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Cases of style over substance
If it looks right, it’ll go right. How many times have we heard this truism over the years? Of course,…
If it looks right, it’ll go right. How many times have we heard this truism over the years? Of course,…
Aviation and motor sport have been inextricably linked since virtually the beginning. When Camille Jenatzy won the Gordon Bennett Trophy…
This is bound to upset some of the faithful, but I’m afraid I never quite ‘got’ the Gilles Villeneuve ‘thing’.…
The creators of the miniscule Bedelia wanted to reduce the machine’s parking footprint – so they put the seats in…
Sherlock Holmes remains the greatest fictional detective of them all, quoted frequently, even in a Times leader, in spite of…
Years ago I was given an impressive ride in a schoolmaster’s 1½-litre side-valve sports two-seater Riley Redwing, made in Coventry…
A letter from the grandson of E H Ware reminds me of Ware’s Brooklands racing with Morgan three-wheelers, and the accident he…
Some recent correspondence has reminded me of how we ran the famous 1924 Grand Prix Sunbeam on the public road.…
Apologies to Lewis Hamilton fans, for he did indeed drive a wonderful race to win Monaco for the second time. But he was not the man of the weekend: Daniel…
On the surface, it might not appear a particularly forward-thinking move to rehire a 73-year-old official five seasons after he stepped away from Formula 1. But the return of Herbie…
Josef Newgarden was lucky to escape from a big crash at the Texas Motor Speedway last weekend with no worse injuries than a broken right clavicle and hand. It’s a…
Cycling has provided Valtteri Bottas with an escape from a disappointing season with Alfa Romeo. But the Finn tells Chris Medland that he's still motivated by F1 — and would be happy to sign a deal to drive for Audi in 2026