All over the country there are still traces of forgotten racetracks which put old wartime airfields to primitive use In Hampshire the other day, on the A338 between Fordingbridge and…

The unseemly fight between Jaguar and McLaren — and thus, between the giant resources of the Ford Motor Company and Daimler-Chrysler AG — over who should pay Adrian Newey 170,000…

To win in F1, every ingredient has to be right Endless effort and millions of dollars are routinely spent on technological details which may, or may not, shave a fiftieth…

After four seasons away, Eddie Jordan will be a Grand Prix regular again his month’s Australian Grand Prix sees BBC TV’s first coverage of a Formula 1 race for 12…

Jochen Mass Four years before Gilles' accident, I had an incident with Bruno Giacomelli at Zolder, coming over the crest. He went to the right at the bottom, and I…

Shaped in the wind tunnel, Bristol's striking Le Mans cars were technologically ahead of their time. Simon Taylor drove the sole surviving 450. Motor racing history is full of fascinating…

Modern times I closed last month's Modern Times with an optimistic prediction that Kimi Raikkonen could be this year's world champion. After Ferrari's magnificent start to the season and McLaren's…

Days before the Malaysian Grand Prix Michael Schumacher, having vowed he wouldn't race until next season, changed his mind. Perhaps a little telephone call from Luca di Montezemolo, or even…

It’s intriguing how often sons of racing drivers become racers themselves. In Formula 1 Nico carries on the work of Keke, as did Jacques for Gilles – although so far…

It’s progressively harder these days for racing car designers to demonstrate true versatility. Formula 1 has greedily made itself the centre of everything, yet the very strictures of its regulations…

A hot, dusty afternoon in southern Spain. It’s September 28 1990, Friday qualifying at Jerez. With eight minutes left, Jean Alesi’s Tyrrell has just produced a ripple of interest in…

Drag racing's first steps in Britain were hesitant, but 40 years on it enjoys its own keen following What fascinates me about all types of four-wheeled activity is not how…