Archive Carbon/carbon brakes It took seven years for carbon brake discs to make their mark. Now F1 would not be without them. Keith Howard recalls one man's quest to make them work. So… June 1999 Issue By Keith Howard
Great Read Archive X-ray spec: Brabham BT52 – Gordon Murray's 5min F1 wonder For some, like Cosworth's Keith Duckworth, Formula 1's turbo era was a crazy aberration. When F1 's return to power had arrived in 1966, the rules included a provision for… May 2005 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Rhiando Trimax X-Ray spec: Rhiando Trimax Though only a bit-player on the motor racing stage, this one-off typifies the fresh thinking which led to the 500cc revolution. By Keith Howard After the… April 2004 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Grand designs 1986 Lancia battled Peugeot in the final year of Group B in the WRC. Keith Howard examines the technology If 1994 was F1's annus horribilis, for world championship rallying it was… February 2006 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Panoz GTR-1 It was a case of ‘about face’ when an American hopeful asked Reynard to design its Le Mans contender; here both parties explain how the engine came before the driver… August 2006 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Climax flat - 16 BRM had attempted it with disastrous results, but the allure of 16 cylinders was still strong 15 years later. Wally Hassan's new F1 Engine showed lots of promise; Trouble was,… February 2003 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Generating the power When BMW decided to tackle Formula One, they started with a humble four-cylinder saloon car engine - and quickly extracted power of a level we might never see again. Keith… January 2001 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive X-ray spec: Colin Chapman's Lotus 88 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… July 2005 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Castrol R It is curious that we understand much better than its inventors the way Castrol R works, yet take it for granted. Keith Howard redresses that balance In the case of… July 2000 Issue By Keith Howard
Archive Armco Barrier In the days when a driver's death was accepted as par for the course, the safety of spectators had a higher priority. Keith Howard reveals how crash barriers found their… March 2000 Issue By Keith Howard
Great Read Archive X-ray spec: Surtees on why Lola T70 was the perfect customer sports car Sports car racing assumed a distinctly transatlantic flavour in the 1960s when hybrids of European chassis and American V8s began to appear on US race circuits in significant numbers. In… August 2003 Issue By Keith Howard
Great Read Archive How Williams designed a Le Mans winner: the ultra-efficient BMW V12 LMR Before Williams and BMW tied the knot in Formula 1 they underwent a trial marriage in sports car racing. Unlike the F1 enterprise it quickly proved successful, adding a Le… April 2008 Issue By Keith Howard
