Archive Lunch with... Norbert Singer The earliest use I can find in print of the expression “Racing improves the breed” dates from 1835. It refers, of course, to racehorses: breeding from winners could produce more… June 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Sir Frank Williams Almost unbelievably, this year marks the 47th consecutive season that Frank Williams has fielded a Formula 1 team. The first Grand Prix with a Williams entry on the grid was… May 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Bobby Rahal In past Lunches With… I’ve talked to several British and European racers, from Dario Franchitti to Kenny Bräck, who strived to make it in Formula 1 but never got as… April 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive The amazing adventures of Spider Man Basil Davenport beat serious pre-war hillclimb rivals in a series of skimpy home-built V-twins – and most famous of these was ‘Spider’ Writer Simon Taylor | Photographer Howard Simmons It’s… March 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Jan Lammers Whoever coined the expression ‘Nice guys don’t finish first’ might have been thinking of Jan Lammers. Here’s someone who was already displaying astonishing car control as a schoolboy, and who… March 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... AJ Foyt Flying in from London I had to clear US immigration at Newark, New Jersey, which is not one of the world’s loveliest airports. At last I got to the end… February 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Walter Wolf It sounds like the romanticised plot of a bad movie. Into the rarefied technological stratosphere of Formula 1 comes a brand-new one-car team, sponsored only by its owner: and, against… January 2015 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Alastair Caldwell Spending a day or even an hour with Alastair Caldwell, listening to his fund of stories about Formula 1 from the inside 40 or more years ago, is an unforgettable… December 2014 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Kenny Bräck Every sportsman tends to be remembered, above all, for one particular achievement: one win, one record, one defining moment in his career. Kenny Bräck feels that most people primarily recall… November 2014 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Alex Wurz Alex Wurz looks like Hollywood’s idea of a racing driver: alert, clear-eyed, charming yet steely, wiry and very fit. And tall. But, as we know, in real life the most… March 2011 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Sir Stirling Moss Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s at his desk in his self-designed, high-tech house in Shepherd… August 2006 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch With... John Miles Once a retired racing driver has decided to hang up his helmet, he has to find a way of dealing with the rest of his life. For most, it very… October 2014 Issue By Simon Taylor