My TV work on the Formula 1 European season means there hasn’t been any racing for me in the past few weeks, but there has been a significant milestone… I…
This street circuit, on the waterfront in Valencia, seemed to have a bright future. Motorcycle racing is, of course, the big draw in Spain, the country having produced a number…
It looks like a Can-Am car! That’s because it largely is. Meet the M6GT, Bruce McLaren’s personal vision of his brand’s first road car. And perhaps unsurprisingly it is based…
5. 1985 - Lauda’s last win The winning debut of the Cosworth DFV in 1967 probably deserves to be here, but we’ve written about the Lotus 49 this year already.…
I’ve just come off the most intense but brilliant quadruple header of the season, with Austria, Silverstone, Goodwood and Spa filling my weeks ahead of the summer holidays. As a…
July 11, 2026 Goodwood, West Sussex Just over 60 years ago, a trio of Ford GT40s finished 1-2-3 in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and those same three cars were reunited…
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
When talk turns to Ayrton Senna’s rivals, most people think of the Brazilian’s on-track battles with Frenchman Alain Prost. But wind the clock back a little further to 1983 and…
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
Winging over the scrub-clad dunes, it looked like a space invader executing a terrifying attack on a remote outpost. We had never even imagined such an otherworldly apparition. Yet here…
10. Mario Andretti + Ronnie Peterson 1978 Win rate: 57% Win count: 6 + 2 out of 14 GPs One drivers’ title One constructors’ title In the mid-70s, Mario Andretti…
As ever the recent June magazine was full of interesting articles and I may be able to enlighten you regarding one or two. Andrew Frankel remarked on Stirling’s signature [If…
On Sunday, July 25, 1976, Barry Sheene won the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp, crossing the finish line with both hands raised in V-for-victory salutes to celebrate securing his first…
Aside from his regular report on the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, won by James Hunt for McLaren, Motor Sport devoted a page to Denis Jenkinson’s take on a new…
Writing after Kimi Antonelli’s much-lauded win in the Monaco Grand Prix, one can’t escape the thought that perhaps the fuss accorded to his admittedly notable success is rather disproportionate. I…
Chris Ellard first popped onto our radar in the early 2000s with his book The Forgotten Races, which documented the non-championship Formula 1 events from the beginning of the 3-litre…
