A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here. To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith…
So far as Volkswagen is concerned, the silly season is well and truly upon us. There are betting shops that will give odds on Volkswagen no longer trading by the…
The phrase ‘you’re only as good as your last race’ doesn't always apply to F1. Often a circuit throws up a dull race but the event is still enjoyed, like…
"Born in a gas station," Tom Kristensen had petrol in his veins from an early age. Despite a flirtation with banking, he went on to win the Le Mans 24…
The first in a new series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here. To buy the lead image click here. From…
Gordon Shedden could’ve been responsible for a few heart attacks on Sunday. In the closing stages of the final British Touring Car Championship round at Brands Hatch, he’d worked his…
1. On the grid it was confirmed that F1 has renewed its deal with Pirelli until the end of 2019. 2. What played out afterwards was a race very untypical…
As I sit here to write my final United SportsCar column of 2015 I’m struggling a little to stay fully awake and focused. Hopefully this isn’t because of the soporific…
After flying down specially from Edinburgh and a quick lunch at our new local Italian restaurant Robert Reid sat down to talk through his career and that of his long-time…
Former F3 ace Martin O’Connell has carved a niche as one of the leading preparers and racers of historic cars. He’s enjoyed a tremendous 2015 season, capped by a fabulous…
‘Don’t expect anything more from Honda this year,’ was the message going out post-Japan following Fernando Alonso’s incendiary radio remarks about his “GP2 engine”. There has finally come the public…
The weather at Road Atlanta for this year’s Petit Le Mans, the United SportsCar season finale, was abysmal. Days of persistent rain left the track and run-off areas totally waterlogged.…
“You’re the best in the world!” said Richard Burns to his co-driver Robert Reid, as they crossed the finish line of the 2001 Rally Great Britain after 18 nerve-jangling miles…
Think of all the great drivers who drove all those great Ferrari prototypes and GTs that illuminated its golden age of sports car racing. Who was the best remains open…
In Singapore – where a 41st Grand Prix victory would have put him on par with his great hero Ayrton Senna – Lewis Hamilton blithely claimed to be unaware of…
Cue the Jaws theme tune, because Jorge Lorenzo is coming to get Valentino Rossi. The Spaniard took a nine-point chunk out of Rossi’s championship lead at Aragon, at which rate…
