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X stood for experimental, G for Guinness; same manufacturer, but, as you might have already guessed, radically different mindsets. X had its eye on the midterm future, was – or…

A vigorous battle between the Parnelli of Mario Andretti and John Watson's Penske enlivened the early stages of the 1976 South African GP, the second round of the championship. And…

What is the sound sweetest to your ears? The call of the first cuckoo, real ale being pumped into a glass, the thud of leather on willow? Well, to rally…

No sooner had Michael Schumacher flashed over the Suzuka finishing line to win the Japanese Grand Prix than he'd thrust open his visor and was beating both clenched fists up…

One evening, several years ago, and over a degustivo or two, Jenks was reminiscing about the Mille Miglia. "I've often thought," he said, "what fun it would have been to…

It has been 33 years since James Garner last walked on Monza's soil. Then, as Pete Aron, he walked slowly through the final frames of John Frankenheimer's epic Formula 1…

What do racers do when they stop racing? All that competitive edge has to go somewhere. Many attack the world of business with the same will to win that they…

What the history books tell you first about Rubens Barrichello are the statistics: and they are indeed extraordinary. This man was 20 when he came into Formula 1, and 39…

Can a man be cursed by having too many abilities? Spending his life torn between what he's got and what he thinks he wants, struggling to confine his talents and…

The arguments about who is the greatest racing driver of all time have gone on as long as motor racing itself, and, no doubt, they always will. But the truth…

Like every car enthusiast, you have probably had the odd daydream about finding a valuable car covered in dust in a shed. A Le Mans car, say, perhaps with some…

It's one of those eternal motorsport quiz questions: 'When and where did Ayrton Senna make his only appearance in a sportscar?' Most aficionados know the answer, but few are aware…

It was, as Charles Dickens once wrote, the best of times and the worst of times. As Phil Hill completed the final laps of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix he…

On 19 April, 1970, a pair of Lotus 72s made their F1 debuts in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama. Striking and purposeful in the distinctive red, white and gold…

Murray Walker is a national treasure. For a quarter of a century his unmistakable voice brought Formula 1 into millions of homes: it could be said that he replaced roast…

"There were many races when I was in the lead, like South Africa 1978 or Monza '92, when the car broke down. But Imola '83 was even sadder, because in…

He had a reputation for not being keen on testing. But there he was pounding round Estoril, in February. At seven days, this was the longest pre-season evaluation Williams, the…