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A summary of classic and racing auctions from around the world in numbers RM Auctions Battersea Park September 8/9 120…
A summary of classic and racing auctions from around the world in numbers RM Auctions Battersea Park September 8/9 120…
The Ford Escort Mk1 Hannu Mikkola used to win the 1000 Lakes rally in 1970 has made its competition return…
Former F3 ace Bev Bond is planning to race in Historic Formula Ford next season – at the age of…
Darlington-based Jimmy Blumer, who died in August aged 82, was a leading national racing driver in the 1950s and 1960s.…
Desert warrior in village hall “Richard Noble is a legend. If only there were a few like him in government.”…
Audi’s Quattro concept had been widely trailed long before the show, but I refuse to get excited about it. The…
Family and comrades assemble in Holland to commemorate Roger Williamson and Piers Courage The names of Piers Courage and Roger…
...and on and on. Not much can match Frankfurt Intentionally or otherwise, within most motor shows lurks a theme that…
In Frankfurt few try to paddle hard against the tidal wave of German product, figuring there’s little point when the…
Not to be outdone, Porsche showed the final production version of its 918 supercar and timed its arrival to announce…
Sadly it look as though my days of Ferrari ownership remain as far into the future as ever. At a…
An original road test taken from the Motor Sport archives, January 1964 Soon after that man Chapman had been signed…
Mercedes-Benz’s offerings might have been less eye-catching, but that was more than offset by their considerable advantage in being genuine.…
For me, attention was held most by a phenomenon outside the halls: there, platoons of electric BMW i3s silently swept…
An other British manufacturer was also drawing unlikely amounts of attention and for all the right reasons. I think the…
There’s a surprise in the way this one goes Of all the car launches I wish I’d attended, I think…
Stupendously fast – but is it the 911 you want? I have driven at least one example of every Porsche…
All the right ingredients but not enough flavour For some time I have been evangelical on the subject of progress…
Four seats and every comfort. Is this the first hyper-saloon? You would think, would you not, that no Mercedes would…
On the subject of the 3.8 Jaguar that ended up in the lake at Oulton Park, my late father-in-law purchased…
Martin Donnelly's son thanks donors for their generosity, as appeal pledges pour in following news that the popular racer could lose a leg after an accident in a sponsored moped ride Martin Donnelly competing…
In the language of lap time, downforce is good but its associated drag is bad. Therefore bendy wings – which bend backwards and down at speed to reduce drag but…
Daniel Sexton Gurney, 1931-2018 He won in Formula 1, Indycar, international endurance racing and NASCAR – a feat matched only by Mario Andretti and Juan Pablo Montoya. He won in…
And then there were four: Sebastian Vettel has won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship and his name now sits alongside Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. As…