Motor sport photo galleries

Classic saloons and casual observation, Oulton Park, August 14 1976 Apologies to both regular readers that there hasn’t been a Snapshot for a week or 10 – blame perpetual absence…

BMW M1 Procar, Silverstone, Brands Hatch… and Portimão The sense of acute disappointment lingers. I’d caught an early morning coach from Manchester to Silverstone, for the primary purpose of watching…

British F3 Championship, Silverstone, June 8 1980 Check photographs of a modern mainstream Formula 3 grid and it will probably look a little busier than this, but such was the…

British F3 Championship, Oulton Park, September 15, 1979 Science is powerless to explain my failure to take more paddock shots or portraits during the 1970s. That simple sentence represents countless…

Vintage Sports Car Club, Oulton Park, June 18 1977 At the time there were fears of perhaps terminal decline. Oulton Park, one of the world’s best inventions, had been sliced…

British Saloon Car Championship, Brands Hatch, July 16 1978 The support package at a modern Grand Prix meeting is a homogenised beast, with precious little diversity. This isn’t always a…

British Open Single Seater Championship, Oulton Park, October 2 1976 Remember a time when single-seater racing cars used to develop interesting CVs, long after their original purpose had been fulfilled?…

European Grand Prix, Valencia, June 25-27 2010 This column tends to thrive on the distant past, with occasional glimpses at its recent counterpart – and this week’s shots come from…

Formula Atlantic, Mallory Park, July 12 1981 In contemporary single-seater racing, you can drive almost any chassis you like… so long as it’s a Dallara, or perhaps a Tatuus. There…

British Saloon Car Championship, Oulton Park, April 17 1981 More than 30 years have passed since this was taken, but the principal elements remain core parts of the British motor…

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…

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…

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…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Marlboro Trophy, Silverstone, June 8 1980 On the surface it looks no…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Race of Champions, Brands Hatch, April 15 1979 “Did someone forget to…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Staw Renault 5 Elf Challenge, Oulton Park, August 9 1980 Here’s…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past. Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1978 I’m not ashamed to admit…