Just when you thought you’d mentally sorted your plug-in hybrids from your range extenders, your NiMh batteries from your lithium-ions, steel yourself for another twist in the hybrid tale, heading…
We are in the silly season, a period of posturing and positioning. The Grand Prix teams, and their drivers, are setting out their stores, limbering up for the battles that…
Today, in case you had not noticed, is Friday the thirteenth of January. Lucky for some, not so for others. If you were unaware, or simply don’t care, it is…
Michael Andretti announced this week that James Hinchcliffe has joined Andretti Autosport and will drive the team’s Go-Daddy car in a three-car team with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Marco Andretti. Michael…
There’s so much sport on the goggle-box these days that even the most ardent armchair hero must pick and choose. Beyond motor sport – I draw the line at Supermoto…
Seven years after ceasing production, Honda has not only publically committed to building a new NSX, it has this week unveiled a concept of what it might look like at…
I have to agree with Rob Widdows’ words about John Surtees. Without doubt the man deserves a knighthood and here’s hoping the honour will soon be bestowed. Here in America,…
The New Year’s honours list for 2012 was, as ever, a matter of interest for the motor racing industry. This is one of those British traditions that never fails to…
The Dakar is but a shimmering mirage in Britain’s public sporting consciousness. Thirty years ago, however, it was suddenly front-page news: Mark Thatcher had gone missing in the Sahara. TE…
We still haven’t heard the results of the official investigation into Marco Simoncelli’s fatal accident, but we do know who will ride the Honda RC213Vs originally intended for the hirsute…
Like most industries, the car business awards itself a large holiday over Christmas and New Year. So every year I park the moderns and spend a fortnight chuntering around in…
As January arrives the torpor of the holiday season begins to fade and in the northern hemisphere we start to enjoy a welcome lengthening of the days. Already our thoughts…
