The Penske team was in trouble. Firstly, its PC16 hadn't worked in the opening rounds of 1987, and now it faced the Indy 500, running year-old March 86Cs. Then, early…

Shielding my eyes against the sun, I gaze back along the straight. Stretching to the horizon is a silver-black band of Tarmac spray-gunned with can and shrouded by converging lines…

Rain drumming on your helmet as you snuggle into your BRM. Check the belts are tight. Release the clutch and off onto the warm-up lap. The track is flooded. A…

The Mercedes W154 is one of the machines in the running to be named Race Car of the Century; will it get your vote? Click below or scroll to the…

"What? Is it coming back?" asks Eric van De Peoele, winner of the final Birmingham Superprix in 1990. Not a chance, I reply. "Oh, that's a pity," says the Belgian.…

"It was different to the other F3000 street race," says Ron Tauranac. "Pau was somewhere you took your wife and stayed on after the race; Birmingham wasn't!" His marque scored…

A car's greatness can be measured not just in results but also by the memories it triggers. Some of the 956/962's famous operators tell David Malsher what this car means…

Wolf WR1, Lotus 49B, Maserati 250F and Alfa Romeo 8C - Monaco Grand Prix winners all. But how did they fare at this year's historique festival? David Malsher followed them…

Top event at Goodwood's Revival will be the St Mary's Trophy.David Malsher assesses the chances of the race's two main stars Give me Goodwood on a summer's afternoon and you…

Street racing in Britain has been to Motorsport what Holland has been to Downhill skiing, but the vision of one man gave it a foothold. Had it received a vital…

Blip, blip, buzz — pause — clunk, sputter, sputter. This Lotus 'queerbox' is in perfect condition. But it's still a sod. Next lap, into the first corner, there's a confident…

Ferrari had romanced him. He had joined as its number one; Gilles was its number two. All seemed in order... until South Africa, of all places. The third grand prix…