Replacing the brilliant Peugeot 205GTI
Yesterday one of the car world’s worst kept secrets finally became official. For the third time, Peugeot is to attempt to replace the 205GTI (below). Logically enough, the new car…
The makers of the Group B documentary Madness on Wheels and other films such as Grand Prix: The Killer Years are researching a new story that includes the Dakar rally.…
Going into Sunday’s penultimate IndyCar race of the year in the streets of Baltimore it looked like Ryan Hunter-Reay’s championship chances were fading fast. The previous weekend at Sears Point…
Top drawer executive jets are essential tools for the world’s top racing team owners. In America, guys like Roger Penske and Chip Ganassi damn near live in their aircraft as…
Red Bull released a tantalising preview of this video a few weeks ago, showing David Coulthard speeding through the Lincoln Tunnel which connects New York and New Jersey. Here we…
If you were wondering how we shot the Shelby Cobra on October's cover, here's some behind-the-scenes footage. [youtube]http://youtu.be/trORq19YUO0[/youtube]
Time flies, eh? It doesn’t seem a year ago since I was grabbing the freshly minted results sheet from the last race of the 2011 Goodwood Revival, then dashing home…
Formula 1 contracts have changed a lot over the years. Stirling Moss’s agreement with Rob Walker famously amounted to a handshake. These days, though, deals are drawn up by legal…
These are strange days in MotoGP. World Champion Casey Stoner is quitting and Ben Spies may follow him, both of them complaining that they don’t like MotoGP’s current direction away…
Roger Penske’s team dominated IndyCar’s third-last race of the year at Sonoma in California on Sunday. Will Power and Ryan Briscoe swept the front row with championship leader Power starting…
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…
Adrian Newey isn’t a genius – but only because overuse of the word reduces the wiggle room required should you ever wish to debate the merits of Leo da Vinci,…
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…
There was racing aplenty across North America last weekend. MotoGP was in action at Indianapolis, NASCAR Sprint Cup ran at Michigan, the American Le Mans Series was at Elkhart Lake,…
Jerry Grant passed away last week. Grant, 77, was renowned as a nearly man who threw away the 1972 Indy 500 when he made a confused, unscheduled pitstop with a…
If any one man personifies historic and vintage racing these days it’s Brian Redman. Between 1968-’81 ‘Our Brian’ won seventeen World Championship sports car races driving for Porsche and Ferrari,…
As a world-class cynic who fled his hometown for the duration of the London Olympics, I have to admit that even I enjoyed the Games. Team GB’s performance proved that…