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Colin Chapman was used to ringing the bell, to being the king of the hill. Through the 1960s and into the 1970s his Formula 1 car concepts most consistently set…

A ston Martin has just launched perhaps the most evocative so called continuation model ever in the DB4 GT Zagato. The car is tested in these pages and offers a…

It remains a statistical quirk that Italy produced two drivers who between them won three of motor racing’s first four world championships but has yet to conjure another, despite frequent…

First, the facts: 40 years ago on 17 December, Barrett – a Hollywood stunt man with no motor sport experience – wriggled into the cramped cockpit of a long, slender…

In a sport where there can only be one winner, it’s natural that rivalries develop when two different factions are battling to become top dog. The duel over the alpha…

From 1946 to 1951 – for an entire generation of fans – Alfa Romeo’s works Grand Prix car – the immortal ‘Alfetta’ – set the gold standard. Through that period…

That muddled triumph of 1966, when three Ford MkIIs bellowed across the line at La Sarthe to claim victory for the Blue Oval without knowing who was first, forms the…

His career stats are quirky – 49 grand prix starts and only three points finishes, two of those being victories – but they encapsulate Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s role to perfection. He…

The crowd is pretty much what one would expect at Brands Hatch for a Friday test session – negligible, but for a knot of spectators gathered behind one particular pit…

They were all just stories. They had to be. Of course a Porsche 917/30 would not actually spin its rear wheels at over 120mph. I mean, have you seen those…

He might be unfamiliar to the wider world, but Ralph Firman is one of the most distinguished figures in British motor racing. If you bought a car from him in…

The line of Patrick Head-masterminded Formula 1 Williams-Cosworth FW07s proved to be the most effective successors to the Lotus 78-79 series’ legacy of ‘underwing’ ground-effect aerodynamic technology. Patrick had joined…

He was its biggest fish when motor sport’s pool was small but vitally fertile: the first American renowned purely for his skill and daring at the wheel. With trademark unlit…

The sun is breaking through to the east of Gleneagles railway station. There’s the occasional car passing on the A9, 200 metres to the west, but it’s quiet enough to…

When TV cameras go behind the scenes with Formula 1 powerhouse Mercedes, chances are that they’ll focus on extravagant gestures from team principal Toto Wolff, pumping or banging his fist…

MH When the Honda decision came and the team was facing oblivion, was it a big decision to stay? You could have left. JB Yes. I could’ve gone to Toro…

From rallying royalty to racing at one of the highest levels, the Blomqvists have conquered two of the major disciplines in motor sport. Stig enjoyed a 33-year World Rally Championship…