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Inside line: Nick Whale
With historic rally and race cars on hand, he has the best of both worlds What events have you done…

With historic rally and race cars on hand, he has the best of both worlds What events have you done…
Mac Hulbert and his ERA R4D claimed their third major hillclimb scalp of the VSCC year when its season was…
British racers Jeff Stow and Nick Faure were two of the stars of the Circuit des Remparts meeting at Angouleme. While Stow…
Ryan Delane, son of Tyrrell F1 racer John, made his European race debut in the FORCE event at Le Mans.…
Rod Jolley revelled in the slippery conditions at Zandvoort, sliding his Cooper T45/51 to a clear win in a modestly supported…
The penultimate round of the TGP season set up a tense finale between Fredy Kumschick in his Williams FW07C, Mike Wrigley (Tyrrell…
The FORCE season wrapped up at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit with wins for Peter Williams (March 761) and Klaus Fiedler…
The fine summer enjoyed by much of the Northern Hemisphere this year duly had its effect on agriculture, commerce, horticulture — and…
1974 Austrian at Osterreichring by Dieter Quester You were 35 when your Formula One chance came up. Had you tried…
1993 Ayrton Senna signs off his six-year spell at McLaren with victories at Suzuka and Adelaide (above). Franco Cunico scores a…
By Sir Stirling Moss "I did have a motorsport hero when I was a kid — Prince Bira — but only because…
Adelaide 1986 The result at Indianapolis meant that we were denied a three-way title showdown. That's a shame, because the last…
Jim Hall is tall for a racing driver — for that's what he was to begin with. He would be…
Before he was a constructor, Jim Hall was a customer. Preston Lerner describes the hot-rod origins of the car which…
Racing cars normally progress by evolution. But Jim Hall took the 'blue sky' approach for his new car. Preston Lerner…
Talk about going out in style! Not only did Phil Hill win the last professional race he entered — the BOAC…
In the calm after the storm of a grand prix, Marc Surer sat still for a moment in his hire…
Fifteen minutes of fame Protos: 1967 Deutschland Trophy Frank Costin reckoned the F2 field couldn't see the wood for the…
Martyn Wainwright was the official motorsport photographer for Irish Motoring Life in the late fifties. But as well as regulation black-and-whites for…
Fast and dangerous, the final version of the Czech circuit was an eye-opener in many ways for the tin-top stars…
Those of you who tweet will be familiar with Audi’s hashtag #welcomechallenges. Well, the team from Ingolstadt sure had some challenges at Le Mans 2015, and of course the biggest…
Pitch your questions to John Barnard for our next podcast Credited with the introduction of the carbon fibre chassis into Formula 1 with McLaren and the F1 semi-automatic gearbox with…
First turbo to compete at Le Mans 24 Hours to be auctioned at Amelia Island Photos courtesy of Gooding & Company, Brian Henniker This 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.1…
The Isle of Man could never be classed as spacious. But the Motovelocidad del valle makes it looks moderately so. Our MotoGP writer Mat Oxley stumbled across this frightening seven minutes…