27 – 1953 French GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It almost didn’t happen. Angered by its disqualification from the lead of the supporting 12-hour sports…
The final instalment of Fergus Walkinshaw's two-day restoration of a first-generation Range Rover at the Silverstone Classic. Using only parts surced on eBay, he and his team fully renovated the Range Rover in…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more. August 8 1904: Tazio…
The greatest win for one of the greatest ever Grand Prix drivers, Tazio Nuvolari at the Nürburgring in 1935. It's 63 years to the day since the Italian died of a…
Our next journey into the Motor Sport sound archive resurrects a Track Torque radio show with a difference. My loyal chief mechanic Mike Lawrence presents this one, the first and…
The best driver never to win a world championship Grand Prix won plenty elsewhere. The late Chris Amon’s victory CV included: the outright win that set McLaren’s lucrative ‘Can-Am’ ball…
The Porsche 917 scored its first-ever race win 47 years ago today, when Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens won the 1969 Austrian Grand Prix, or the Austrian 1,000 Kilometres. Hear from Brian…
Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne was speaking to FUCHS Silkolene, one of the main partners of the four-time British Superbike Champion To come away with my first double win of the season…
The reigning world champion finds himself in a very deep hole. Can he dig himself out? I wonder where Jorge Lorenzo has been on holiday. I imagine him making a…
Happy-go-lucky Frenchman Patrick Depailler would have been 72 today. If you need a reminder of his flair, car control and fearlessness, go onboard with him at a sodden Montreal in…
It is a long way from Goodwood to Croft in every sense, but up in North Yorkshire the annual Croft Nostalgia Festival has evolved into a must-do event for the…
This year’s Verizon IndyCar championship has turned into an intra-team battle between Simon Pagenaud and Will Power at Team Penske. Only four races remain on IndyCar’s truncated calendar – the…
For many, Jack Sears will be remembered as the first British Saloon Car champion back in 1958. But Sears, who died on Sunday August 7 2016, will also be remembered as…
Last month's Silverstone Classic condensed into 99 seconds, featuring Dario Franchitti, Sir Stirling Moss, DFVs, Group Cs and some cracking race action.
It’s easy to forget, as glum-faced racing drivers rehash their lines through interview after interview on our TV screens, but most racing drivers are just like us: proper motor sport…
Jack Sears on board his father's ex-Dario Resta 1914 TT Sunbeam at Brands Hatch. At Silverstone driving his Austin Westmister to the inaugural British Saloon Car Championship title in 1958. Jack Sears and Sir Gawaine…
Jack Sears, the first man to win the British Saloon Car Championship, has died at the age of 86. Motor Sport sends its condolences to his family and friends. Sears was a regular…