li...

22/09/2025

The cars were magnificent, but what made the prototype and Group 5 revival ahead of the outstanding, was the convivial memorial for
One long table with guest reminiscing about Jochen. It was terrific to spend a bit of time in the company of people like .ahrens1 , .braun.111 , ‘s Ecki Schimpf and .ludwig.official , just listening.

Some takeaways:
Kurt Ahrens: ‘I never liked the Nürburgring. The human toll was too high. Only the most publicized catastrophes live on, but the ‘Ring claimed 20 to 30 lives. That is a lot. I preferred other race tracks like Zolder more.’

Klaus Ludwig after driving the .racing K2 for some laps: ‘Every corner, every hump brings back memories. The thing that really stand out: I can’t begin to fathom anymore how we managed to go so fast on this track.’

Thank you for creating an event that was so rich in content and authenticity.

19/09/2025

Make room in the garage. Who wants that 333 SP, the 488 GTE Evo, the 488 GT3 Evo,...? All come available at RM Sotheby's Zürich auction on October 11th.

RM Sotheby’s brings the contents of a true Aladdin’s cave to market, on October 11th in Zürich (Switzerland). The Swiss ‘Tailored for Speed’ Collection contains a championship-winning Ferrari 333 SP, the Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo that came first in the 2021 Spa 24 Hours and the Ferrari 488 GTE Ev...

17/09/2025

Nothing planned this weekend? Why not go to the Nürburgring to see prototypes and Group 5 monsters back in action in the Green Hell.

This weekend, the fabled Nürburgring 1000 Km race is making a comeback. On the legendary Nordschleife ‘Green Hell’ no less. Prior to the race, prototypes like the Porsche 917 or the Group 5 Kremer Porsche 935 K2 will do demolaps, a unique chance to see them in action on the world’s hardest ra...