Simon Taylor learns about life inside the Ferrari team, and why their engineering supremo cannot turn away from Formula 1 for long Photography: James Mitchell Among the avalanche of tributes…

Car people meeting at a nice pub goes back to the dawn of motoring. Despite breathalysers, it still happens today You can't stop people having fun with cars. During WWII,…

Modern Times That the first Bahrain Grand Prix happened at all was an astonishing achievement of which Formula One can be proud. So can everyone else involved in the miracle…

Countless schoolboys have fantasised about winning Le Mans, perhaps in a car painted in patriotic dark green; perhaps – even better – in a self-built car carrying their own name.…

The unspeakable event's of September 11th left their mark on everything and everyone around the globe, jerking our priorities into a new awareness of what really matters. It was almost…

For most of the season, each Formula One team is in a constant state of double-focus. It has to concentrate on this week's race; and it has to be working…

The father of the modern Donington tells Simon Taylor how his love of the sport grew from humble beginnings to an all-embracing passion Photography: James Mitchell Larger than life: that…

Modern times: I doubt if many of Motor Sport's discerning readership are aware of a populist quiz show on British TV called Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Contestants have…

Simon Taylor's notebook The Goodwood Revival is the best historic race meeting in the world. Minutely organised, superbly staged, it has transformed everyone's perception of old car racing. Other events…

So now we know. All that endless speculation through the dark days of winter, all that sifting the conflicting scraps of information and gossip from the testing – Williams, Ferrari…

Phillip Island’s popular Historics meeting is a relaxed precursor to the Australian GP, albeit with some serious celebrating included this year By Simon Taylor The Phillip Island Historics meeting, run…

Having begun as a motorcycle grass track as far back as the 1920s, Brands Hatch has been a racing circuit for over 60 years. For more than half that time…