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The month in MOTOR SPORT
Nov 8: Alister McRae, son of Jimmy and younger brother of Colin, is surprise winner of the Shell Rally Scholarship.…

Nov 8: Alister McRae, son of Jimmy and younger brother of Colin, is surprise winner of the Shell Rally Scholarship.…
Mercedes will not be competing in Formula 1, either in 1992 or the foreseeable future. That was the surprise message…
The disclosure of initial plans to redevelop the Jim Clark Memorial Trophy Room met with a storm of protest, but…
To those who hark back to his Formula Three days he is still the Man Who Could Beat Senna, but…
The very existence of the Sportscar World Championship, the modern incarnation of endurance racing, was called into question at the…
October 27 Mercedes wins the final round of the 1991 Sportscar World Championship at Autopolis, Japan. Silk Cut Jaguar is…
Cataluña Rally When Toyota Team Europe went to Spain for the Cataluña Rally the prime object was to get Carlos…
Lombard RAC Rally When Carlos Sainz crashed out of contention on the 1000 Lakes Rally, then rolled several times during…
Whilst these words were being written, the Formula 1 market for 1992 looked on - paper - to be relatively…
For months, the world's motor racing media has speculated about Mercedes-Benz's desire to return to Grand Prix racing for the…
This is the story of a Frazer Nash, not one of the old chain-driven sports cars, but a 1950 Le…
Jim Hall. It may only comprise seven letters but that name represents one of the biggest in motorsports. Born in…
How a 50 year-old hot rodder and the 17 year-old car he built himself tore up the form book to…
People ask what 400mph is really like and its kinda hard to explain," said rocket car pilot Bob Tatroe in…
If Rosco McGlashan has his way, his Thrust-like Aussie Invader will deprive Richard Noble of his outright land speed record…
They never warned us about things like this at school. Cigarettes, heroin, Newcastle Brown, the local girls high school. .…
Less weight or more power? Your choice from Weissach Two ways to spend over £60,000 on a new, rear-engined Porsche…
Monte Carlo Rally Before the war the Monte Carlo Rally was THE great winter adventure, greatly enjoyed by the many…
Backtracking on the successful 1991 Benson & Hedges RAC Veteran Car Run, the permissible number of ancients had been increased…
The Diatto has the considerable distinction of having been the fore-runner of the Maserati. Yet the first such cars were…
The guests of honour at this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca are Sir Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney. The irrepressible Moss will make his return to US…
The 24 Hour War, directed by Nate Adams and Adam Carolla, is due for release "soon" and charts the Ford vs Ferrari battle at Le Mans in the 1960s. The fight…
We’re just two weeks from press day for the Geneva Motorshow, the single most important annual event in the diary of most motoring journalists, the one even those with an…
Remembering Martin Birrane, team owner, racer, and businessman who died on June 9, 2018 What’s in a life? In the case of Martin Birrane, probably around a dozen of them…