Herbie Blash — The Motor Sport Interview
Given the fanfare that accompanied his departure as Formula 1’s deputy race director in 2016, you might imagine that Herbie Blash – gofer at Rob Walker Racing, number two mechanic to…
Tom Kristensen won the Le Mans 24 Hours at his first attempt, having never seen the circuit until his practice laps in 1997, and went on to win the race…
Henri Toivonen put in one of the great WRC comeback drives at the Monte Carlo Rally to claim his final victory - and did it in a Lancia Delta S4 that wouldn't even drive straight...
This is far more than just another Grand Prix car. Back in period, ‘The BRM’ was as much part of British national awareness as today’s news of a Covid vaccine.…
Steve McQueen or James Garner? Michael Delaney or Pete Aron? Hilts ‘The Cooler King’ or Hendley ‘The Scrounger’? You’ll have your preference. John Frankenheimer, director of 1966 motor racing blockbuster…
It only took a short trundle out of the garage to know they had something. “It was just so easy to drive,” says Eddie Jordan. “Easy to drive, very beautiful…
He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that bore his name and saved Niki Lauda’s life among many…
To the left sits Jody Scheckter’s history-making Wolf WR1 and an Alan Jones Williams FW07. Further down the line there’s a trio of McLarens, once driven by a clutch of…
The emotive appeal of victory in a home grand prix spreads beyond the winner himself. When preparing preview material, any self-respecting sports editor will scan the entry list and look…
On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
Michael Schumacher is a complex subject. But perhaps quite a simple man. The F1 colossus who broke all the records that are only now being challenged by Lewis Hamilton was…
For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…
Dumb and dumber. That's how Sky Formula 1 presenter Simon Lazenby once chose to refer to our guests for lunch this month. The question is, which one is which? Let’s…
Half a century after his untimely death at the Italian Grand Prix meant he became Formula 1’s only posthumous world champion, Jochen Rindt’s influence smoulders still in a certain quarter…
What makes a cult hero? Perhaps it is easier to start with what doesn’t. When we sat down to ponder this feature we quickly decided that we were not looking…
Stick your tongue out at Monza and you can almost taste the history. The flavour is bittersweet of course. Such is the longevity and high-speed nature of the relatively narrow…