Great Britain Rd 9: Silverstone, July 5 2015 1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W06 1hr 31min 27.729sec 2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes W06 1hr 31min 38.685sec 3. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari SF15-T 1hr…

Spanner in the works Having been a mechanic, racer and constructor, Howden Ganley is now an author Howden Ganley is one of motor sport’s all-round good eggs. He has spent…

Two of Grand Prix racing’s most potent forces have lately been blunted by engine problems. We take a look at the underlying causes… and what might happen next Two of…

The most recent strategy group meeting suggested a review of the race weekend format was among many changes being considered for Formula 1. A Saturday qualifying race was mentioned as…

Balancing risk: the thoughts of Lauda, Stewart, Räikkönen and Ken Tyrell Among the photographic folders on my iPad is one entitled ‘Offbeat’, wherein reside a couple of hundred racing images…

"You need to be pretty strong to deal with the business of motor racing,” writes Tyler Alexander in a new book documenting his incredible life in the sport. Like any…

Reece Winstone has come up with another pictorial study of the City of Bristol. Cars figure in some of the rather "postage-stamp" pictures, and some are sometimes named by makes…

Two unusual titles which may appeal to readers with versatile interests are Leyland Trucks by Nick Baldwin, a quite fascinating pictorial history from Foulis at £7.95, and Crop Dusters by…

Two inexpensively-priced volumes in the same format from Haynes are Corvette Roadster— A History of Chevrolet's Open Sports Car from 1953 and Lamborghini Countach, the former by an unnamed writer,…

Re-reading the IAM and Police Roadcraft manuals recently, I was reminded of how little these have changed over the years. But a fresh approach is taken by Advanced Driving (published…

A third edition of the model catalogue from St Martins Accessories has just been published, listing models in both built and kit form. The variety of models now available is…

There have been lots of books about specific motor races, following my own on the JCC "200"s, and the latest is a very welcome one on the Grand Prix des…