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Can you trump a sports-racer with an Escort? Ah, the long summers of 1976/77. Drought, James Hunt versus Niki Lauda,…
Can you trump a sports-racer with an Escort? Ah, the long summers of 1976/77. Drought, James Hunt versus Niki Lauda,…
Gerry and clay Gerry Marshall died on April 21 2005, of natural causes, while he was doing what he was…
Berger buys share in F1 team Austrian re-enters grand prix arena after taking new role in Scuderia Toro Rosso. But…
Ford Escort, Osterreichring, 1979 by Gerhard Berger In the village where I lived there was a guy who had a…
Martin Morris One of the best-known vintage racers has died, aged 74. Hugely successful with ERA R11B, winning 10 Seaman…
There wasn't an earthquake in New Zealand in February but it felt like it! Mark Holman reports As far from…
Time was when I used to go to the Daytona 500 every year. For one thing, the Florida weather in…
Eric Offenstadt Works Matra and Lotus driver, bike racing star, technical wizard — and clearly a fan of Hunter Thompson…
40/30/20/10 years ago 1996 Damon Hill maintains his perfect score with victory in the Argentinian GP. Jacques Villeneuve makes it…
Mansell and Unipart Nigel Mansell's two sons are to take the first steps in their car racing careers this year…
Ten years on from Jacques Villeneuve, Nico Rosberg is entering the F1 scene at Williams There's a neat symmetry to…
Ralph de Palma – Gentleman Champion by Gary Doyle, ISBN 9729144 8 X published by Golden Age Books, $80 www.king-of-the-boards.com…
Letter of the month Cars, beer and girls I enjoyed Gordon Cruickshank's article on the Tasman Series, which was almost…
Paul Ricard, 1971 With the Grand PrIx of France taking place on the newly built multi-million-pound Paul Ricard circuit alongside…
His sponsor hoodwinked Saab into going F3 but he might have come out of it OK if he'd been Brazilian,…
DTV and Gerry Marshall were giants of 1970s British motorsport. Dave Richards looks back... From the outside, Dealer Team Vauxhall…
Super Saloons brought the maddest variations of production car models ever to be seen on British racetracks. Marcus Pye looks…
Everything changed for Clay Regazzoni on March 30 1980. The accident at Long Beach that left him in a wheelchair…
Drivers who raced what you wouldn't expect them to... Benny Parsons BMW 3.0CSL, Daytona 24 Hours, 1976. By Gary Watkins…
Italian GP 1948: the first time a Ferrari appeared in a grand prix. And it led! Paolo d'Alessio tells the…
It's Revival week, and Dickie Meaden's sharing an Alfa with an unknown Italian... Racing at Goodwood Revival is never something to take for granted. So even though I’ve been fortunate…
Tiff Needell joined Ed Foster at Woodcote Park for the latest Royal Automobile Club Talk Show in association with Motor Sport. The topic? The 2017 Formula 1 season. Download
IndyCar driver-turned team owner Bryan Herta says racing was the best job in the world, but now relishes the even greater intensity of running his own squad
I grew up in a household where adding the prefix ‘Persil’ was the only way to turn ‘automatic’ into a less than dirty word. We didn’t simply not care for…