Books

The 2009 Formula 1 season might have felt like a blockbuster unfolding before your eyes and it has now been given the cinematic treatment it deserves in a new Disney…

You could hardly have a more confusing history than this chassis, with its roots in a Jaguar sports-racer which then carried the Stuttgart crest to victory in three races, two…

An amazing new photo book examines the wild, early days of American superbike racing, which eventually led to the MotoGP championship

When in 1985 an Italian sweater firm bought a complete Formula 1 team, new ground was broken, a hint of the eagerness to disrupt the status quo that would characterise…

This autumn's inaugural Motoring Literary and Art festival will bring together illustrious names from across motor racing at Silverstone. Here are five of the talks that you won't want to miss

Lord Hesketh will be at this December's Motoring Literary and Art Festival to discuss the rise of his inimitable F1 team and its star driver James Hunt

My name is Shelby, and performance is my business.” That’s what the lanky Texan says into camera on a promotional film, and it’s the line with which Preston Lerner wraps…

This one caused much discussion at the RAC motoring book awards judging. It’s built around a previously issued biography, re-presented in a much more glamorous package of two volumes in…

My home’. That’s what Kyalami means in Zulu (although apparently it should be spelled Kaya Lami). The South African Grand Prix venue certainly became a much-loved home from home for…

A family affair. That was the atmosphere people always commented on after spending time with the original Tyrrell team. The eponymous Ken was a father figure, looking after ace drivers,…

Three new biographies remind us of the talent and tenacity of Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and George Russell. Here are some of the highlights

For Flux Sake: an open goal, that title, especially as his visor strip said the same thing (best mate Tiff Needell’s doing), but it’s a flavour of the way Ian…

How many people first competed in an MG? Until diluted to a mere badge, these unassuming machines based on common mechanicals were a reliable way into many competitive car pleasures.…

A word of advice: don’t lie in bed beside your wife looking at a photograph captioned: “The distinctive contours of the Honda Six cylinder head after four-axis machining…” It sends…

Tough brief – the whole century of the Le Mans 24 Hours in one hit, and not from a publisher you might expect. But while the mainstream format short-changes us…

Couldn’t make it up? Of course you could, if you were writing an overblown novel: wealthy aristocrat backer, dashing driver coming from nowhere, yachts, champagne, parties, and then beating established…

It’s clear from the outset who this book is aimed at: those fans of F1 who came to the sport via the smash-hit Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive. The clue…