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"Jean-Louis was a pretty good test driver and worked well with us. He was always strongly opinionated and I am sure…
"Jean-Louis was a pretty good test driver and worked well with us. He was always strongly opinionated and I am sure…
Perhaps I just don't eat enough seafood, but I've never quite been able to picture how the Brabham BT34 earned…
Want to race an historic single-seater but can't afford a Lotus 72? A Classic Formula Ford might be the answer.…
The HSCC's Historic Formula Ford Championship positions itself at the more 'expensive' end of the market. It caters for pre-1971…
Historic endurance rallying is one of the real growth areas of motor sport. The experience of driving classic cars on…
Fifteen minutes of fame Puma Mk1: Crystal Palace F3 — June 18, 1971 Designed for one formula but run in another, this is…
With its young millionaire backer, Scirocco looked set to whip up a storm in F1. Gordon Cruickshank explains why it didn't Next…
Porsche's 908/3 was Lotus-like in philosophy, but its crash diet didn't stop it from munching some of racing's roughest roads. Paul…
"I started my career with Porsche purely as a rally man. I was signed by Huschke von Hanstein, but not long after…
Forza Amon! A Biography of Chris Amon By Eoin Young ISBN 1 8442 5 016 4 Published by Haynes, £17.99…
When I was posted to Harrogate during WII, I was able to pop over to Bradford to interview Felix Scriven…
When we look back on 2003, one of the outstanding results will be the Bentley domination of Le Mans, the Speed…
This month, Julian Bennett, grandson of the famous Fred Bennett, a past president of the VCC, will endeavour to re-enact…
Not Leonce Girardot who, in the heroic age of motor racing, earned this title by the number of times he finished…
Having recorded how the licensing authorities told me that the famous racing Aston-Martin 'Bunny' had been scrapped, I have been checking…
RB Lakin points out that it was he, then Sub Lt Lakin, RN, who owned the IFS Bugatti which Dick…
A reader has asked me to identify two photographs: one is a Coupe de l'Auto Calthorpe with its imposing radiator.…
Over the last four or five seasons of historic racing, Andy Wolfe has really made his name as a racer and preparer in the mould of established aces like Martin…
Lewis Hamilton's 2024 British Grand Prix victory was hard-fought and deserved. But, writes Mark Hughes, this was another F1 race where McLaren mistakes cost it the win
Equipe GTS makes a rare overseas trip to a circuit quite unlike anything in the UK, as Motor Sport's editorial team prepares for a record-breaking race. Historic GT cars and…
Whether it was grand prix stunners, sports car stars or even shock Le Mans winners, McLaren has an illustrious history of churning out interesting, innovative and sometimes just plain gorgeous racing cars. Robert Ladbrook takes a look at some of its best.