Historic cars may slide, but standards shouldn't After the furore surrounding Sebastian Vettel’s wheel-banging hissy-fit with Lewis Hamilton in Baku, driving standards (or their absence) have been a hot topic…

The Rover SD1 was an unlikely tin-top hero but as we found when we tested a trio of racers from the Gp1, Gp2 and GpA era, it still packs a…

In a change from my normal workplace (i e the kitchen table at Meaden Towers), I’m writing this month’s Racing Lines column from the paddock at Dijon-Prenois. Dressed in full…

Racing a GT40 is the stuff of boyhood dreams for many; putting it on pole at Spa with a Formula 1 star as co-driver is something else completely It’s one…

One of the many upsides of racing old cars in the UK and Europe is that you sometimes get to do so at old circuits. Much like the machinery, they…

It is one of the most legendary laps ever completed and regarded as unbeatable. With the help of a high-tech simulator, we decided to have a go  If you’re a…

The paradox of historic racing What do you love about historic racing? Is it the history? Or is it the racing? Sorry if this sounds like a trick question. It’s…

It’s July 1988 and I’m at Brands Hatch, waiting impatiently between Druids and Graham Hill Bend for the manic pack of RS500 Cosworths, E30 M3s and assorted Class C and…

Nostalgia. We all love it. Can’t get enough of it, in fact. At least if the worldwide explosion of Goodwood-inspired retrospective events is anything to go by. These and the…

Aston Martin’s all-conquering GTE is a one-way ticket to exhilaration – just make sure you have your braking boots on Chassis #004, or the ‘Dane Train’ as it’s known to…

A tiny, lightweight Lotus 26R with an illustrious racing past and a voracious appetite for Cobras is still punching above its weight on the track If cars could speak, Lotus…

Every schoolboy's dream job? Given this is my first contribution to Motor Sport, I thought I really ought to introduce myself. Obviously because it’s polite, but also because as a long-standing…