Racing History

You don’t realise how fast you’re going until you get on the grass. That motor racing truism was (almost) rammed home to the increasingly impressive Daniil Kvyat when his brake…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, September 25-27 2009 Hitherto this series has…

Michael Lyons was the star of the FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship at Zandvoort (August 29-31) taking two wins in his Hesketh 308E. The event was another huge success,…

“The era of radical innovations has passed. From now on we will proceed by detail improvements.” That was Colin Chapman’s view of Formula 1 at the end of 1973. Blimey.…

This week I must beg your forgiveness and crave your indulgence for the stream of sentiment below, but I have to talk about something and you are the only people…

This week we meet a mechanic who became a sculptor. Having packed away his much-travelled toolbox he has carved a highly successful new career, creating some spectacular works of art…

You never have to look far if you really want to gain a true sense of perspective. Take the October issue of Motor Sport, for example. Since Sunday I, like…

Main image: Keith Greene in the Len Terry-designed Gilby-BRM 1962 Len Terry worked quickly. A blessing given that he was by his own admission difficult to work with, apt to…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past BMW County Championship, Oulton Park, June 30 1979 Can you guess what…

Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was an aesthete from an artistic family. His paternal grandfather was an architect; his father designed avant-garde Art Nouveau furniture, jewellery and musical instruments; and his younger brother,…

The first in our new series of mechanics’ tales comes from a man who worked his way up from lying underneath the cars to managing one of the biggest teams…

My passing mention last week of Carlos Menditéguy has set me wondering and wandering again. The Argentinean winner, alongside Stirling Moss, of the 1956 Buenos Aires 1000km – Maserati’s first victory in the…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Oulton Park, early morning, the summer of 1981 It’s probably a sign…

Was Jean Behra the greatest driver never to win a World Championship Grand Prix? Paul Fearnley examines his case with the 1957 season where the Frenchman racked up non-championship and sports car wins as he raced with and against the likes of Fangio and Moss

Adrian Newey's cars have won Drivers' Championships with Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Häkkinen and Sebastian Vettel, plus Constructors' Championships for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull.…

What, relative to expectations, is the worst motoring experience of your life? Mine was doing a lap of the Piccolo Circuito della Madonie, otherwise known as the Targa Florio course.…

His test pilot father was Concorde Brian Trubshaw’s ‘wingman’ as they flew Vampires and Venoms through pea-soupers to assist the development of instrument landing systems during the 1950s. He also…