The combination of Triple Eight Engineering and Jason Plato, with more than 160 wins and 12 titles between them – the most successful team and driver in the championship’s history…

Twenty-four years into my journalistic career and finally a story lands in my lap. When my new neighbour expressed an interest in motor sport our conversation soon turned to her…

Carlos Reutemann was a racing driver from Central Casting: blue eyes, chiseled jaw, dimples, brooding Brando brows, luxuriant hair, tanned. To think, he shared F1 grids with Peter Revson, François…

There’s so much sport on the goggle-box these days that even the most ardent armchair hero must pick and choose. Beyond motor sport – I draw the line at Supermoto…

The Dakar is but a shimmering mirage in Britain’s public sporting consciousness. Thirty years ago, however, it was suddenly front-page news: Mark Thatcher had gone missing in the Sahara. TE…

Stratos versus 96 V4: no contest. An eight-year-old could tell you that. The 1975 RAC Rally, the Lombard, was behind schedule and my feverish anticipation had given way to a…

Phew. Ford has recommitted to the World Rally Championship. No Blue Oval is akin to there being no Ferrari red in Formula 1: survivable, but unthinkable. A top privateer outfit…

Air used to be dirty in Formula 1. Nowadays it’s expectant. There’s a whiff of madness in it too. Ten years ago the sport was in the Doldrums, glum and…

The already much-missed Peter Gethin scored a singleton Grand Prix victory. But what a win it was. On the final lap of the 1971 Italian GP at Monza, in only…

It will be sad if we have seen the last of Rubens Barrichello in Formula 1. For the category’s most experienced competitor is also its most engaging. Unashamedly emotional, his…