Back in the day, long after his retirement as a driver, Vic Elford worked for years for Skip Barber’s racing drivers’ school at Sears Point in California, and very occasionally…
By Lee McKenzie The British Grand Prix tends to be an emotional one. For me it is great fun, but tiring, with seven live programmes in three days. It's also…
On the grid just before the command was given for the drivers to start their engines for this year’s revived Pocono 500, veteran Penske mechanic Jon Bouslog said he was…
At last weekend's Goodwood Festival of Speed I was lucky enough to catch a ride with Sébastien Loeb around the Forest Rally Stage. The word lucky doesn't really cut it…
An Italian Grand Prix at Mugello wouldn’t be such a bad thing: gorgeous scenery, delicious food and drink, great track. But it wouldn’t be Monza. Mr E has been jerking…
Jean Todt wants a legacy of significance when his time is up as the president of motor racing’s governing body. You’d be right to expect that from such a man,…
I never made it to Assen. Instead of heading north east last week I found myself running in the opposite direction, towards Goodwood. Goodwood’s Festival of Speed is Glastonbury for…
At last it was going to happen. The answer to the most meaningless yet somehow important question of the modern motoring age was about to be provided. On Saturday afternoon…
On June 24 Ed Foster hosted an evening of discussion at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Joining him were Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds, Mercedes-Benz managing director Andy Cowell,…
The Verizon IndyCar series is in the midst of a frenetic sprint to an early close of its season at the end of August with eight race weekends over the…
Motor sport technology has gone through several boom periods over the years, but perhaps none bigger than the one happening in the modern era. The by-product of this is that…
There's been talk of a London Grand Prix for some time now, and while Formula E will be coming to the city in June 2015, the chances of a full-blown…
By Lee McKenzie For the first time in 11 years the hills were alive with the sound of F1. The race in Austria might not have thrown up a classic…
The day before heading to the Bristol-based launch of Bloodhound SSC’s cockpit the ‘phone rings in the office. “Hi Ed,” says PR man Jules Tipler, “we’re thinking of doing something…
From a personal perspective, Le Mans has hosted far more heartbreaking 24-hour races than this and you need look back no further than last year to know it. And while…
Jim McGee is one of the most successful crew chiefs in the century-old history of Indycar racing. At Indianapolis last month I had the pleasure of joining him to launch…
