George Lazenby's one-off appearance as James Bond in Her Majesty's Secret Service has often been branded as one of the worst films in the franchise. But it's recently been rising in…
Book of the month What is it about 1964 spy flick Goldfinger that gives it such ‘rewatchability’? Of course there’s Sean Connery as James Bond, who brings humour-tinged rock-hard assurance…
Dr Benno Müller, a country doctor in Germany’s Black Forest region, wasn’t really interested in watching motor sport. But racing drivers inspired him from his first moment of contact when…
Behind every driver is a team, from design engineers to sweeper-uppers, but we don’t often get to hear from, or even about, them. Here’s a chance for the people who…
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Not a history of OSCA per se, this hangs on the stills of Walter Breveglieri, a fashion and society photographer who also loved motor racing and became friends with the…
Sadler cars I knew a little about – attractive and muscular sports racers from Canada. Sadler the man was a stranger to me so this biography was a welcome arrival.…
When Jim Hall came to Goodwood he was surprised how much people knew about him and his racing cars. In one way his surprise is understandable: numerically, Chaparral victories don’t…
Derek Warwick should write another book, about his Uncle Stan. A rambunctious figure, ever ready with his fists, he colours the Formula 1 driver’s early chapters with numerous car crashes…
Reading “Unfeasible speed – Disgruntled Nazis – Beautiful heiresses” on the flyleaf here gave me a brief worry that this would be a Boy’s Own pastiche. In fact there was…
There’s a cheerful title for you – the same tone that pervades this fun softback. Bob Evans touched the hem of Formula 1, gaining a brief Lotus drive in 1977…
‘Win a race, win a million’ – that was the attention-getting headline which put TWR’s XJR-15 roadable racer into the public gaze. Oh, and running the races (just three of…
“When she didn’t break, she won.” That’s the frustrating summary of the career of Maserati’s big, booming 450S, the Modena firm’s contender in the 1957 World Sportscar Championship. Scarily fast,…
You can tell from the pale orange endpapers that this is going to be presented with some style, and it is. Palawan style, with groovy covers and a smart box…
Now meet the team From tyre engineers to pit mechanics, this new book offers a glimpse of Formula 1’s rarely noticed behind-the-scenes grafters It is a truism that…
In the wake of Ferrari, here’s another racing movie. They’re like buses. But while one can imagine the pitch for a story revolving around the ‘terrible joys’ of Enzo Ferrari,…
