British teams and two Scotsmen dominate F1. Ford invests heavily to make its mark at Le Mans, the finances Cosworth's…

Sportscar rule contentions The first 917 appeared at Geneva, the second and third at Le Mans, and now an assembly…

Ultimate slipstream classic It was still anyone's race and Mike Hailwood led at 51 laps, just as Peter Gethin passed…

Ford conquers Le Mans During the last half-hour the two Shelby cars closed up together, Ken Miles waiting for Bruce…

'Gimmick' goes into production Just 12 months ago when I was at the Lamborghini factory at St Agata, near Bologna,…

Michael Cotton: Assistant editor 1966-67 'Bod and Jenks' as they were always referred to, were not inseparable but they were…

Kaboom! McLaren's Mephistophelian M8F fires up like the Battle of Jutland. Its eight litres of Chevy Big Block then settles…

Denny Hulme scored the maiden Can-Am victory for McLaren Cars at Elkhart Lake in 1967. He scored its last, too,…

Lola got the jump on McLaren in the 'big banger' stakes with its beautiful, well-balanced T70 coupe. John Surtees used…

Formula One sets out on its new course as Bernie Ecclestone begins to tighten his grip on it --- can…

Jenks on talent versus effort The casual F1 observer could be forgiven for thinking that the Lotus 79 is little…

1982 San Marino strike The week before the race the FIA decreed that running cars under the 580kg limit was…

Arnoux/Villeneuve duel With ten laps to go there now started a memorable battle for second place, so fierce and competitive…

Clive Richardson, Deputy editor 1972-80 Nurtured by Motor Sports read under my school desk, being the only full-time editorial staffer…

'Little flying Golf ball' Volkswagen's astonishing 110bhp 113mph Golf GTi is already a cult car, and the new five-speed model…

Colin Chapman was renowned for discovering the next big F1 thing --- and the Lotus boss was a sucker for…

"If some was good then more must be better." That's Peter Wright's take on Chapman's reasoning with the 80. It…

The era of Senna vs Prost, the trials and tribulations of Nigel Mansell, Group C sports cars and Jaguar's rebirth,…

Jenks on 1992 San Marino GP It would be an understatement to say Williams-Renault dominated the San Marino Grand Prix.…

Fatal shunt and `supercar' ban There was a time when rallying not only sold motor cars but also helped develop…