Archive Lunch with... Emanuele Pirro Motor racing is about much more than statistics; but in almost any driver’s CV there will be a statistic that points to the hallmark of his or her career. In… September 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Team Lotus mechanics A part from the name, Formula 1 today and Formula 1 of half a century ago have very little in common. The whole massive commercialised circus exists on a stratospherically… August 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Mark Webber Getting an audience with a Formula 1 driver these days usually involves a very brief time slot, an eaves-dropping PA to ensure that no comment can be remotely controversial, and… July 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Glimpse from DSJ's seat Twenty years ago, Stirling Moss returned to the Mille Miglia. His lucky navigator caught a flavour of Denis Jenkinson’s experience in 1955 – but only by mistake Writer Simon Taylor… July 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Norbert Singer The earliest use I can find in print of the expression “Racing improves the breed” dates from 1835. It refers, of course, to racehorses: breeding from winners could produce more… June 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Sir Frank Williams Almost unbelievably, this year marks the 47th consecutive season that Frank Williams has fielded a Formula 1 team. The first Grand Prix with a Williams entry on the grid was… May 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Bobby Rahal In past Lunches With… I’ve talked to several British and European racers, from Dario Franchitti to Kenny Bräck, who strived to make it in Formula 1 but never got as… April 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive The amazing adventures of Spider Man Basil Davenport beat serious pre-war hillclimb rivals in a series of skimpy home-built V-twins – and most famous of these was ‘Spider’ Writer Simon Taylor | Photographer Howard Simmons It’s… March 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Jan Lammers Whoever coined the expression ‘Nice guys don’t finish first’ might have been thinking of Jan Lammers. Here’s someone who was already displaying astonishing car control as a schoolboy, and who… March 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... AJ Foyt Flying in from London I had to clear US immigration at Newark, New Jersey, which is not one of the world’s loveliest airports. At last I got to the end… February 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Walter Wolf It sounds like the romanticised plot of a bad movie. Into the rarefied technological stratosphere of Formula 1 comes a brand-new one-car team, sponsored only by its owner: and, against… January 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Alastair Caldwell Spending a day or even an hour with Alastair Caldwell, listening to his fund of stories about Formula 1 from the inside 40 or more years ago, is an unforgettable… December 2014 Issue By Simon Taylor