Full of Eastern promise It may be two or three years before all the benefits of FISA's attention to the World Sports-Prototype Championship can be gauged, but immediately evident is…

Going solo Young Chul Kim will have owned Panther Cars for ten years by the time the first Solo 2 goes on sale, and it is quite remarkable how much…

4: 750 and 1200 Formulae More than ever, money is the criterion in motor racing today. Starting money, prize money, trade sponsorship and bonuses, form a vital part in the…

Modified test on a Vauxhall with the Brabham kit plus cylinder-head conversion Vauxhall is the third British manufacturer to secure the name of a champion grand prix marque for a…

Aston Martin specialist Richard Williams, who managed the firm's Group C racing activities from 1984-1989, has developed a lusty seven-litre conversion for the race-bred V8 engine. Even before the Newport…

Evolution theory The arguments begin again ... when is a replica not a replica? Peter Thorp went through this with the GT40, and Brian Angliss with the AC MkIV, now…

History has a nasty habit of repeating itself, as the World Championship sports car teams were reminded when they went to Canada. The first and last time Group C was…

The writing was on the wall. Thousands of British enthusiasts made the ritual visit to the famous Restaurant des Hunaudieres, to find that this bastion of French cuisine, right alongside…

The Japanese advanced on Le Mans, scaled the walls and conquered the 24 Hours. After that, Daytona was a doddle! Nissan's NISMO team ran a comprehensive test on the steep,…

Jaguar fiasco at Jerez Derek Warwick and Paul Frère have one thing in common: thirty years ago the talented Belgian dashed Jaguar's hopes at Le Mans by spinning his works…

The last Lagonda was produced in May 1990, but the Vignale seen at the Geneva Show last March was a curtain-raiser for the revival of the name, although certainly not…

The combination of a fuel-consumption formula (all the cars had to run for 20 laps or more without refuelling), the absence of many graded drivers, and—worst—the lack of Matra, Alpine,…