ThrustSSC's designers discuss the lost record car of George Eyston with Keith Howard You'd think that someone who had broken the Land Speed Record for Britain two years in succession,…

Gordon Murray's move to Woking let him tackle some unfinished business, he tells Keith Howard Brabham scaled its last summit with Nelson Piquet's World Championship in 1983, after which it…

Although the change to a 1.5-litre engine capacity for Formula 1 from 1961 could hardly be described as a popular alteration to the regulations, it did have the effect of…

Three wins may not sound earth-shaking. But, as its designer explains to Keith Howard, Maranello's '89 car moved the goalposts Designed by Briton John Barnard following his departure from McLaren…

In grand prix racing’s most potent demonstration of yin and yang, the six seasons leading up to WWII were both a golden era for the sport and one malign component…

By his own admission Robin Herd "vacillated and wavered" over which path to follow after leaving Cosworth in 1969. He could either take Bernie Ecclestone's shilling and design a car…

After the euphoria of VE day and VJ day, and the demobbing of the armed forces, Britain woke up to a post-war reality summarised in a single word: austerity. Food…

In 1981, the year before his death, Colin Chapman's Lotus colleagues witnessed something incredible: the most creative racing car designer of the time fell out of love with motorsport. Convinced…

Two brave design choices brought dominating success, the car's designer tells Keith Howard In Formula One the 1980s were McLaren's decade. From 1980 to '89 the team won no fewer…

Coventry's endurance racer broke new ground, both in structure and aerodynamic. Keith Howard talks tot the man who developed a legendDown the decades numerous cars have claimed to draw inspiration…

Lotus 63 4WD worked at Indianapolis, so it had to be good news for F1, right? Wrong. John Miles, GP driver and engineer, explains why to Keith Howard To innovate…

Very few Italians would be inclined to acknowledge it, but the unique competition record of the Alfa 158, the original Alfetta, arguably owes as much to the rise of National…