Recreating the classics
As you may have read, Jaguar announced last week that it’s going to build the six ‘missing’ lightweight E-types, which is another way of saying that back in 1963 they…
On Wednesday, June 4 at 7.30pm, Hexagon Modern Classics in Haringey is hosting an evening of discussion with four motor sport greats in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital. Gaby…
Ed Foster in Paul Latimer's early MGB racer in the one-hour, two-driver Moss Trophy at the 72nd Goodwood Members' Meeting. Despite neither driver having raced at Goodwood, they came home…
The Goodwood gardeners have been busy. Ahead of next weekend’s new event at the famous old race track in Sussex they planted more than 300,000 daffodils. And very pretty they…
Anger is brewing in the historic racing community over a decision by the FIA to render invalid at the end of this year all Historic Technical Passports issued before 2011.…
When the highlights of this year’s Goodwood Revival make it onto the telly, viewers will fast forward to the moment in the St Mary’s Trophy when Frank Stippler driving an…
What do you think of Concours d’Elegance? I ask because while through my day job testing road cars and sitting on the Car of the Year jury I get to…
At this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed Bonhams auctioned Juan Manuel Fangio's Mercedes W196 for a record-breaking £17.5 million. Here's the historic moment.
I begin this dispatch with a Mental Health Warning. The following paragraphs do not contain mention of the round, black products produced by an Italian supplier to Grand Prix racing.…
This column was originally intended to be a reflection on the weekend’s Donington Historic Festival which, for two of its three days was one of the happiest motor racing meetings…
The traditional Goodwood media day took place outside the house and on the estate’s famous hillclimb on Wednesday morning, as the Earl of March set out what we should expect…
This summer there are be two very good reasons to visit the Swift Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent. On Thursday June 6 there will be a special three course lunch with Sir…
As the Formula 1 season edges ever closer, here's a full run down of when and where you can watch the racing. The BBC has not yet released exact timings,…
I enjoy all sports bar horse racing; I will never forgive it for regularly interrupting what little televised motor sport there was during my formative 1970s; the parade ring, the…
For the first time ever, Mercedes-Benz have lent their Silver Arrows cars to a museum outside of Stuttgart. Following their appearance at the Goodwood Revival, the cars from the manufacturer's…
This Sunday September 2 sees the third annual Chelsea AutoLegends, held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital. The event is a celebration of style in automotive and motor sport…
The 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion took place over the weekend of August 15-18, forming an important part of Classic Car Week on the peninsular. Among the usual historic races…