Archive Lunch With... Mario Andretti Even before you meet Mario Andretti, the bare statistics tell you this man is unique. In a full-time career lasting an astonishing 35 seasons, he was a winner in F1,… March 2007 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Henri Pescarolo – the original 'Mr Le Mans' I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has… July 2012 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... David Brabham We’ve noted before the potency of the motor-racing gene, the father-and-son successions such as the Hills and the Villeneuves, and dynasties from the Unsers to the Andrettis. More rarely, a… October 2012 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Jackie Oliver The sharp, punchy little guy from Romford has a downbeat view of his own racing career. He led his first home Grand Prix, and was set for a fairytale win… June 2009 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Stirling Moss (reprinted) Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s at his desk in his self-designed, high-tech house in Shepherd… June 2020 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive A fish out of water? The Penske PC22 was designed to lap Indianapolis at 220-odd mph, among other things, yet one has recently been active within the statelier confines of Prescott and Goodwood… By tradition,… December 2017 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Hold tight, I'm taking a supercharged bomb up the Shelsley Esses Down the years I’ve been lucky enough to find myself behind the wheel of some immortal racing cars, like the Vanwall, the Lancia D50 and the Maserati 250F. I’ve driven… November 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Time for the bill – Lunch with Simon Taylor After 125 ‘Lunch with’ interviews, Simon Taylor is hanging up his… knife and fork. He reflects on 10 memorable years and an incredible body of work Last week, in Jackie Stewart’s… October 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with Sir Jackie Stewart By almost any measure, Jackie Stewart was the greatest racing driver of his era. Now, more than four decades after he hung up the white helmet with the tartan band,… October 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with Danny Sullivan There are plenty of American racers who build up a reputation in their own country before they venture to Europe to set their sights on Formula 1. It is rare… September 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Frank Dernie If you spend 35 years in Formula 1, successively (and often simultaneously) as aerodynamicist, computer programmer, R&D man, engineer, technical director and design consultant, you accumulate an up-close and personal… August 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with Hurley Haywood He’d never raced abroad before, but he won first time at Le Mans. Now considered the US’s top endurance driver, he says it’s all due to Porsche Writer Simon… July 2016 Issue By Simon Taylor