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Reviews, August 2017
Mille Miglia Portraits Leonardo Acerbi There might be better books published between now and 2017’s conclusion, but few are likely…
Mille Miglia Portraits Leonardo Acerbi There might be better books published between now and 2017’s conclusion, but few are likely…
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE TIME: POWERFUL PLAYERS IN THE WATCH WORLD Kronaby Forty years ago the party was over…
2017 Williams FW40 All the way through the 2017 season I’ve been going to races and hearing drivers talk about…
Forty years ago Frank Williams left the company he’d lost and started again – in an old carpet warehouse his…
As a large and somewhat unconventional executive saloon, the Rover SD1 made an unlikely tin-top hero. Yet in the space…
History records eight Formula 1 world championship entries, three starts and no classified finishes – but that’s an irrelevant detail…
Taking a road car racing was the foundation stone of Jaguar’s Le Mans successes during the 1950s. Four decades later, …
Picture the scene. The skies are grey, the weather mild. The immaculate grounds of the Royal Automobile Club’s Woodcote Park…
After a series of high-profile fatalities, IndyCar is going flat-out to improve safety at circuits and in cars The fact…
The keen racer turned team boss who took on F1’s best and beat them Arguably Formula 1’s greatest privateer, Rob…
Slot car racing is growing in popularity again, with the UK’s annual festival that celebrates the hobby attracting fans from…
KINGS OF THE MOUNTAIN Isle of Man, May 31-June 4: The Irish Sea is no excuse. Science is powerless to…
METROPOLITAN MAYHEM A new closed-roads bill allows a London Grand Prix to go ahead – as long as you drift…
TURBINE OR NOT TURBINE? That was the question at Indy 50 years ago, when a cunning technical initiative came within…
When did you first read Motor Sport? In 1962 • Your day-to-day drive Audi A8 • The best car you’ve…
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.…
Dario Franchitti led most of the IndyCar Series race in Iowa on Saturday night, but a slow late pitstop dropped the Scot down the order and opened the door to…
“Would you rather be in a room full of Ron Dennises, or a room full of Eddie Jordans?” It’s that weighty philosophical question which GP winner John Watson – the…
Despite losing some of the best years of his career to WWII, Rosier became a French racing legend after winning the 1950 Le Mans and multiple non-championship grand prix