Four of the Premier historic championships will boost their presence in 2001 by promoting themselves as a unique circus touring Europe under the flag of Renaissance Racing, with wide television…

If a blowout at 185mph brought memories of his Le Mans '87 crash flashing back, Wm Petty did not show it. He calmly controlled his Don Law Racing Jaguar XJR-11…

Patsy Burt Patsy Burt, who died in October aged 73,competed at the highest level in speed events, culminating in taking the RAC National Sprint championship. She amassed 151 ladies' awards,…

Martin Stretton clinched his second FIA thoroughbred Grand Prix Championship with fifth place at a wet Nürburgring on October 1, his success in the ex-Ronnie Peterson Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler of…

Roger Clark MBE, Britain's greatest rally driver of the pre-four-wheel drive era, and arguably its finest ever exponent of the art, died on January 12, following a stroke. He was…

Gordon Murray's first Le Mans car has been restored to its original form and will soon resume racing after a varied career. In 1972 the young South African designer cannibalised…

One of the technically brilliant but ill-stared 'twin-chassis' JPS Lotus 88 Formula One cars, banned from the world championship by the FIA in mid-1981, is to race for the first…

Only the GP pulls bigger crowds to Silverstone. Marcus Pye explains why the biggest ever BRM gathering is just one of the reasons you should attend. Fifty years of BRM…

The first historic 'revival'  meeting on the old Oporto Portuguese Grand Prix circuit was a resounding success. Marcus Pye enjoyed the sport and socialising.  Photography by Jim Houlgrave The inaugural…

Miraculously, given the violence of his Goodwood accident on 17 September, Nigel Corner was released from St Richard's Hospital in Chichester less than a fortnight later, and is recuperating at…

Ford Falcons, Mustangs and Galaxies will head a horde of pre-'65 Historic Touring Cars in the Top Hat Challenge, three one-hour endurance races to be run by the HSCC at…

Coopers are once again in MAWP's thoughts as he inspects V12 and half-litre single-cylinder grand prix veterans Grandfather of Britain's production racing car industry the Cooper Car Company's products were…