Despite the ever-present risk of retreating into rosy-glow nostalgia, the Monday morning after this year’s Goodwood Revival meeting leaves me with a pressing need. Anyone with half a heart who…
1. 1965 Monte Carlo Rally Stuart Turner, BMC competitions chief from 1961, rated the drive by Timo Mäkinen in the Mini Cooper S as among the greatest he witnessed. Co-driven…
At Silverstone, our Lola T70 reunion was completed by a spry 80-something ex-mechanic who has a fascinating connection to SL76/141: David Westley, inset, ran the car when it ‘raced’ (and…
PHOTOGRAPHY: JAYSON FONG Just another race, just another distant memory. Jackie OIiver reckons he doesn’t remember much about the 1970 Buenos Aires 1000Kms and his drive in the Lola…
When editor Joe Dunn messages to ask if it is OK to share your email address with Mercedes-Benz, it is intriguing to know why. Then when Mercedes-Benz Heritage almost immediately…
Jim Clark's 1965 diary, originally published in Motor Sport, August 2015 January 1st Clark celebrates New Year and his almost full recovery from a slipped disc – the result of…
Let's revisit the times that Scuderia Ferarri didn't run its iconic red livery, and instead opted for blue, yellow and even green
On the first running of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in 1916, Rea Lentz raced to the clouds in 20min 55.6sec; in 2018 Romain Dumas did it in less than…
Just how good was Aintree, the circuit situated six miles north of Liverpool’s city centre? Created on the hallowed precincts of the Grand National horse race, it opened to international-class…
This was a race which has been the subject of debate and argument almost since the flag fell on it. Not that it had been a particularly complex duel on…
It’s a popular quiz question – “Who is the only woman to have scored points in an F1 grand prix?” Some of the more pedantic respondents will indicate that it…
Piero Taruffi scored his most famous successes on four wheels. In May 1952 he became the third driver to win a Formula 1 grand prix with Ferrari and five years…
Across the broad spectrum of all motor sport sidecar TT racing is something else. The sight of a rider and passenger hitting 120mph on three wheels – especially on public…
In this year of significant anniversaries – 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship (NB – NOT as the marketeers would like us to believe “of Formula 1”, which…
75 years ago today the Monaco Grand Prix made its F1 world championship debut, but an unusual incident on the opening lap resulted in over half the grid retiring – so what happened?
This is the story of how two-time F1 champion Alberto Ascari ended up in the Monaco harbour, in what would be his last-ever Grand Prix
