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James Diffey
One of Britain’s finest all-round historic competitors lost his battle with cancer at the age of 40. Diffey continued to…
One of Britain’s finest all-round historic competitors lost his battle with cancer at the age of 40. Diffey continued to…
Motorcycle racer, car designer and a legendary figure in New Zealand motorsport, George Begg died in April, aged 77. He…
Christopher Hilton The cover depicts Gilles Villeneuve whose death, for many, dominates the year in question. Yet there was so…
Michael Hewett Another day, another picture book, but that’s not to denigrate this hefty 352-page hardback. A year-by-year account of…
Ryan McGee No, NASCAR doesn’t normally figure on my radar, but the format of this one offers a crash course…
Doug Nye/David Weguelin A truly remarkable 90-minute disc showing more fascinating glimpses of motorsport through the ages. Introduced by the…
Eddie Jordan To some a racer through and through, to others a fame-chasing self-publicist, Eddie Jordan polarises opinion. The latter-day…
Plus – Bugatti Atalante sells well, mementos of Jenks and a stunning DB4GT That Monterey bonanza of Pebble Beach always…
Clark unmatched Sir, Thank you as ever for keeping the memory of Jim Clark so alive. I read John Surtees’…
Mic Maennling’s passion for motorsport was sparked by Stirling Moss, the1955 Mille Miglia and the pictures of Klemantaski (“Those early…
Dario Franchitti: He’d drunk the milk and done the interviews, but only after some sober reflection the next day did…
Mark Hughes: There are parallels between the situations of Jody Scheckter in 1979 and Kimi Räikönnen today. The South African…
Andrew Frankel: After the disappointing Europa, Lotus is back to doing what it does best with the road-legal 2-Eleven trackday…
Mario Andretti’s childhood years in a refugee camp in Italy and early racing career on US dirt tracks gave him…
Having already won the Formula 1 world title and the Indy 500, the mercurial Jacques Villeneuve turned to the 24…
Pescarolo Sport had garage number one at Le Mans this year, pole position in one of the world’s most recognisable…
The announcement in 2005 that Porsche would in the next year return to sports car racing with a purpose-built prototype met…
Herbert Linge was the first person taken on by Porsche in 1949. Heading its racing department while enjoying a successful…
Testing plays a huge part in today’s Formula 1 programmes, and it’s a seriously high-tech business. Rob Widdows joined BMW…
For someone of my vintage it’s a tremendous breath of fresh air to see someone like Lewis Hamilton doing so…
The third of our four Hall of Fame blogs examines the dazzling skills of the so-called natural riders: Freddie Spencer, Kevin Schwantz and Casey Stoner People often talk about naturally…
Before the weekend Jenson Button said that winning the Monaco Grand Prix would mean no more to him than any other race, but on Sunday afternoon he admitted that wasn’t…
Being a number two driver is a tag no Formula 1 racer wants to be associated with. Their job? To help their faster team-mate finish as high as possible, while…
Superswede, the story of the spectacular and popular Ronnie Peterson, was released in Sweden this week. It's a film that features many of his contemporaries, such as Niki Lauda and Sir…