It was with much sadness to hear of the passing of David Brodie – ‘The Brode’ – a proper racer, if ever there was one. I was a guest of…

It’s always good to be back in Mexico City. It’s one of the best on the Formula E calendar with a sell-out crowd of such passionate fans. In fact, as…

Racing the reich February 2024 As far as tales of British derring-do go, there’s few to beat that of plucky Eric Crudgington Fernihough. In the mid-1930s, he took on the…

Here at The Signature Store we often get asked to authenticate items, usually either for valuation or ahead of sales, and that raises the sometimes thorny issue of COAs, or…

A long-awaited WRC round in the US looked like it might finally become a reality, with officials confirming last summer an aspirational timeline that could see racing in Tennessee as…

PortimÃo, December (pre-Christmas) A week before Christmas, I spent two days coaching John Emberson – owner of the ‘Chocolate Drop’ Chevron [see Golden brown, November 2024] – in Portimão, in…

Langhorne, a one-mile dirt track speedway in Pennsylvania, was a place that drivers both feared and respected, the ultimate challenge for the bravest of the brave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKK06hcdVao “No circuit scared…

Car of the month – Ford Escort Mk1 Continuation Is this a dream? We know… looks like a fantastic work of fiction, but this is real. The legendary Ford Escort…

1. Luigi Fagioli 53y 0m 22d (1951 French GP) The great Italian’s career began as early as 1926 (and we think Fernando Alonso has been plugging away a long time).…

No, this isn’t Andy Green’s Thrust SSC Land Speed Record car streaking across the desert but the Toyota Hilux of Yazeed Al-Rajhi and co-driver Timo Gottschalk en route to victory…

‘Replica’ is too often considered a dirty word, but it isn’t when it comes to the beautifully engineered masterpieces created by Dick Crosthwaite and John Gardiner. Ecclestone’s Auto Union is…

The best of times. That’s certainly how it’s remembered for the small but happy band who followed the European Formula 2 Championship during its 1967-84 heyday. Now a new book…