Next weekend, at La Sarthe, Oliver Jarvis will step aboard an LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro, replacing Tom Kristensen in the team that has made a habit, in recent years,…
Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans held little interest for me. A motor racing fan since I was five years old, when my parents took me to Goodwood, it was Grand…
When you think of the Lotus Grand Prix team, the ‘real one’, as us oldies like to call it, you think of some of the great race mechanics. These were…
Dave Redding is part of the Formula 1 furniture and living proof that talent takes you places. Dave came to Grand Prix racing as a mechanic for Benetton, moving on…
“Can we talk later on this afternoon?” he says. “I’m a bit tied up right now, working on a friend’s Morris 1000 Traveller. Is that OK?” Surely a Morris Traveller…
This week we meet a mechanic who became a sculptor. Having packed away his much-travelled toolbox he has carved a highly successful new career, creating some spectacular works of art…
The first in our new series of mechanics’ tales comes from a man who worked his way up from lying underneath the cars to managing one of the biggest teams…
“I love this place,” he grins as we look out over the pits towards the huge grandstand. “I’ve been coming here since 1970 and it’s still such an exhilarating place…
A long-forgotten, but much treasured, Grand Prix car will make its first run in anger for more than 35 years at the Goodwood Festival of Speed at the end of…
You may be looking forward to a busy season. You may, like the guys at Red Bull, already be feeling the pressure. So much to do and so little time.…
We are going to see a sideways Villeneuve again! In a typically maverick move, Jacques will race in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The Indy 500 winner, Indycar champion and…
Choosing a single experience from another busy season is tough. But it has to be done and I have plucked one from way back in March. The Sebring 12 Hours…
