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Sir, The letter from David Stick (February 2003) concerning the audio masterpieces by Stanley Schofield Productions reminded me that I…
Sir, The letter from David Stick (February 2003) concerning the audio masterpieces by Stanley Schofield Productions reminded me that I…
Sir, Just finished watching the A Hard Day's Fight video (April 2003). What a brilliant film! I cannot believe that…
Simon Taylor After Max Mosley's comprehensive revamp of Formula One's regulations, some cynics have been talking about New F1 in…
Karl Kling, who died recently, may never have been a great racing driver but he was certainly one who had…
For six days, so the story goes, he plonked himself on the sofa in the reception area at the Cleveland…
After six seasons with Ferrai-based Thinwall Specials, it was time to go it alone... You can imagine GAV's foul mood…
The Chassis Tony Vandervell's dream of an all-British grand prix car meant finding home-grown chassis talent. Despite their different backgrounds…
His fervent desire was to win a GP in a British car. His wish was about to be granted This…
Charles Antony Standish (he much prefers Tony) Brooks would never say that he was self-effacing. He's far too self-effacing for…
Vanwall's two-race 'substitute' of 1957 talks about a superb team and its car that was hard to like Vanwall came…
Vanwall went back to front-line racing in 1960. Sadly, they got it a bit back-to-front Tony Brooks was "thrilled" to…
John Surtees talks to Tim Scott about Vanwall's short-lived final project In the end it came to signify nothing more…
The spot on the F1 pit wall which Ove Andersson occupies today seems a far cry from his background as…
When motor racing came to Dublin city centre in 1929, a former Russian Guards officer triumphed in the two big…
Fifteen minutes of fame Hayashi: Macau Grand Prix – November 15, 1981 Japanese cars and drivers tend not to travel…
Discuss who is the greatest driver of all and Fangio will soon crop up. Yet there was a man who…
X-ray spec This car was Colin Chapman's first since he'd turned professional. His then-technical director Mike Costin guides Keith Howard…
Ferrari wasn't the only Italian team in disarray in 1973: Martini-backed Tecno, in only its second season, had two different…
The one that got away David Hobbs: 1969 Le Mans 24 Hours Everyone remembers the closest racing finish at Le…
Remarkable Australian Murray Rainey built a remarkable Cooper 500 in the late Fifties. Following his reunion with it after 42…
The greatest of all time for many, Jim Clark was killed at Hockenheim 48 years ago this week competing in Formula 2. As part of our British champions issue in…
The Brabham BT44B was Carlos Reutemann's favourite F1 car, according to Gordon Murray. As the car ran up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, its designer paid tribute to the Argentinian's natural talent
Last week I speculated that McLaren would unveil the successor to the F1 at the Paris Motorshow so, of course, no sooner were the words up on the website than…
Maybe I shouldn’t admit it but of my two 2012 highlights, neither involved racing. One was at Silverstone, though: on a wet Media Day ahead of the July Classic meet…