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How can Audi and Porsche enter F1? Ask Mark
Hi Mark. What’s the deal with Audi and Porsche both joining F1? The two were stopped from co-existing in sports…

Hi Mark. What’s the deal with Audi and Porsche both joining F1? The two were stopped from co-existing in sports…
Right now, Toyota boasts three manual-transmission performance cars. Naming other carmakers who can claim the same is a depressingly short…
What do the Range Rover and Porsche 911 have in common? Only that they have both been so successful that,…
There’s something for lesser Audis to learn from this flagship saloon. How pleasing it is to see a truly rapid…
Horological historians will know that Abraham-Louis Breguet is best associated with the development of the tourbillon – and since he…
Hungarian Grand Prix July 29-31 If there’s one race that stands out from a highly crowded July – during which…
I’m glad I can open this review with the Darl’mat versions of the Peugeots which raced successfully at Le Mans…
Scholarly. That’s the best word for this discussion on the future of automotive history. It’s hard to summarise how much…
John Watson came to England from Northern Ireland to make his name in 1969. His natural talent was immediately recognised…
I’m going back to 1993, and it’s one that got away – my great rival Joachim Winkelhock beating me to…
Not quite the BBC, perhaps, but this was typical of the Brazilian broadcasting art in 1987. Apart from his attire…
I read with interest your recognition of the recent passing of Tony Brooks [Matters of Moment, July]. As an eight-year-old,…
As you might imagine, compiling a top-30 list of motor racing’s pivotal happenings was a headache of formidable proportions. Through…
It seemed only right to go back. I was here 11 years ago in the very first product created by…
McLaren was never not going to race the Artura and with the 720S looking after the GT3 category, GT4 is…
It nearly didn’t happen. Jost capito was a step away from retirement when he agreed to join Williams Racing as…
New Zealander Brendon Hartley won Le Mans for the third time this summer, an impressive feat in itself, but he…
Fate has a reputation for moving in mysterious ways, but can sometimes be unexpectedly productive. When watchmaker and motor sport…
Good grief. I haven’t sat in this since I climbed out at Brands Hatch in 1972, having just buried it…
Italian racing cars from the 1950s don’t come much more ‘quintessential’ than this spectacular Maserati A6GCS/53, one of the 48…
It’s not the sexiest in motorsporting terms but I am guessing that we have all done it – and on occasion rather enjoyed it: ragged a front-wheel-drive car. Okay, so…
The second in our series of tech investigations into all six MotoGP factories: this week we reveal the main aims on Ducati’s 2018 R&D list Last season Ducati played its…
Some of the greatest names in US racing remember the 1967 Indy 500, won by AJ Foyt. Parnelli Jones, who celebrates his 83rd birthday today (August 12), dominated the race…
My question about the 2015 racing season is: will it witness the resurgence of the big, powerful super teams of the past? I’m talking about Penske in America in NASCAR and IndyCar…