Prince Bira was much more than a royal with a penchant for racing: he was a gifted driver, a talented artist and the inspiration to a generation of privateer racers.…

It was a subdued and depressing flight back from Casablanca in the BEA Viscount. The Grand Prix from which it was returning, the decider of the season, had delivered two…

In part two of our series, Robert Edwards looks at the man who walked out on BRM and yet brought Britain its first F1 World Title. It was Tony Vandervell's…

I have noted before that it is our habit to forget all too easily those people whose impact on this sport was, in their time, much more important than we…

An engineer's mind, Lancaster pilot's backbone and quick wits made FRW 'Lofty' England a truly great team leader, says Robert Edwards When considering the career of FRW 'Lofty' England, one…

The British Racing Partnership lasted just six seasons in Formula One before falling victim to its own success. Yet, as Robert Edwards reports, its legacy changed the face of the…

The quality of the design and build of this classic 1980s Q-car still shines through and its Cosworth-developed 16-valve engine is a star turn You can’t say that Daimler-Benz has…

BRM started life as Britain's great hope for post-war glory. It soon became a joke, only to rise again a decade later to the top of the sport. Robert Edwards…

It is purely an age thing, I suppose, this, peculiar tendency we have to forget whole swathes of people who did their stuff before a certain age. An atrophied sense…

"One day", opined a chum in a very world-weary way, "there will be a racing magazine issue which doesn't mention Stirling Moss." I.T.M.A. syndrome. It's That Man Again. Well, tough,…