I have known Derek Bell for about 25 years. Which is the about the same period of time you’ll feel you’ve known him approximately ten minutes after meeting him for…
My toughest rival has always been myself. I was very rarely satisfied with my performance so the person I had to deal with throughout my whole career was myself. It…
Lockdown has produced many self-starter projects; few of them can have had such impressive outcomes. This is the story of a car, one single car, but of a rare breed…
To anyone other than an extremely well-informed observer, it is just a sparkplug. A Bosch sparkplug, not that you’re asking. It’s a little bit oily and while in obviously perfect…
Hans-Joachim Stuck has been reunited with the Shell Porsche 962C which he used to win the 1987 ADAC Würth Supercup, the inaugural German domestic Group C championship. The meeting was…
With Sébastien Ogier going part-time in WRC next year, he now has time to pursue his endurance "dream" – and is warming up with the WEC Rookie Test in November
Donington will host Hunt vs Lauda this weekend with the sons of the F1 champions going head-to-head
Memo Gidley’s racing life has played out in three acts. In Act I, he was the young IndyCar supersub, filling seats vacated by injured or fired drivers and nearly scoring…
Voting has now closed for the 2021 Motor Sport Hall of Fame To win at Le Mans you need to be quick, consistent and lucky. Our nominees for this year's…
The lightweight Shell Porsche 962 C was like few of its sister cars – now it has been restored and reunited with the driver which took it it the championship, Hans-Joachim Stuck
Alpine has announced it will enter two of its own LMDh cars in the Hypercar class in Le Mans and WEC from 2024
The V12 had one last hurrah in sports car racing as the noughties drew to a close. Yet the powerplants that won the Le Mans 24 Hours four years on…
Colombo V12 (1947-65) Though I lack the evidence to support it, when people reading this magazine think ‘V12’, I’d bet plenty more thought of this engine than any other. Gioacchino…
When Tony Southgate saw the engine around which he had to design a new Group C car, he did two things: utter a profanity under his breath and reach for…
We’re out the back now, the chicanes behind us. The oil is warm, the slicks are hot. I can feel the V12 chuntering behind me. It is demanding its release.…
Ultimately it was the sound. Higher rpm delivered smoothly thanks to smaller, lighter reciprocating parts and an even firing order, plus the cachet of costly complexity, added to its appeal.…
