BTCC Brands Hatch The crowd at Brands Hatch experienced something unusual during the BTCC finale: it wasn’t raining. Well, not for the first few hours, anyway. Not since 2011 had…

Timing is everything Split-second accuracy is fundamental to both motor sport and the finely honed world of watchmaking, so it’s hardly surprising that the two are highly complementary. For many…

A 'You were there' special Colour photography has existed since the 19th century, but it remained a relative rarity on spectator terraces of the 1960s... For all that it might…

Letter of the month Limiting factor The Japanese Grand Prix accident involving Jules Bianchi has raised many suggestions, ranging from stricter flag-waving to closed cockpits. The latter option, I believe,…

The Secretaryship of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club has now been filled by Lt.-Col. E. B. Barrass, 5, Halland Road, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos. Telephone: Cheltenham 24525. ** Castrol have introduced four…

The increasing number of manufacturing licences which have been granted by the de Havilland Aircraft Co. for the manufacture of both the Moth and the Gipsy engine abroad, affords an…

A reader is in desperate need of a 4.08-to-1 crown wheel or a complete axle for a 14/40 Delage. F. J. Gornall of Pilling, near Fleetwood, who died recently, was…

Road Motor sport cinema is presently all the rage – the BBC even has a 1970s F1 drama brewing – but it’s unlikely that much will ever match this for…

A I lampshire reader asks whether his 1929 Singer Porlock is the only one of its kind in daily use. It was bought new by his parents and has been…

We all make mistakes but our readers' eyebrows seem to have been raised higher than usual when The Times of October 16th last described the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III as…

The " close "season for motorcycle racing is naturally short for while it is winter in Great Britain other countries are enjoying their best weather. The racing motorcyclists International Calendar,…

NASCAR Grand National Championship 1st: M. Andretti (Ford)... 235.464 k.p.h.2nd: F. Lorenzen (Ford) 3rd: J. Hylton (Dodge) 4th: T. Lund (Plymouth) 5th: J. Grant (Plymouth) 6th: D. Dieringer (Ford) 50…