Enzo Ferrari liked women. That’s a fact. Ask Gerhard Berger when he was happiest in his career as a racing driver and he’ll talk about 1987, his first year at…

By the time spectators at the next Le Mans 24 Hours retreat from the noise and dust of the race to browse among the exhibits in the museum of the…

‘‘Nassau,” the US journalist turned racing driver Denise McCluggage wrote, “was a string of coloured lights across a tropical night. Nassau was the sharp blip of racing engines on a…

At the end of a bright spring day at Monza, the timing sheets told the story. For Alfred Neubauer, studying the meticulously compiled chart headed Nachwuchsfahrer Ausbildung (New Driver Training),…

You can’t help but buy into the romance of Alfa Romeo, even if the first one you bought blew up on the M1 within 24 hours of purchase Someone who…

Lewis Hamilton has been in the news for his tax affairs as well as his racecraft, but does he deserve the criticism he has received? I remember the sense of…

A year after he was ousted, Bernie Ecclestone looks back on his F1 reign and reveals why he doesn’t go to races any more, what he really thinks of the…

A chance encounter with a French automotive museum in which British flops are displayed alongside curios and aristocrats I really wasn’t on the lookout for cars. But while meandering around…

Now 90, French singer Juliette Gréco has written subtly about an affair with one of France’s most distinguished bygone racers The first half-century of motor racing was filled with the…

McLaren remains in a trough, having not recorded a podium finish since Australia 2014, but lately there have been flickers of genuine hope The party thrown by the team in…

An array of precious metal turned out to celebrate the anniversary of the race in true Italian style   The bells of San Pietro Apostolo were calling Pescara’s faithful to nine…

Sixty years ago an Italian town hosted one of the most evocative of all Grands Prix. Won by an Englishman, it still resonates throughout the motor racing world  If you…