Jack Sears on board his father's ex-Dario Resta 1914 TT Sunbeam at Brands Hatch. At Silverstone driving his Austin Westmister to the inaugural British Saloon Car Championship title in 1958. Jack Sears and Sir Gawaine…
Jack Sears, the first man to win the British Saloon Car Championship, has died at the age of 86. Motor Sport sends its condolences to his family and friends. Sears was a regular…
The podcast has now been recorded and will be released on August 24. Simon Taylor will be joining the podcast team to talk about his life in motor sport, his 'Lunch…
Pete Connolly, with the help of BTCC star Jason Plato, recently created a dramatic time trial in Majorca. The British Champion longboarder used Plato's slipstream to better his original time…
Honda’s new Civic Type R is an aggressive looking machine. Its jutting splitter, bulging arches and angular rear wing all signal its on-track intent and having lapped the Nordschleife in…
On Tuesday June 23, as part of the National Women in Engineering Day, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers hosted an evening entitled 'Women in Motorsport Engineering – Beating the Competition'.…
MotoGP Earlier this week Mat Oxley asked whether the battle between Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi is developing into the best closely matched fight in GP history. For my money…
It seems like every year we're told that the new BTCC season will be the most exciting and unpredictable to date, and there's usually every chance that it will be.…
"It was the biggest regret of my life. I wish I could pay a lot of money not to have done it. I was an absolute twit to have agreed…
Two copper-bottomed tin-toppers, one piece of silverware. An ex-club rally/hillclimb charger and a one-make scrapper made good. A never-say-die racer with an ever-ready quip and a DTM superstar ringer. A…
Roberto Ravaglia collects touring car titles like Rupert Murdoch does media outlets. In the second half of the 1980s the Venetian was the undisputed saloon car king, winning consecutive European,…
There is a sense of foreboding in the BTCC. The arrival of Audi and its four-wheel drive A4 has the 'establishment' all of a twitter. The memory of the Ingolstadt…
Back in March 1985, few people outside the world of karting had heard of Gabriele Tarquini . . . International motor racing was entering a new, experimental age. Formula Two…
At Donington on Sunday, the BTCC didn’t look like it would throw up many surprises. The drivers and teams you’d expect to be at the front finished there, with an…
I’ve been chatting to Gordon Shedden, he who rules over touring car racing right now as King of the British Touring Car Championship. It was the customary hectic season, full…
Shedden or Plato? This weekend, the score will be settled on the historic Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit, bringing a close to a contentious season. Both drivers have their fair…
