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Autograph hunting
Sir, I read with interest Nigel Roebuck’s article on Giuseppe Farina, and especially about how he never liked signing autographs.…
Sir, I read with interest Nigel Roebuck’s article on Giuseppe Farina, and especially about how he never liked signing autographs.…
Sir, Did you take any photos at grands prix in 1982? As part of a future publishing project, Haynes would…
Sir, I am somewhat confused as to why the 1906 Grand Prix at Le Mans Connerré is considered to be…
When David Baxter took these pictures, attending each race was a trek: he lived in Edinburgh and had no car.…
The sad thing is, winning Indy – the driving part of it – is out of all proportion to the…
The Champ Car legend, Indy 500 and Daytona 24 Hours winner – and F1 occasional – tells us why North…
The power of the new Corvette stuns when it's powering down the Mistrale straight, but disappoints when you have to…
You always remember your first time, they say, even a big boy like Ford Motor Company. Four straight wins at…
Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s…
Our theoretical look at the comparative speeds of leading cars from 100 years of GP racing. Part 2: the 1930s…
With its rear engine and low profile, Porsche’s new GT hardly looked like a rally star; yet it went on…
For his first on-track race event, ‘McCrash’ chose the BTCC, at Knockhill in 1992. He was focused on rallying, but…
The car which brought Gilles Villeneuve his first grand prix victory and placed the Canadian firmly in motor racing’s pantheon…
It’s the biggest historic motorsport meeting in the UK, and with 22 races over three days plus a wide variety…
…Louis Chiron used all three to schmooze his way into the favours of the wealthy Americans who gave him the…
It was a case of ‘about face’ when an American hopeful asked Reynard to design its Le Mans contender; here…
Sicily’s epic road race has cracked the ton. Although the event’s golden era is 30 years past, the mountains still…
Hans Ruesch won scores of pre-war races and then turned to authorship Hans Ruesch is about the last of the…
Mille Miglia spin A reader has drawn my attention to a statement in the Daily Mail of May 20, saying…
A rare slip from DSJ I have always been very glad that Denis Jenkinson and I met at RAE Farnborough…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Has that line been used somewhere before? This wasn’t so much a tale of two cities, though, as…
A new era of F1 cars, complete challenges in supercars and VR compatible are key features for this year's game and more
It was 25 years ago today that the champagne flowed on Chester racecourse and tyre smoke filled the air as Colin McRae and co-driver Derek Ringer celebrated victory in the…
Classic Motor Show attracts tens of thousands at Birmingham NEC on Remembrance weekend More than 71,000 visitors attended the Classic Motor Show at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on November 8-11.…