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Matters of moment, May 2017
It’s Sunday lunchtime at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The rain has held off, but a freezing wind bites into every…
It’s Sunday lunchtime at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The rain has held off, but a freezing wind bites into every…
With Silverstone’s opener starting this month, here’s how things are poised in the wake of Audi’s exit Audi has departed,…
Olympian winners compete together at Classic At least five Olympic gold medallists will make their race debuts in the celebrity…
Patrick Nève The first driver signed by Williams Grand Prix Engineering, Patrick Nève has died aged 67. Nève worked at…
Major car changes – yet the results aren’t what we expected New Formula 1 cars, with bigger wings, more powerful…
Lewis Hamilton arrived in Melbourne adamant that Ferrari had the fastest car. Yes, he was relieved that the awkward balance…
We understand that McLaren management has looked very hard at whether it would be possible to exit its contract with…
Turns 11 & 12, Albert Park For the first few minutes, standing adjacent to the approach of the fast Turn…
Nostalgia. We all love it. Can’t get enough of it, in fact. At least if the worldwide explosion of Goodwood-inspired…
Sixty years ago, the eighth season of the FIA’s Formula 1 world championship started with a race whose runners, riders…
Grand Prix motorcycling has known few riders as wild as Wayne Gardner, who gave Australia its first premier-class world title…
Door handles. That was one of the notable upgrades when Triumph decided the TR3 deserved some extra appeal. In those…
McLaren’s star car outshines its rivals We are used to car manufacturers saving their best stuff for the Geneva show…
The GTS is the Goldilocks 911, taking the best that the range has to offer and ditching the worst No…
How do you improve on the brilliant GT86? With difficulty, as this mid-life facelift proves Not before time, Toyota’s broadly acclaimed…
The best Vanquish yet? Perhaps so, but there are better Aston alternatives It has got there. Aston’s doughty old V12…
The numbers are good, the manner of its delivery rather less so For people who want a compact sporting saloon…
The truly great John Surtees I first saw John Surtees at Brands Hatch in 1954 on the REG and his…
Crashed and Byrned – 2017 updated edition Tommy Byrne & Mark Hughes Try and buy a second-hand copy of this…
Thirty years after it burst onto the scene, Ford’s Sierra RS Cosworth remains one of the most thrilling tin-top racers…
Maverick Viñales started this season as MotoGP title favourite. But he’s not won a race since May. What went wrong? It’s been a strange year for Maverick Viñales. He has…
Car manufacturers are rethinking the justifications of competing in Formula 1; does Honda's departure signal a return to the earlier days of the sport?
Manor and TRS will enter two Ginetta LMP1s into World Endurance Championship ‘superseason’ Manor Racing has confirmed it will field two Ginetta G60-LT-P1s in this season's World Endurance Championship's 'superseason'. It…
I only know one politician and we were chums long before he felt the call of his party. He is, at least as I write in this election week, the…