Aluminium-skinned 1960s-style monocoque chassis structures were pretty demanding things to make – and particularly to make straight. Past Team Lotus mechanic Cedric Selzer recalls one in particular which he was…

It wasn’t a 24 Hours winner, but Gulf GR8 chassis ‘802’ was one of the race’s most successful cars in terms of longevity The list of history’s great winning Le…

Bernie Ecclestone is a hard man. Such is conventional wisdom. Over the years one has heard so many anecdotes and experienced so much to confirm that view. He has described…

The Le Mans Test Weekend became a big deal from the 1960s. One I recall vividly was the 1971 edition, largely because of the speed of the extraordinary long-tailed Porsche…

Reeling from realising he's been at it for half a century, Doug recalls some significant people and cars who helped shape his career. I am writing this on November 3,…

In the first of a new irregular series, we look back at a tragic start to a classic year of sports car racing By Doug Nye Franco Lini was the…

Remember when Formula 1 cars had contrasting design features and distinctive silhouettes? A few years ago one of the Japanese Formula 1 magazines published a fascinating quiz. It was built…

Racing car liveries are a subject worthy of a dedicated book, not least for some – ahem – infelicitous colour combinations adopted over recent decades. They range from the simply…

Back in 1973, James Hunt was perhaps the sensation of the Formula 1 season for his exploits in Alexander Hesketh’s virgin-white March. This combination of man and motor car finished…

Over last winter, Donington Park was reduced to a mess. This is terribly sad for all those supporters of the British mainland’s first serious, supposedly permanent, road-racing circuit. But it…

Motor racing rewards have varied immensely over the century-plus since it all began. But don’t think that commercial pressures are necessarily very different today from what they were 100 years…

This was one mighty attractive model that Doug was delighted to meet... Junk mail on the internet is a pain, but just occasionally it throws up something of real interest.…