I’d been in the world 14 years and one month when, on January 4, 1967, I watched Donald Campbell’s fatal Bluebird somersault on Coniston Water, on our black and white…

The record books hold few entries for him yet Chris Bristow is now remembered by some who knew him as "a Michael Schumacher of his day". A meteor in the…

Amidst all the euphoria of Mansell and Senna and their transatlantic crossings, Rick Ravon Mears stepped from the spotlight last December. As ever, when he announced his intention to retire…

Ayrton Senna was the most committed man I ever met. The sheer depth of his approach to his profession was something few ordinary people could truly understand. We speak of…

They started out as friends. indeed, Jimmy Murphy was Tommy Milton's protégé. But as proof that there is nothing new under the racing sun, they fell out in a manner…

At 8.46 on the morning of January 4 1967 Donald Campbell took what became the last great gamble of his life on Coniston Water. Only moments after speeding down the…