The author had no intention of writing this new biography of Niki Lauda. After all, the three-time World Champion’s wonderful story has been told often and well through the decades…

"Motion is tranquility" That was the motto by which Stirling Moss always lived. But for most of 1962 everything came to an abrupt halt for the-then 32-year-old, when he hit…

Hats off to Goodwood. Just when you think they’ve done it all, the team at the Sussex circuit come up with something fresh to add a new flavour to their…

You go through the door marked ‘Ladies’ when you visit the Historic Sports Car Club. Whatever you do, don’t walk straight ahead… Take a right-turn up the stairs. That’s where…

Despite it being a new era for global touring car competition, seven tin-top action heroes are still setting the benchmarks Remember that movie The Expendables? If it passed you by,…

"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…