More than 13,000 eager fans attended the big ‘Powered by Mercedes-Benz Live’ event at Brooklands in November to celebrate the…

These cars took their occupants to many a (bumpy) victory on circuit and stage. And, unsurprisingly, the humble Triumph is…

Stuart Turner This journalist turned BMC and Ford competition chief found early fame as a championship-winning co-driver aboard a series…

Another wonderful, varied selection of films. We loved seeing John Cobb’s record-breaking attempts in the Napier-Railton, breathtaking scenery from the…

Lavish catalogue-cum-history of the outstanding Fred Simeone collection (www.simeonemuseum.org). Fred’s passion for originality shows in both book and cars, such…

Back then… and back now Derek Lawson ‘Back then… and back now’: an appropriate title considering Formula 5000’s huge success…

The Racing Life of Paul Newman Matt Stone and Preston Lerner There are so many quotes from famous names in…

Collector’s Edition Filmed in 1968, this follows Chapman through that dramatic season. Perhaps because fame is still new, he talks…

A great book laced with facsimiles of race literature from as far back as 1900. An interesting introduction to the…

Last Romantics in Formula 1 Christopher Hilton It’s easy to forget how important the tiny Toleman team is in the…

‘The Wall’ may be gone, but on a visit to AVUS the mere outline of the terrifyingly steep banking still…

Racing car liveries are a subject worthy of a dedicated book, not least for some – ahem – infelicitous colour…

When it comes to travelling very fast around the racing circuits of the 1930s, the Austro-Hungarian aerodynamicist Paul Jaray was…

When Jenks landed a Grand Prix reporting contract, he needed a colleague in Fleet Street. In stepped WB… When Denis…

Amongst the Brooklands competing cars which particularly interested me was A Whale’s single-seater Calthorpe, which in the early days had…

After my mother died I was living with friends in West Norwood whose family included three boys. The eldest and…

When the Brooklands Society had cleared things up at Brooklands Track after the war it was impossible to once again…