After an inglorious stint in the City convinced him that he could handle cars better than he handled money, Andrew joined Autocar many years ago as a junior tester. Since then he has become one of the industry’s senior figures. Editor of Motor Sport for five years, he now runs our road test section.
So after half a day, 16 safety cars, seven leaders from six different manufacturers and enough tension to last several seasons, the Bathurst 12 Hours fell to the Maranello Motorsport…
Andrew Frankel explains why Bathurst is so special – from the Mountain If you were to sit down and design the motor racing facility of everyone’s dreams, your imagination would need to…
How one of Aston Martin's most iconic modern cars came to be, via Jaguar You may know the story of the Jaguar that was turned into a Porsche and went…
In Ferrari's 70th year, Andrew Frankel turns nostalgic Seventy years ago a well-known team manager decided to build his own cars. Actually, he’d made up his mind many years earlier,…
A hometown hero, South Africa's biggest ever sporting crowd and a star-studded grid to match. Andrew Frankel looks back on the 1967 Formula 1 season starter, held at Kyalami
At various stages during this month, much of the motoring media will doubtless tell you why 2016 was a classic. The fact they say this every year is of no…
Volkswagen could be about to revolutionise the automotive industry's next big thing If, like me, you are an avid consumer of The Week magazine, you will be familiar with its self-explanatory section…
Porsche is pushing the rulebook with its new 911 RSR, following Ford's lead. Andrew Frankel asks whether it's time to step in Earlier this year I wrote about the tears of…
Andrew Frankel asks whether evolution or revolution is best when it comes to road cars Being staunchly traditional and instinctively cynical, I tend to approach each new technological development with what…
Dieselgate's latest casualty looks set to be Volkswagen's hugely successful World Rally Championship project Volkswagen will quit the World Rally Championship (WRC) at the end of this season, ending four…
Andrew Frankel remembers Rob Walker, full-time gentleman Pondering the possible contents of this column yesterday my mind turned to Jo Siffert, who lost his life at Brands Hatch on October 24,…
The rumoured Apple takeover of McLaren – and why Andrew Frankel hopes it doesn't happen. Is Apple about to take over McLaren? And, if so, what are the ramifications for its…
