Just turn the key and go. Sure, the clutch is stiff but not the cartilage-crushing heft of the 935, and…

It was like a Hollywood script: an underdog team, a chassis from an unproven designer, and the first flash of…

Roger Cowman is used to the scream of Formula One cars – he runs the EuroBOSS series which provides an arena…

A typical summer's day in England: rain. And talk was of the Northants floods just forded. Then two things happened,…

44 CMN is the actual car, the Audi UK car, that Blomqvist drove to victory on the 1983 RAC, his…

Not every manufacturer went the turbo route: Lancia's first GpB offering was supercharged. 037 made its WRC debut in Corsica…

The first appearance of the Sport Quattro was in Corsica, May 1984. Audi felt the initiative was slipping away from…

The only major unblown GpB contender, 6R4 was homologated in November 1985, complete with its first evolution comprising lighter body…

Some say that any car built in the Reliant factory at Tamworth must have an in-built Trotter complex. Certainly, Ford's…

When Talbot clinched the WRC manufacturers' title in 1981 with Toivonen and Guy Fréquelin in Sunbeam Lotuses, it provided the…

George Bignotti was a chief mechanic in Champ Car racing for 30 years. Correction: he was the chief mechanic. Eighty-five…

Track test This circuit for heroes attracted the cream of French and British competitors. But success came at a high…

In 1926 Henry Segrave embarked on his Land Speed Record battle with Malcolm Campbell. His V12 Sunbeam broke Campbell's record…

Hegemony in Formula 1 — if you're clever enough to achieve it in the first place — rarely lasts for…

"Ground effect is not very sensitive to ride height as long as sliding skirts are permitted. FW07 had 75mm of…

Ian Stewart beat Moss – but then followed a very different career path. By Eric Dymock When Ian Stewart defeated Stirling…

Ford's decision to abandon Formula 1 has created a cloud of uncertainty, not just over Jaguar — up for sale…

Frentzen's chase for the title Australian GP (Albert Park Irvine 10 Frentzen 6 Häkkinen 0 M Schumacher 0 Brazilian GP (Interlagos)…

Lotus 23B vs Westfield XTR4 Eras change, but the racer's urge to shave every tenth doesn't. Richard Heseltine pits a track-day…

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