"Dad wasn’t a great talker. But it always stuck that when I first started racing he looked at me and said ‘David, it’s all in here’.” At those words, his…

Alex Zanardi should have died when he lost his legs in an Indycar crash. Instead, it was the beginning of a new life for a wonderfully engaging man. His high-energy…

News of Chris Amon’s passing filtered through from New Zealand on the morning of August 3. From the moment I read Mark Hughes’s text message, my daily trudge on the…

The editor joins the marque celebrations on the famous hill Friday morning and I’m late. Not the ideal preparation for a run on Goodwood’s hill in front of thousands of…

or the throng at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton’s joyful crowd-surfing in the wake of his fourth British Grand Prix victory will mark the high point of another glorious motor sporting summer,…

Two of the world’s greatest 24-hour motor races in the space of a few weeks and the winners of both are decided on the last lap. We’re living through a…

Inspired by Ferrari, this New York racing fanatic collects famous cars and builds his own outside any known rulebook. It’s just not normal… Writer Damien Smith | photographer Hide Ishiura…

Emotions were running high. Even Derek Bell, genuine ‘national treasure’ and a man well used to being lauded for his achievements, choked for a moment as a he reflected on…

When Anthony Davidson caught and passed Marc Lieb’s Porsche on the Mulsanne just before 11am, it appeared that Toyota was finally ready to lift the hex. The Japanese giant has…

Inspired by the memory of his late son, 82-year-old John Surtees has bought a kart circuit. He tells us about his ambitious plans for Buckmore Park  Writer Damien Smith | Photographer…

Just how significant was the Spanish Grand Prix of May 15 2016 in the history of Formula 1? Beyond the astounding ‘youngest ever’ record set by teenage race winner Max…

In previous decades, Silverstone in the spring meant it was International Trophy time, the non-championship Formula 1 race that invariably offered Grand Prix glitterati a cold (and often damp) start…