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Ayrton Senna through the keyhole
F1 Retro February 2010 It’s 30 years since Ayrton Senna claimed his final F1 drivers’ crown. Snapshots of Senna, written…
F1 Retro February 2010 It’s 30 years since Ayrton Senna claimed his final F1 drivers’ crown. Snapshots of Senna, written…
Regulars may recall I have remarked at times upon the uneasy correlation between cars that are fast and those that…
When Porsche launched the new 911 GT3 earlier in the year we were all a bit shocked that it had…
I have decided that there is one attribute I value in a car more than any other. It is that…
Lockdown has produced many self-starter projects; few of them can have had such impressive outcomes. This is the story of…
Once upon a time it was the original Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost which was the most famous car in the world,…
It’s time to cast your vote in the 2021 Hall of Fame. Pick your favourite from the five categories shown…
Anyone who has been to the Mexican Grand Prix or the Carrera Panamericana will have been infused with the nation’s…
My toughest rival has always been myself. I was very rarely satisfied with my performance so the person I had…
A stitch in time saves drive. An overdramatic paraphrase of an old saying, perhaps, but securing further sponsorship, no matter…
I refer to the very interesting article Born Not To Run (October) and in particular to the story about the…
Editor Simon de Burton • Bremont's British belter • Richard Mille's new classic • A Lange & Söhne's prize •…
Precision, Winter 2021 When brothers Nick and Giles English sketched out their initial plan to launch Bremont in 2002, their…
Precision, Winter 2021 It’s 3am on a Sunday and I’m standing near the Mulsanne turn, happily breathing in the smell…
Precision, Winter 2021 One of the most covetable watches to appear this year was a beautifully nuanced chronograph with a…
Precision, Winter 2021 If ever you find yourself accused of spending too much time messing about in old cars, point…
Precision, Winter 2021 There is certainly no shortage of British watch brands offering home-grown designs right now, but few can…
He might only have founded the company six years ago, but it’s fair to say that car-mad Shami Kalra’s Omologato…
Precision, Winter 2021 If you're as much a fan of boats as cars, the name of French watchmaker Michel Herbelin…
Precision, Winter 2021 Copenhagen-based REC this year marked its first decade in the watch business, during which time it has…
Lamborghini CEO and former Scuderia Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali will replace Chase Carey as Formula 1 CEO in 2021. Carey had already confirmed that he is stepping down from…
Roger Penske’s team dominated this year’s Verizon IndyCar series. His cars won 10 of 16 races and the team took its 14th USAC, CART, IRL or IndyCar championship amid an…
Dear Nigel, If I’m not mistaken the Aussie racing driver Frank Gardner recently turned 80. Do you know if there’s a biography of this legend in the pipeline? From the…
McLaren chassis designer Matthew Jeffreys remembers the MP4/8, the car in which Ayrton Senna valiantly took five wins against adversity in 1993 – including his last F1 victory