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…

Adelaide 1986 seems so very far away now, doesn't it? Nigel Mansell drove such a perfect race there, avoiding confrontation, holding back, putting himself in just the right position and…

The death of Ayrton Senna was as massive a blow to racing as Jim Clark’s in 1968. Both were the clear yardsticks of their generation, though Ayrton’s occasional penchant for…

Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…

Half a century after his untimely death at the Italian Grand Prix meant he became Formula 1’s only posthumous world champion, Jochen Rindt’s influence smoulders still in a certain quarter…

Back in October 2018, Bloodhound hit major financial troubles and its appointed administrator, FRP Advisory LLP, appealed for interested parties to save the project. There were several, but when everything…

Mazda RX-7 Mazda makes no bones about it; the brand new version of its successful 2 + 2 sports coupe RX-7 was designed from the start for the American market.…

Sour grapes It could have been one of his great Grand Prix wins. Instead, Portugal's F1 round will go down in history as the first time in 1989 that Nigel Mansell made a…

All at sea Question: What do all the wet F1 races since Monaco 1984 have in common? Answer: Ayrton Senna. Others have had their moments. Who could forget the rate…

A fillip for racing Success came early for Renault, after all. it came in appalling conditions in Montreal, when the rain which had wrongly been forecast for Friday and Saturday…

Plus ca change Suddenly, things weren’t looking so rosy for Ayrton Senna. The rot had started with that electronics problem in Phoenix, but even as he retired on lap 44…

Victory interface Ron Dennis’ uncompromising commitment to the pursuit of success might rub some people up the wrong way, but even his critics came away from the Autodromo Nelson Piquet…