Books

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…

It was a bold adventure – resurrecting a defunct marque with a huge story behind it, and for a while it seemed to have succeeded. Then everything went wrong for…

Confession time: I’m not much interested in F1 drivers’ wages, their social media blunders or their ‘mental challenges for the forthcoming season’. I am interested in the racing, and especially…

Hallowed. A good way of avoiding the overused word ‘golden’ to pin down a period when everything looked at its finest, at least from our later viewpoint. That half a…

I don’t want it to be hurtful to anyone,” says Joann Villeneuve in the opening moments of the new feature-length documentary on her husband Gilles and his friend, team-mate and eventual…

So is it a new firm, this Audi lot? Or is it a DKW? What has Auto Union got to do with it? That was the branding muddle Audi had…

They’re among the ugliest cars ever to compete at Le Mans but they appear here in one of the most beautiful books I’ve seen. Not only is it vast but…

I’m glad I’m not a judge. Paul Griffin, a city lawyer as well as a historic racer, hangs his book round a number of high-profile car disputes: it’s obvious that…

Paddock rumours of skulduggery from mild cheating to murder have always been popular gossip, but Crispian Besley has decided to pin down a bookful of those which have the evidence…