‘Win a race, win a million’ – that was the attention-getting headline which put TWR’s XJR-15 roadable racer into the public gaze. Oh, and running the races (just three of…

Christmas Day, 1957. Several men stand outside a pub watching a Ford Consul arrive, pulling a trailer with a small racing car on it. They’re conniving in an illegal act,…

“When she didn’t break, she won.” That’s the frustrating summary of the career of Maserati’s big, booming 450S, the Modena firm’s contender in the 1957 World Sportscar Championship. Scarily fast,…

You can tell from the pale orange endpapers that this is going to be presented with some style, and it is. Palawan style, with groovy covers and a smart box…

Where in Britain can you still drive in the wheel tracks of Nuvolari, Rosemeyer and Lang? Or recapture for a fleeting moment the zing of supercharged V16s echoing among trees?…

There is no need to proffer a history of Brooklands here — that story has been told by someone better qualified than me. Everyone knows what Brooklands is, thanks to…

"Okay. But please ask the announcer to tell the crowd why I’m not waving.” Sir Stirling Moss – the original professional racing driver and at the age of 80 still…

The car that stands out for me is the Peugeot T16. It was the first of its kind, and very well executed. It was a huge undertaking, and a big…

It's a slight problem to choose a car I didn't do because I've been associated with so many over the years, much more than most I suppose [Lola, Brabham, Gurney-Eagle,…

For me it's the Lotus 72 - an emotional choice as much as a design one. It came out in 1970 when I was 11 and getting interested in motorsport,…

I would go for the Williams FW07. Williams won their first GP with it, in 1979, and, refined for the following year, it won the championship with Alan Jones. It…

The Lotus 79, the first real ground effect car was a very, very good package, the first realisation that aerodynamics were becoming crucial and that you could make ground effects…