August 2023

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2023 BMW i7 review: EV that fulfils potential

I always said I’d start looking at buying an EV when I found one that would take me the 256…

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Patek Phillipe’s new classic driver’s watch

Think driver’s watches and the name of Patek Philippe might not spring instantly to mind, but the revered high-end Genevan…

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Formula E returns to London in 2023

Formula E – London ePrix, ExCeL London, July 29-30 António Félix da Costa once labelled the London ePrix as the…

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Honda Six: Recreating a Masterpiece book review

A word of advice: don’t lie in bed beside your wife looking at a photograph captioned: “The distinctive contours of…

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Antonello Coletta: The Motor Sport Interview

Motor Sport: First of all congratulations – but did you really expect to win first time out after such a…

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Balance falls against Toyota’s bid for six

Nine days before the 100th anniversary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours came a groan-inducing surprise: a late change…

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Nicolas Minassian : My life in cars

My family car as a child... Was an orange BMW 2002. a lovely car. That’s the first one I remember…

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Flashback... August 2023

This is typical Ayrton Senna. On the grid for the 1988 French Grand Prix, Ayrton discusses the front-left pressure with…

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Letters - August 2023

In association with Star letter I enjoyed Gordon Cruickshank’s review of the new book on Hesketh, and rushed to buy…

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The last road racers

When the very first mass-entry properly organised motor race was conceived in 1895, nobody could accuse the embryo Automobile Club…

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Targa Florio’s final hero: Gijs van Lennep on his historic 1973 win with Porsche 911 RSR

Targa Florio 1955-1973 Porsche had gatecrashed the Targa party 10 times since 1956. The word on the streets of Cerda,…

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Gijs van Lennep reunited with Porsche 911 RSR

What do you do if you have just finished restoring one of the most important Porsches ever to turn a…

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I’ll have a Martini – shaken and stirred

Growing up, I was never really someone excited by supercars or GT cars, apart from a Ferrari F40. My world…

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A fairytale result overshadowed by ghastly tragedy: the last Mille Miglia

Mille Miglia: 1927 - 1957 It has been asked, what did the Romans ever do for us? Around 29BC Agrippa…

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Tough, terrifying and deadly — five years of the Carrera Panamericana

Carrera Panamericana: 1950-1954 Through the early 1950s the Mexican Carrera Panamericana proved itself to be the most inspiringly exotic, challenging…

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Why Isle of Man TT is road racing’s great survivor

The Isle of Man is where British motor sport began: the first car races took place on the small island…

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Ferrari writes Le Mans history again in 2023

By the time spectators at the next Le Mans 24 Hours retreat from the noise and dust of the race…

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Ivinghoe: Britain’s lost racing circuit

Micky Burn did not realise the controversy and mayhem his words would cause. While his were the words, they were…

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The Ford from another Galaxie that revolutionised saloon car racing

Graham Hill offered a “friendly finger sign” as he passed Jack Sears and the parked Ford Galaxie during Thursday practice…

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Rowbottom’s slow burn

“Jules Bianchi, Will Stevens, Max Chilton. James Calado was probably my nemesis. Then there’s Adam Christodoulou, a great friend who…