After Stirling Moss had won the 1961 Oulton Park Gold Cup race with the Ferguson P99 four-wheel-drive car, in a most convincing manner, it looked as though the racing world…

A perfect demonstration Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, May 9th. The annual 1,000-kilometre race for sports cars, organised by the Royal Automobile Club of Spa, took place on the magnificent Spa-Francorchamps circuit without…

I grew up with the simple child-like faith in the saying that "the camera cannot lie." Life was straightforward and pleasant until one day in the mid-Thirties I opened my…

All things being equal, though in motor racing they seldom are, the 1974 Tyrrell Formula One should have made its first public appearance at the Spanish Grand Prix as these…

The name of Alfa Romeo has always been held in great respect in the sporting world and it is reckoned that when Alfa Romeo go racing they make a proper…

'The courage award undoubtedly went to 1. Derek Warwick, who started the race stiff and bruised from his Saturday accident, but stuck it out to finish seventh. Afterwards there was…

Among the many interesting happenings of last month was the first appearance in Europe of the Chaparral car from Texas. To those who follow American sports car racing the name…

Measuring the power of an engine in horsepower has always seemed something of an anomaly, considering that the internal combustion engine put paid to the horse as a worker. Having…

The 1951 Grand Prix season ended on a very high note, with terrific battles between the supercharged 1.6-litre Alfa Romeos and the unsupercharged 4½-litre Ferraris. Alfa Romeo had been monopolising…

The 1985 season of Formula One Grand Prix racing gets under way in April after a pretty busy winter of testing by most of the teams. The only serious change…

How many more? Dear Reader, The letter from Nigel Musselwhite in last month's issue of Motor Sport, about the copy of the MG Ex120 record breaking car that he made in…

Each year the Americans hold a Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats where cars of all makes and sizes are timed for sheer maximum speed. There are categories for all…