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Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz - Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…

The story of Brooklands and its creator Hugh Locke King has been made well known, not least through these pages, but perhaps his wife Dame Ethel has not had enough…

When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were 'bitten by the bug'. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it's like a…

At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…

This was no time or place to make your Formula One debut. Even 'Happy' Jacques Laffite wanted out. He'd planted his Ligier on the outside of the front row, yet…

Hard on the heels of that great commotion which followed Spain's Catalunya Rally, after which the works Toyota Castrol Team was not only deprived of all its points for 1995…

Where better to have lunch with Ron Dennis CBE than in the McLaren Technology Centre, which houses most of the companies in the McLaren Group and over 2000 staff, including…

Fate, as we all know, plays an important role in everyone's life, whether directly or indirectly. Whether we choose to take it seriously or not is a matter for personal…

When talk turns to the golden age of British Land Speed Record hegemony between the wars and on into the 1950s, images of Campbell’s Bluebirds, Eyston’s Thunderbolt and Cobb’s Railton…

Recently a package arrived at the Motor Sport office. It was from 1950s Le Mans and Grand Prix driver Eric Thompson and contained a manuscript written by his friend, fellow…

In 1993, Michael Andretti and Nigel Mansell exchanged addresses: Michael, then near the peak of his career in CART, crossed the salt pond for Europe and a season of rumbling…

Watkins Glen paddock, Sunday October 5, 1975. Niki Lauda is next to me in a queue for a helicopter. A queue, mind. No special treatment here. An hour or so…

My old history master used to say to us that "history is about people, not events." If that's true, then the history of rallying covering the last 25 years is…

What was the most impressive aspect of the 1962 Formula 1 season? This month's cover story answers that, we hope: the starburst arrival of the monocoque Lotus 25. Okay, what…

At one time I was reticent about publishing photographs of fatal motor racing accidents in my books or in MOTOR SPORT. It seemed rather distasteful and even disrespectful. However, since…

Whenever we recall great drivers past, it seems the same names always crop up: Fangio, Moss, Clark and Stewart are staples of the 1950s and '60s, and more recently we…

I have been connected to McLaren and Mercedes-Benz since 1998, and in that time the history I have witnessed in the making has been fantastic, with two drivers’ and one…