Great article by Quentin Spurring on the ’75 Spanish GP at Barcelona [“I was walking into the worst day of my motor racing life”, May]. I remember it vividly because…
Reading your review of Pete Lyons’ new book My Travels on Racer Road [Bohemian rhapsody, April] I remembered this photo with Pete and Jenks, above, from the Silverstone paddock in…
Chris Harris’s appreciation article of Luca di Montezemolo in the 2025 March issue [The Luca I know] brought back a happy memory. Fifty years ago, I set off for Silverstone…
It was with much sadness to hear of the passing of David Brodie – ‘The Brode’ – a proper racer, if ever there was one. I was a guest of…
Motor racing has much for which to thank Bernie Ecclestone, although I wonder if even he sometimes regrets the hysteria and bling of today’s Formula 1 and the passing of…
Letter from Europe June 1968 While I was returning from the Targa Florio I was cruising quietly up the Autostrada del Sol at 105mph, admiring the scenery around Orvieto, north…
Thoroughly enjoyed John Oreovicz’s November issue article on American icons [America’s golden greats]. My father covered auto racing in the ’60s and ’70s for a local newspaper at [Pennsylvania’s] Langhorne,…
In John Dickson’s letter (October) there was a small error regarding the year I beat the reigning NHRA world champion Don Garlits. It was 1976, not 1967. This was at…
I read with interest the interview with Carroll Shelby [Carroll Shelby: The Lost Interview, September] on the creation of the AC Cobra and have to conclude that he was economical…
I was delighted to read of Jenks’s public-road jolly in the Lotus 12 [The time we drove a racing car on public roads, June 2024]. It reminded me of a tale…
May I congratulate fellow Motor Sport readers for selecting the Lotus 49 as their all-time favourite racing car [Race Car of the Century, Your votes are in..., August]. Mine too!…
From David Wesley Tee, Production Manager of Motor Sport when owned by his father, Wesley J Tee. Congratulations to the editor and all the Motor Sport staff for what I…
Your take on the stagnant and frequently predictable nature of Formula 1, and the excitement of Formula E in comparison [The Editor, May], which is definitely not predictable, was spot-on!…
I can’t be the only one who is fed up with hero-worshipping movies, documentaries and articles on Ayrton Senna [Senna, May]. Was he a good driver? No doubt. Did he…
How delightful to read the interview with Alain Prost [It sounds like a joke but I am completely underrated, March]. I am sure it will relaunch the debate on who…
As a long-time American F1 fan and Motor Sport magazine reader, I find the Andretti rejection insulting, condescending and arrogant. The Andretti organisation is a proven world-class racing leader. The…
