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Simon Taylor: Modern Times
Justin Wilson's signing for Minardi has finally brought into F1 a young British driver whose talent and speed were in…
Justin Wilson's signing for Minardi has finally brought into F1 a young British driver whose talent and speed were in…
The 2002 Formula One season may have been largely desultory, for many reasons, but for me it had its moments.…
We list the most crucial moments in the rise and fall of the Surbiton garagistes who mixed top-line driver talent,…
Out of a small workshop, and against enormous odds, sprang an unlikely world force. But Paul Fearnly believes that what…
1949: Circuito del Garda Once upon a time, Sir Stirling Moss was just a young talent trying to establish his…
1955: Richmond Trophy, Goodwood Jack Brabham's success at cooper was the product of graft and talent. His first UK race…
1955: Redex Trophy, Snetterton History often hinges upon events deemed insignificant at the time. Brabham's drive in this race was…
1958: Argentine Grand Prix Fangio was the darling of the crowd, but it was Stirling Moss and his tiny Copper…
In the space of four years, Cooper went from a contender punching above its weight to world champion. Gordon Cruickshank…
1960: First test of the 'lowline', Silverstone The team was still winning, but its car was fast becoming outdated. Something…
1960: FIVE CONSECUTIVE GP VICTORIES Lotus seemed to be holding all the aces, only to be trumped by Cooper's 'Black…
1964: JACKIE STEWART'S FIRST F3 TEST So effortless did it appear - in and out of the cockpit - there…
1967: South African Grand Prix In F1, Cooper's stock had dropped for five seasons, but there was a brief respite…
1968:Final season, last works driver Vic Elford was a rally star, but F1 is where he wanted to be. Delighted…
It was 1996, 13 years since Jean-Pierre Jarier had last raced in Formula 1. The Porsche Supercup cars arrived under…
Jarier made his F1 debut in 1971 in a March 701 - but in bizarre circumstances. "I'd met Hubert Hahne…
EMKA: Le Mans 24 hours - June 15-16, 1985 Porsche blitzed Lancia by taking the first five places,but for a…
There's nothing so thrilling as a rally car sideways on the snow. But climate change and the sports hot new…
It's funny how a throwaway remark can sometimes boomerang. Walking into the Shadow team's garage at the 1978 Silverstone International…
1978: Riccardo Patrese leads, Arrows'second-ever GP, at Kyalami, qualifies fifth twice, and finishes second in Sweden. 1980: Patrese finishes in…
And then there were four: Sebastian Vettel has won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship and his name now sits alongside Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. As…
Jacques Villeneuve contesting the new World Rallycross Championship is exciting news in itself, but making it historically sweeter and completing the circle is the fact that there will be a…
Sebastian Vettel’s raging against the dying of the light has added a fascinating new twist to the season’s narrative, one of which Dylan Thomas would surely have approved. Vettel’s behaviour and…
Graham Hill would have been 86 this week. His death 40 years ago robbed a family of a fun and loving father and husband, and British motor sport of…