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X-ray spec: Jaguar XJ13
Starved of support, XJ13's potential stayed hidden for years. Keith Howard talks with the man who tested it against its main…

Starved of support, XJ13's potential stayed hidden for years. Keith Howard talks with the man who tested it against its main…
Shelsley Walsh led the way for speed hillclimbs in Britain. Bill Boddy emphasises why this historic venue must not go the…
It was not an obvious choice, but the big 3500 put Rover on the tin-top map. British Leyland's then motorsport…
The one that got away Al Unser Snr: 1973 Indianapolis 500 He won it four times, but he has even more…
John Surtees was always destined to become a constructor. At least that's how it appeared from the outside. For he…
Willy Mairesse — Le Chevalier Meurtri By Christophe A Gaascht ISBN 2-930277-09-2 Published by Nostalgia Editions, £26 approx. Willy Mairesse…
The 3-litre twin-ohc Super Sports Sunbeam was among the most interesting of vintage cars, distinguished by its racing-type engine when not many…
The annual Brooklands Society dinner and prize presentation is to be held in the Chequered Flag Room of the Brooklands Museum…
Scanning lists of ca makes, I am surprised at some of the names used, which would not encourage me to buy…
Two very different enthusiasts' cars of the early post-vintage period were the AC Bertelli four-cylinder Le Mans Aston Martin and the…
Have you heard the silly story of cars whose mechanical characteristics might perhaps cause adverse comment from those unacquainted with them?…
A reader asks me when national colours were first introduced for racing, and in what colours for which nation. A…
Carlos Sainz Sr is considering challenging FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in this year's election for the top job at racing's governing body. But he'll have to overturn the odds to succeed
A few days before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix I asked someone at Mercedes-Benz which one of its drivers the team most wanted to win the world championship. “Lewis” came…
Jorge Martin said his Thai Grand Prix victory was the best MotoGP success of his life. And he wasn’t wrong. It followed disasters over the previous two weekends – crashing…
Flavio Briatore was involved in Renault/Alpine's most shameful F1 episode, but the team desperately needs 'the ultimate hustler', says Damien Smith, author of a book on Benetton, which gave Briatore his GP racing break