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Getting an audience with a Formula 1 driver these days usually involves a very brief time slot, an eaves-dropping PA to ensure that no comment can be remotely controversial, and…

Early evening is a good time to savour modern Goodwood. The crowd has dispersed so there are few distractions to mask row upon row of competitive elegance. The paddock is…

Enzo Ferrari thought him a Milanese chancer, a fair-weather lightweight who sold Alfa Romeos in frivolous Paris before ducking the war in prosperous New York. Now, here he was, a…

Gérard Ducarouge, who has died aged 73, wasn’t really the designer of the line of great Formula 1 cars, from the Ligier JS11 to the Lotus 99T, for which he…

Almost unbelievably, this year marks the 47th consecutive season that Frank Williams has fielded a Formula 1 team. The first Grand Prix with a Williams entry on the grid was…

In isolation the statistics look bleak. Between them, Formula 3000’s 20 international champions went on to win only nine Grands Prix, Juan Pablo Montoya taking seven of those while Jean…

Whoever coined the expression ‘Nice guys don’t finish first’ might have been thinking of Jan Lammers. Here’s someone who was already displaying astonishing car control as a schoolboy, and who…

Blyton Park may not be the most historic of circuits, nor is it the easiest to access. But where else can you affordably run four cars with 48 cylinders, more…

He's one of the best-ever US racers, but add to that his years as a team owner and innovative car builder and it's clear that Dan Gurney has made a greater contribution to motor sport than any other American, writes Gordon Kirby

At Brands Hatch the Williams team gave a demonstration of dominance and quality. Both cars started from the front row and, apart from the first two laps, occupied the leading…

Flying in from London I had to clear US immigration at Newark, New Jersey, which is not one of the world’s loveliest airports. At last I got to the end…

"Suddenly he arrives, from nowhere, a yellow helmet in my mirror.” The afternoon of Sunday October 22, 1989 was one of the most tumultuous in the history of Grand Prix…

It sounds like the romanticised plot of a bad movie. Into the rarefied technological stratosphere of Formula 1 comes a brand-new one-car team, sponsored only by its owner: and, against…

Welcome to an age where design and detail were sometimes lacking, sometimes just what was needed, and what passed for aerodynamics were just smooth curves. Few realised then that more…

Recognise this guy? It would be quite understandable if you didn’t. Yet for the best part of 30 years, he was considered one of the most powerful and influential figures…

Aspiring to sing at La Scala is one dream, but others would prefer to score for Juventus. Some think only of designing the perfect suit. There is one Italian, however,…

There had been no job advertised, but he applied for one anyway. At the time John Horsman was an engineering student at Cambridge and often spent his weekends photographing motor…