Sir, I'd like to add some memories of Henri Toivonen following your article last month. At the time of his…

Sir, Bill Blydenstein's recent letter certainly knocked the old cobwebs round in my memory regarding the 1961 British Empire Trophy…

Simon Taylor For me, the defining moment of this Formula One season came on lap 72 of the Hungarian Grand Prix.…

  Nigel Roebuck It was inevitable that the Monza paddock should be a tense place over the weekend of the 2001 Italian Grand…

Emerson Fittipaldi's language dates him, reminding you of a time in motor-racing more violent and dangerous, yet also gentler, less…

There are numerous cars greater than the sum of all their parts. There are few, though, infinitely greater. And this…

For Phil Hill there is absolutely no doubt about the win that got away from him: Le Mans, 1959, when victory slipped…

The Penske team was in trouble. Firstly, its PC16 hadn't worked in the opening rounds of 1987, and now it…

As the furore over eligibility for this year's Brighton Run subsides, Bill Boddy looks back over many years of participation in this truly special, quite unique — and very British — event Some…

The Blue Oval's investment in Cosworth's DFV was repaid many times over. But Ford didn't always hit the jackpot. Keith Howard tells the story of an engine that met all its design criteria, yet which…

The bad-luck stories that litter Chris Amon's career obscure the fact that he registered several major wins. Mark Hughes helps him to put the record straight Chris Amon, the man recalled…

On the face of it, Bob Anderson's third place in the 1964 Austrian GP was not very special. He finished three…

Fifteen minutes of fame Strang: VSCC Prescott – August 31, 1946 Cooper was the most famous marque to emerge from 500cc competition after WWII, but…

Where in Britain can you still drive in the wheel tracks of Nuvolari, Rosemeyer and Lang? Or recapture for a…

Ewy Rosqvist may have looked like a film star, but this Swede was a serious — and seriously talented — rally driver. She was tough, too. Her greatest victory is testament to that too. Hartmut Lehbrink speaks to her about…

Bill Boddy Several very successful amateur-built Specials have been recalled recently. Of these, the Freikaiserwagen must not be overlooked, as it was conspicuously…

Bruce Dowell, formerly the STD's Sunbeam Registrar (from whom Pat Durnford has taken over), has saved a 20/60 Sunbeam first registered in 1926…

Re the speed trial picture of John Bolster captioned as taking place at Croydon Airport, I have discovered that it was actually held at the…

In the MCC Trials a Triple Award is given to those who win Premier awards in the Exeter, Land's End and Edinburgh events. These took…

Airlife of Shrewsbury have lately published Amy Johnson – Enigma in the Sky by David Luff (ISBN 1 84037 3199, £16.99), not…