Driving Porsche's 'Can-Am killer': our surprising verdict on 1100bhp 917/30
The little door flips up to reveal an impossibly wide sill for you to step over. But step you do and, taking care over where to put your hands and…
Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race, and for all I know she may always carry that mantle. OK, her famous victory in…
Ferrari Sports Car Racing Rainer W Schlegelmilch Published by Taschen, this 356-page book, 344mm x 408mm, is limited to 1500 signed copies. £850
To the names of life-savers such as Mike Hailwood, Arturo Merzario, Guy Edwards and Brett Lunger, we can now add another hero. On the first weekend of September, Loek Hartog…
The winning Rothmans Porsche crossed the finish line and pulled over, its engine kaput. The chasing sister car, running low on fuel, couldn’t have gone much further either. Both factory…
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
Who to choose for our Drive of the Month after the pure theatre and sensational finish of the Bathurst 1000 at the Mount Panorama Circuit? How about Zach Bates and…
Porsche made its Le Mans debut 75 years ago, in June 1951, and promptly won its class. The aerodynamic, Beetle-esque 356 SL of Auguste Veuillet and Edmond Mouche finished 19th…
Nyck de Vries’ journey through the modern motor sport ecosystem has been neither smooth nor conventional, for he clawed his way to Formula 1 via talent, charm and graft; he…
This month we visit a lost circuit in Argentina, this vast country having always had a passionate and faithful love of motor sports since the great Juan Manuel Fangio won…
September 20, 2026 Goodwood, West Sussex Le Mans start for the second leg of the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy at the Goodwood Revival. Tom Booth-Amos and Ben Kingham rode their 1954…
Just over a year ago one of the most dominant teams in the history of Formula 1 appeared to be on the brink of implosion. Its talismanic team boss had…
There are some drivers whose careers can be measured easily in statistics, their achievements neatly catalogued in tables of wins and championships. There are others whose contribution to motor sport…
Followers of GT World Challenge may have seen the announcement that the series has a new ‘presenting partner’ in the form of a company called Desder. Never heard of it?…
No writer is better in tune with international sports car racing than Motor Sport contributor Gary Watkins. So who better to tell the story of 20 Years of GT3 Racing?…
As Formula 1 continues to grapple with the riddle of how much electrification and road car relevance translates to grand prix racing, American motor sport is faced with its own…
Ooh la la. Since 2002, the Le Mans Classic had been a highlight of the historic racing calendar – but only in alternate years. But the biennial shackles are now…