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The month in Motor Sport
November 16: Rally driver Paul Frankland is one of a group of men arrested and charged with conspiracy to steal…
January 1994
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Faith, hope and clarity
It is always easy to approach a new year in an optimistic frame of mind. One year ago, indeed, we…
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Jo Marquart
Respected racing car designer Jo Marquart died in his adopted Norfolk recently, following heart trouble. He was 57 years old.…
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Arthur Mallock
The national racing world was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Major Arthur Mallock in the early hours…
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Stéphane Proulx
When Stéphane Proulx arrived in Europe in late 1988, he carried the hopes of a nation that had been deprived…
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Basic Finnstinct
Colin McRae kept hopes of a British success alive until well into the event, but in the end Juha Kankkunen…
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Dirt and glory
An antidote to the high-grip, no-slide world of modern F1 comes in a timely reminder of days when men were…
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Legendary Brabham F1 designer Ron Tauranac: The quiet man
His classically simple, yet incredibly effective cars won championships in every category for which they were designed; Formulae 1, 2,…
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Sensible season
I was ready. I wasn't going to be caught out. I'd heard all about it, the backhanders, the back biting…
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Full credit available
At the risk of being branded a heretic, I'd like humbly to suggest that observers of IndyCar racing have been…
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Seats of yearning
It's a brisk autumnal afternoon in southwestern France, where in two hours' time the final round of the 1993 European…
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Thirtysomething
Penske Racing's car-building offshoot in Poole may be run on deadly efficient lines, but the man in charge is also…
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Whistlestopping in Poole
It's a relatively fast tour and you might be forgiven for feeling that Penske Cars' premises on a small industrial…
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Williams the conqueror
Eurosport F1 commentator and FF1600 and F2 racer Allard Kalff takes us behind the wheel of the World Championship-winning FW15C…
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A lap of Paul Ricard
Past the start/finish line you're in sixth gear and get up to 280kph before you brake hard for the very…
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Blackpool power
TVR is Britain's most adventurous car manufacturer and the Chimaera is arguably its most desirable model. Discuss . . .…
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The British Open
Remember 1989, the Mini's 30th anniversary and all that? It was the year that spawned a series of Mini special…
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Korea prospects
There was a time when Hyundai's most notable achievement was building something which, from the back, was virtually indistinguishable from…
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Kart attack
The Monaco Grand Prix is no longer the only motorsporting event which restricts public access to the Principality's streets Like…
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Daddy of them all?
Ferrari 166 LM It's not often I go to view an interesting old car at Hyde Park Corner in the…
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