“When I first met Zak, I was racing in Formula 3000, trying to eke a living and pay the rent working as an instructor at racing schools. At the Jim…
It took a long time. In the 35 years following my first trip to Modena in 1965, I wrote much about Lancia, with Maserati a happy memory. Then, at the…
Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…
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He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that bore his name and saved Niki Lauda’s life among many…
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To the left sits Jody Scheckter’s history-making Wolf WR1 and an Alan Jones Williams FW07. Further down the line there’s a trio of McLarens, once driven by a clutch of…
One of motor racing's all-time legendary figures, Vic Elford performed at the top level behind the wheel of pretty much everything
Why are we always so keen to skip to the end? Once racing drivers hit a certain age, typically around their mid-to-late-30s, it’s so often tempting to start asking them…
He may have endured a lower-key outing than he’d have liked, but Jenson Button is keen to give GT3 racing another shot after his difficult debut in the British GT…
How would you fancy a 919 Le Mans racer that you could take to the shops? Or a 911 capable of tackling the Safari Rally? What about a futuristic take…
You've spent £1m+ on your no-holds-barred supercar; customised it in the colour of your spouse's eyes and built a heated garage to keep it warm in winter. But you can't…
Seven years before the ground effect-harnessing Lotus 78 and all-conquering Brabham ‘fan car’, Jim Hall introduced a racing innovation which - almost quite literally - blew away the opposition. It…
For a driver who achieved so much so early, Ivan Capelli’s post-F1 career has been relatively quiet. From 1994 for three seasons he raced a Nissan Primera in Germany’s STW…
There is an accepted ladder of progression for drivers aspiring to Formula 1. In the 1970s it ran thus: formulae Ford, 3 and 2. Unfortunately, there are rather more snakes. Even…
Porsche's commitment to racing is without equal. As a works team it competes in Formula E while it conducts a serious investigation into whether or not it should return to…
Don't doubt it for one moment: Jim Hall of Chaparral Cars in Midland, Texas is a towering figure in motor racing history. During 1966-67 he proved influential in racing car…
As tribute to the five McLaren F1 GTR that finished first, third, fourth, fifth and 13th at Le Mans in 1995, Woking’s finest has developed five Senna GTR LMs in…
