The interview has finished and arguably the greatest race car designer of the modern era gets up and wanders over to the window of his office. “Well, if we are…

You will have noticed that there have been some changes to your issue of Motor Sport this month. As a reader I know that any change to a much-loved magazine…

The great thing about awards season in motor racing is seeing various pieces of exotic metal being manhandled into the most unlikely of spaces. This year has been a vintage…

The general election season brings to mind my favourite government resignation letter of all time. It was addressed to then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and read: ‘Dear Gordon, As you…

In the competitive world of sports journalism it is sometimes hard to give credit where it is due. Editors don’t tend to congratulate rivals on a great story much –…

Last month Motor Sport decamped to the London Institute of Engineering and Technology for our first Game Changers evening. These live talk shows allow us – and of course our…

I spent a late summer Sunday afternoon lying on the grass in a clearing by Westfield Bend at Brands Hatch last month, scoffing blackberries picked from the brambles behind me,…

Standing on the podium at Le Mans, Wei Lu looked like any other driver who has conquered the famous 24-hour race: shattered. “I wish we could have done a bit…

The last time I saw Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle in person, he was dusting off his motor cycle at the Northamptonshire circuit, ready for the ride home at the…

One of my first jobs at Motor Sport was to test a Ferrari GTC4 Lusso. The subsequent report noted that although the large V12 powered four-seater was brilliantly engineered, it…

As luck would have it I was at Motorsport UK’s offices at the end of last month, when the news broke that the British round of the World Rally Championship…

For the first time in its illustrious history the Victoria & Albert will be putting on an exhibition about cars. It seems extraordinary that the museum – which has had…