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It was the beginning of 1988 and I'd done a total of about six F3000 races and a handful of F3 races before that. I hadn't done a full season…

The man is dressed all in blue. Artisan smock top, jeans and trainers. Stylish in a French kind of way. The long legs, the beaky nose and the slightly nervous…

One of the most fascinating scenes in the film Grand Prix is the GPDA meeting at Spa, in which actors James Garner, Yves Montand and Antonio Sabato mix it with…

Ray Rowe joined Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd at its lock-up garage in Chessington in April 1965. And he’s still working for Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes at the McLaren Technology Centre in…

Life, for Stirling Moss, continues at 150 mph, a series of bends and obstacles to be taken at maximum throttle. But instead of balancing a Maserati 250F, a Vanwall, a…

Sir Stirling Moss: Works driver, 1954 Those who drove the D-type in period have mixed feelings about the car. And perhaps because he drove it during its development phase —…

A switch in management at Skol beer 25 years ago had the biggest effect on the destiny of the 1982 Formula One World Championship. Eh? Come on, that's got you!…

Ford's decision to abandon Formula 1 has created a cloud of uncertainty, not just over Jaguar — up for sale to the highest bidder — but also the teams who…

Pescarolo Sport had garage number one at Le Mans this year, pole position in one of the world’s most recognisable pitlanes. The French team enjoyed this honour thanks to its…

Johnny Servoz-Gavin rather shook everyone at Monaco in 1968. Subbing for an injured Jackie Stewart, he qualified Ken Tyrrell's Matra second, behind Graham Hill's Lotus. An archetypal '60s figure, Servoz-Gavin…

The appearance of 'M Winkelhock' at the top of the timing screens caught the eye in Monaco — but then it all went wrong. The yellow car arrived at Ste…

Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have…

For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn't get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…

Kaboom! McLaren's Mephistophelian M8F fires up like the Battle of Jutland. Its eight litres of Chevy Big Block then settles down to a jackhammer tick-over that thuds into your solar…

Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say 'issue' when he means 'big problem' or 'challenging' when he means 'bloody difficult'.…

You are about to sit down and eat, I suggest that you skip this page and come back to it later. Twenty years ago this month Mick Doohan embarked on…

Surely no World Champion has provoked greater extremes of adulation and criticism than Nigel Mansell. From his earliest days in Formula 1 he was the darling of the British crowds:…