Your article about the Lotus 49 brought back memories [Rebirth of an F1 wonder, June]. In the 1990s I lived in a small village outside Northampton. On Sunday afternoons I…
I enjoyed your article about the lifestyles of James Hunt and Barry Sheene [The boys are back in town, May]. So different from the ‘total dedication’ and media savvy of…
Regarding the Formula 1 2026 rules and regulations: compare the likes of John Watson clinically slicing his way through from 22nd to victory in the 1983 Long Beach Grand Prix,…
Your review of Paul Kenny’s biography of Whitney Straight hit a chord [The Straight story: cars, Cambridge and conflict, January]. Straight was the first winner of the South African Grand…
There is an omission from Will Farmer’s article on music and motor sport [Pump up the volume, January]. The Radio 1 Fun Day was held at Mallory Park in May…
Letter from Europe July 1968 Motor Sport’s famed continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson – or ‘DSJ’ as he was known in these pages – famously sent his account of the 1955…
I was fascinated by John Oreovicz’s analysis in the October issue of the dire situation IndyCar racing is finding itself in [Make IndyCar great again]. I also beg to disagree…
I don’t know if it’s just me, but looking at the photograph of the selection of Formula 1 cars from across the years gathered on the track at Silverstone in…
Your feature Great Lost Circuits reminds me each month of the Marlboro Motor Speedway in the States, right. This compact 1.8-mile track had nothing to do with the famous brand…
Like Mike Doodson, I have many fond memories of Aintree [Was it a fix?, August]. My father, who had raced motorbikes on Southport Sands, took me along to Aintree in…
In recent issues you’ve dealt with the dark days when safety didn’t match the standards of today. In the ’50s and ’60s there were still remnants of the wartime attitude…
Niki Lauda used to say you need to know how to take risks and when to take them. Oscar Piastri’s pass on Lewis Hamilton in Jeddah [Mark Hughes’ Race Report,…
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…
