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The most beautiful racing circuit in the world — that was the standard boast. Subjective in the extreme, for sure, but standing atop the valley slopes that tumble to the shores…

Shielding my eyes against the sun, I gaze back along the straight. Stretching to the horizon is a silver-black band of Tarmac spray-gunned with can and shrouded by converging lines…

It was what the French call 'Un été de la Saint-Martin"— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had been hot, oppressive. During our night time run into France…

There is no need to proffer a history of Brooklands here — that story has been told by someone better qualified than me. Everyone knows what Brooklands is, thanks to…

Just a 20-minute drive from San Francisco's busy downtown heart lies an oasis: Golden Gate Park. At 50 blocks long (3.5 miles) and half a mile wide its 1013 acres…

"Okay. But please ask the announcer to tell the crowd why I’m not waving.” Sir Stirling Moss – the original professional racing driver and at the age of 80 still…

Damon Hill’s Jordan 198, chassis number 3, sits quietly now under the spotlights at the Donington Grand Prix Collection. It is a far cry from the high emotions, drama and…

Rain drumming on your helmet as you snuggle into your BRM. Check the belts are tight. Release the clutch and off onto the warm-up lap. The track is flooded. A…

The Mercedes W154 is one of the machines in the running to be named Race Car of the Century; will it get your vote? Click below or scroll to the…

It's a slight problem to choose a car I didn't do because I've been associated with so many over the years, much more than most I suppose [Lola, Brabham, Gurney-Eagle,…

For me it's the Lotus 72 - an emotional choice as much as a design one. It came out in 1970 when I was 11 and getting interested in motorsport,…

I would go for the Williams FW07. Williams won their first GP with it, in 1979, and, refined for the following year, it won the championship with Alan Jones. It…

I was impressed by the BRM P160, designed by Tony Southgate. I took the car over and developed it when I rejoined BRM in 1972 (I first went there in…

The Lotus 79, the first real ground effect car was a very, very good package, the first realisation that aerodynamics were becoming crucial and that you could make ground effects…

When I think back to GP design milestones, it's pretty obvious, really: the first rear-engined F1 Cooper. Not so much from a technical point of view even though it was…

For more than a decade from the mid-1980s, aspiring professional racing drivers and club racers alike never had it so good. As car companies attempted to spice-up their image and…

He divides opinion. Always has done. And it tends to distil to a single, fundamental question: are you for Senna, or are you for Prost? Even Motor Sport can’t resist.…