There are several elements that gild the story of any competition car, which highlight its innate abilities, pedigree and rarity. One factor is its success – did it win any significant races? Another,…

What happened? With a string of grand prix wins and the 1962 championship to its credit, BRM should have been building on success when 3-litre power was unleashed in 1966.…

Hidden side of SIlverstone For all its modern façade, the British GP’s home retains a few precious links to its military past It’s a big place, Silverstone, and it seems…

by David McKinney ISBN 1 86126 568 9 Published by Crowood Press, £19.95 It's a brave move to add more comment on this iconic racing car, but McKinney has been…

Memories of the dreadful weather at Oulton Park attended the VSCC’s Williams Trophy meeting at Cadwell Park on August 28, for practice was run in what looked like unrelenting rain.…

This is how one brave American effort made its way to Grand Prix racing – but the results didn’t live up to the team’s impressive presentation Writer Gordon Cruickshank Photographer…

Keeping things fair When one team ordered a hot racer, Jaguar thought the others should have one too You must be driven to win if you invest in a racer…

An all-female driving crew dubbed the ‘Dancing Daughters’ raced a trio of MGs at Le Mans in 1935. New BRDC club secretary Gillian Carr took a turn in one of…

Into the wild blue yonder Matra was determined to win at Le Mans, but one of its chosen weapons blew up in its face There are few sounds finer than…

Re-reading the IAM and Police Roadcraft manuals recently, I was reminded of how little these have changed over the years. But a fresh approach is taken by Advanced Driving (published…

A third edition of the model catalogue from St Martins Accessories has just been published, listing models in both built and kit form. The variety of models now available is…

From Michelin, via Hamlyn Publishing, comes a pair of road atlases for touring in France, one soft, the other hard-backed. The former (£7.95) covers the whole country (including Corsica) at…