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Snaking between two Scottish mountains, this narrow pass was feared by early motorists. Then it became the most challenging hillclimb…
Snaking between two Scottish mountains, this narrow pass was feared by early motorists. Then it became the most challenging hillclimb…
Despite laughable budgets and two serious shunts, John Watson finally got the F1 chance he deserved. Paul Fearnley retraces the…
15 minutes of fame Safir: 1975 British GP F3 race Eleven different chassis competed in British F3 in 1975, but one…
The Safari was the world's most photogenic event; Reinhard Klein is rallying's greatest photgrapher. This is a selection of stunning images…
Three decades after being sold as just another lot in a liquidation sale, this incredible GT racer has been unearthed. Paul Fearnley tells…
The Brighton Run for veteran cars, on November 2, was as usual tremendously successful, as one of the world's most important…
I knew Derek Buckler quite well. A rather serious chap, and why not, when you are selling kit-car parts and complete…
After a long wait I have the true story about when John Duff, driving one of the pre-war 22.5-litre chain-drive…
The present owner of the low-chassis S-type 4.5-litre Invicta which the late Bugatti exponent Lindsay Eccles owned until 1947, and…
Nigel Orlebar, who died aged 87 in September, joined the VSCC in 1936. His mother had competed in pre-WWI hillclimbs in…
My recent item about a Bamford & Martin Aston Martin brought encouraging news of these cars. Andy Bell of Ecurie Bertelli…
Journalists are told not to reveal their news sources, which in politics has led to tragic results. I wonder who in…
Ronnie Peterson: Formula One Super Swede By Johnny Tipler ISBN 1 902351 07 X Published by Coterie Press Ltd, £34.95 If…
The fairytale played out. Pierre Gasly, the demoted Red Bull driver, pounced upon a series of lucky breaks to deliver a brilliant pressure victory drive at the same venue as…
“Have I won the championship?” asked Nelson Piquet Jr seconds after crossing the finishing line in Battersea Park. “By my calculations, you have, mate,” answered TV commentator Jack Nicholls in…
Johnny Herbert has called for an in-depth review into how grands prix are run, following the contentious end to this year's F1 championship and a series of inconsistent stewarding decisions.…
All it takes is a tricky combination of temperature, track surface and thinner-gauge rubber, and the competitive picture changes completely. We saw it from Melbourne to the contrasting Bahrain/China/Baku run…