My driving career spanned four decades, from junior karting in the 1980s through to my final season with Audi in 2013. The first decade of the millennium was certainly a…
Le Mans legend Derek Bell commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
David and Goliath? It’s an old sporting cliché. But in biblical terms the parallel to plucky British privateer Jota taking on and attempting to beat the mighty manufacturers at the…
Twenty-five years ago, Sam Hignett’s single-seater story petered out – and something more nourishing and sustainable began. A graduate of the Jim Russell Racing School at Donington under John Kirkpatrick,…
The timing of BMW’s return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in pursuit of overall victory, a quarter of a century on from the V12 LMR’s triumph, is a timely…
It wasn’t an auspicious start. Less than an hour into BMW’s 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours campaign at the pre-event test one car was parked in the barriers, the other…
1. Don’t discount Toyota Twelve months ago, Toyota headed into the Le Mans 24 Hours as the clear favourite, though it ultimately lost out to Ferrari in a thrilling race…
The Porsche 917 made waves on its debut, eventually marking itself out as a sports car icon – is it your 'Race car of the Century'?
Dario Franchitti had a deal in principle to drive Porsche's all-conquering 919 in the 2015 WEC campaign before a horror IndyCar crash forced him into retirement. The Scotsman relives a world of 'what-ifs?' in Motor Sport's latest Centenary Stories podcast episode
With an influx of new Hypercar manufacturers, it would appear that the good times are rolling for WEC – but not all is well within the paddock. Last year’s Le…
Kévin Estre is enjoying himself. He and his Porsche team-mates have been in control of the race for almost nine hours, everything running smoothly through the desert night. Then, suddenly,…
Relief all round on the grippy subject of motor sport tyre supply this month after confirmation that the Avon brand has been saved by a newly created company that flips…
A 1974 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 TT 12, formerly owned by Jacky Ickx, is now up for sale – and you can buy it for a lot less than other cars of the era...
Sebastian Vettel is set to test a Porsche 963 Hypercar, having already been linked with a Le Mans drive. But would his return really add that much to the world of racing?
A key sports car in Porsche's racing history – driven once by Niki Lauda – has now come up for sale
The story of Jean Rondeau, the last garagista to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, is a tale of grit, determination and against-the-odds endeavour that propelled the Frenchman from near-obscurity…
