Nürburgring Nordschleife and its (4.8-mile) Sudschleife offshoot never made ‘sense’. Built in the euphoric aftermath of the Weimar Republic’s hyperinflation of the early 1920s to create employment and generate income…
Every year, the Car of the Year jury gets together with all the shortlisted cars to put them through their paces. Actually that’s not entirely true. Of the 59 jurors,…
No doubt you will have heard about, and been intrigued by, a new motor racing movie. Yes, another one for the fans, hard on the heels of the acclaimed documentary…
Truth be known, last month’s Rolex 24 Hours was a mere warm-up for the big show, which arrives in Daytona at the end of this week. By mid-week more than…
It has taken a while coming, but there is increasing recognition among major car manufacturers in the world that if you are to design a car with a truly outstanding…
If it looks right, it is right: Renault AK 90CV, Bugatti Type 35, Alfa Romeo Tipo B, Maserati 250F, Lotus 25, and 72, Ligier JS11, McLaren MP4/4 and Ferrari 641.…
Something quite extraordinary has been announced. An event that no motor racing enthusiast can afford to miss, that nobody ever dreamed would actually happen. Beg, borrow or steal the cash…
He may be largely unrecognised in his home country, but Justin Wilson is one of the UK’s finest racing drivers. At Daytona the weekend before last he showed his stuff…
About this time of year in 2007 I watched Casey Stoner and his wife Adriana walk out of the back of the pits at Sepang, get into their hire car…
“Racing’s comin’ at ya” proclaimed the headline on the front page of the Daytona Beach News-Journal as I made my jet-lagged journey to work last Friday morning. “Let’s go racin’”…
The combination of Triple Eight Engineering and Jason Plato, with more than 160 wins and 12 titles between them – the most successful team and driver in the championship’s history…
News that Land Rover is considering building the new Defender in India has already been greeted with some fairly predictable howls of outrage from those thinking that a Defender not…
