Just how good was Aintree, the circuit situated six miles north of Liverpool’s city centre? Created on the hallowed precincts of the Grand National horse race, it opened to international-class…

This was a race which has been the subject of debate and argument almost since the flag fell on it. Not that it had been a particularly complex duel on…

At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…

In a career that goes back to his own teenage fumblings as a kart racer, Tony Dowe has been linked as an engineer or manager with a couple of dozen…

Forty-two years ago, staging a Formula 1 race in Las Vegas was yet another example of Bernie Ecclestone’s fabled ingenuity. By 1981, to be exporting Grand Prix racing to a…

Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still…

First, a declaration. It was Andrew Marriott who got me started in the writing racket almost 60 years ago by recruiting me as a freelancer at Motoring News. We shared…

It was a chilly morning in early January 1971 when Alan Henry and I called on Chris Amon at his new engine business in Reading. It would be an unforgettable…

Although I had no more than a small role as the team’s press officer during the black-and-gold glory days of the Lotus 72, I had a ringside seat at someof…

—entrant of Jackie Stewart’s World Championship-winning Matra Foresight is a virtue with which very few motor-racing people are commonly blessed. They tend to get wildly enthusiastic about an idea which…

European Championship The 1969 Championship, which came to a close at the Gran Premio Roma, with Johnny Servoz-Gavin coming through to win from second place with only two rounds to…

The Motor Show is the occasion for British car manufacturers to tempt their customers with as much glitter and excitement as they can. In motor racing, too, the Brands Hatch…