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This week in motor sport, from the database September 7 // September 8 // September 9 // September 10 // September 11 // September 12 // September 13 September 7 1969…

Four picks from Bonhams' Goodwood Revival auction Four famed cars could find new owners at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival auction on September 8. That quartet includes one of the first Lotus…

Toyota would be forgiven for resting on its laurels – but it’s doing nothing of the sort When Toyota won Le Mans in June there was an…

This week in motor sport, from the database August 24 // August 25 // August 26 // August 27 // August 28 // August 29 // August 30 August 24 1986…

The born-again WEC could benefit from shorter, sharper races mixed with big enduros An eight-hour race in Bahrain is hardly going to be some kind of latter-day Targa Florio, I…

Two vacant seats at Toro Rosso? A case of what could have been for António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa is the driver Red Bull forgot. The one…

The anniversaries from this week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 17 // August 18 // August 19 // August 20 // August 21 // August 22…

The final Daytona 24 Hours-winning Porsche 962 is set to be auctioned. Here’s its story Right car, right time. That was how Michael Cotton described Derek Bell’s Daytona 24 Hours…

One of just 25 Mercedes CLK GTRs is set to sell for millions The FIA GT Championship was the ultimate competition for road-based sports cars. Along with the Porsche 911…

This Ferrari 250 GTO could set a new record thanks to its storied history Read more: Monterey's record Car Week Sixty million dollars. For a car. But this is a Ferrari…

From the WEC to IMSA, change is flowing fast in sports car racing – but it's IMSA that has it right The landscape of sports cars has seen a shift…

How the Aston Martin DP215 was created, unceremoniously pulled from the racetrack, and then restored to its former glory ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday’ – that’s what Aston Martin…

Where were the crowds at last weekend's British GT Championship round at Brands Hatch? It was about 3pm last Saturday that I realised something. The engines were echoing rather louder…

Woolf Barnato, one of the most important men in Bentley's history, and his 4½-litre  WO Bentley once described Captain Woolf Barnato as “the best driver we ever had and... the…

We brought together Ford drivers Harry Tincknell and Elfyn Evans to find out, once and for all, who really is fastest… Both Harry and Elfyn have had their cars, the…

The tale of an important Ford GT40, expected to fetch millions at Monterey Ford's journey to Le Mans is a story that needs little in the way of introduction. Neither…

This week in motor sport, from the database July 27 // July 28 // July 29 // July 30 // July 31 // August 1 // August 2 // July 27 1953 French Formula 1 driver Philippe Alliot celebrates his 65th birthday today.…