The little grey autograph book was lost many years ago. No great loss. Even as a young child I never…

Back in Australia in early 1966, when I was 13 and the world seemed to go on forever, the talk…

John Surtees’ glittering celebrity status is rightly underpinned by his unique achievement of being the only competitor ever to win…

My first memory of seeing Jackie Stewart is at the Oulton Park Gold Cup meeting in 1964: a small trim…

James Hunt. Two words that trigger opinion and emotion. A name that transcends the sport that made him a global…

Monza, 1989. As we walked through the paddock, Nigel Roebuck, Alan Henry and I, a forlorn figure limped towards us.…

Back in 1985 when covering the national racing scene I got my hands on a complete set of commentators’ sheets…

"Lewis broke all the records when he arrived in Formula 1 in 2007,” says the managing director of McLaren Jonathan…

Jenson Button was always special, it just took longer than it should have for his stars to align so he…

"When Gilles was around,” said an acquaintance of mine, “for me there was only one driver in the race…” I…

Ever since the likes of John Cooper and Colin Chapman started dominating Grand prix racing in the late 1950s and…

In the 1990s saloon car racing pulled in record crowds. Now enthusiasts for that dramatic era have fired up those…

There are many examples of a racer’s talent being passed on from father to son, and even to a third…

Against all normal wisdom, if you want to take your Ferrari 458 to Le Mans you’ll need to de-tune the…

Gaining a licence to be let loose on the tracks has never been easier. Even for the lowliest form of…

Alfa Romeo has announced the return of the Alfa Spider, to be built by Mazda in Hiroshima from 2015. Don’t…

I’ve not recently witnessed a more improbable scene than watching Sir Stirling and Lady Susie Moss, Norman Dewis and Patrick…

The death of Roy Salvadori just three weeks affer the passing of Carroll Shelby meant that the only two people…

Cars intended to function equally well on road and track rarely work. To a car designer they're as different as…

One of the many problems faced by Lotus right now is how to make money out of the Elise. We,…