The most beautiful racing circuit in the world — that was the standard boast. Subjective in the extreme, for sure, but standing atop the valley slopes that tumble to the shores…

The bodywork's glinting contours provide the answer to my four million-dollar question. The query had seemed valid: although undeniably beautiful, this car was essentially a flawed racing machine that only…

The late twenties Grand Prix scene was swamped by Bugatti, creating a surge of French circuits. Tim Scott visits a coastal town with an appetite for road racing. Standing in…

Are historic racing cars quicker today than they were in period? Goodwood could provide the answer. Tim Scott pores through its data in a bid to discover the answer The…

As a sportscar driver, on his day Brian Redman was a match for the very best: Ickx, Siffert or Rodriguez. But there is an incongruity in his CV. At a…

In the calm after the storm of a grand prix, Marc Surer sat still for a moment in his hire car. And then just drove. Out of the paddock compound,…

By J.J. O'Malley ISBN 1-893618-24-2 Published by David Bull, £59.99 How is it that a comprehensive history of the most famous US sportscar race does not already exist? Never mind.…

  From Le Mans to wild hillclimbs in Barbados, Gordon Spice spent 25 years racing for the love of it. But he also had an uncanny knack of combining fun…

15 minutes of fame Safir: 1975 British GP F3 race Eleven different chassis competed in British F3 in 1975, but one of the new cars that caught the eye soon disappeared from…