To innovate you must first imaginate” was an unusually constructed but typically to-the-point Colin Chapman saying. One of his great rivals over many years was the American racing driver, entrepreneur,…

It’s a truism that the tougher times become, the more many of us take refuge in the comfort of the past. As one who can hardly bear to watch such…

It was I think motoring writer Leonard Setright who coined, or broadcast, the penetrating rhyme: “One man’s meat’s another man’s poison – my favourite car’s an Avions Voisin.” Now anyone…

I suppose it's true that over time the tint of one’s glasses becomes increasingly rosy. Naturally, it’s always important to keep this in mind when looking back at racing seasons…

The year 2020 will generally be remembered with horror. However, for those following Formula 1 it was nearly even worse. Romain Grosjean’s light injuries after his fiery Bahrain GP crash…

This is far more than just another Grand Prix car. Back in period, ‘The BRM’ was as much part of British national awareness as today’s news of a Covid vaccine.…

Future enthusiasts will surely recall 2020 as having been a truncated racing season, yet one still jam-packed considering the Covid pandemic, lockdown, world economies tanking, and all the recent –…

Don't doubt it for one moment: Jim Hall of Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas is a towering figure in motor racing history. During 1966-67 he proved influential in racing car…

I guess it’s a by-product of age mixed with experience that makes greybeards such as myself tend to dismiss the modern superlatives presently showered around like confetti in praise of…

This summer’s precipitous collapse in competitiveness of Ferrari has been not only a demeaning disappointment but one accompanied by startlingly public expressions of hopeless surrender from team principal Mattia Binotto.…

Official race results, once confirmed, are seldom questioned. This is certainly true of the most prestigious surviving road race of them all, the Le Mans 24 Hours. Back in 1965…

Over long decades major manufacturers and their sponsors have invested colossal sums of money and expertise in what used to be called Grand Prix racing. Lucrative payback has come from…