Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan
The FIA World Endurance Championship takes a well-earned break after Le Mans so I haven’t been back in a race-spec Aston Martin for a few weeks, other than for a…
The Gran Turismo games of the late '90s and early '00s were a great catalyst for a generation’s love of motor sport and cars in general. The franchise provided access…
I wonder how many of you tuned into the interweb or some other medium to keep pace with events in the 24-hours of Spa over the weekend? I can't say…
Cigarette kiosk? Check. Blokes in Elf Team Tyrrell jackets and similar? Check. Absence of debris fencing? Check. Proximity to circuit? Check… People complain that modern racetracks tend to look the…
The Rondeau M378 is a French machine with a British heart. Chassis #001, the focus of this week’s classified spotlight boasts a race history like no other – a history…
As you might expect, Corvette Racing is still buoyant after returning to the top step of the podium in this year’s edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and…
This month's featured track test is of the EMKA-Aston Martin that led the 1985 Le Mans 24 Hours. Driven by Nick Faure, Tiff Needell and Steve O'Rourke, it was the…
Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1967 The theorists said it was a pairing ill conceived for the delicate art of endurance driving, because Dan Gurney and A J Foyt were racers…
On Tuesday June 23, as part of the National Women in Engineering Day, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers hosted an evening entitled 'Women in Motorsport Engineering – Beating the Competition'.…
By Ross Jamieson I first came across Earl Bamber at Zhuhai in 2006. Earl was fighting for the Formula BMW Asia title and I was there to observe as a…
By Darren Turner We had high hopes for Le Mans this year. We knew from last year that we had a strong package and if it hadn’t been for a…
As you may have read, Rob Widdows was at Le Mans over the weekend. When he came back, these videos landed in our inbox and we suddenly got very jealous…
By Oliver Gavin I’ll be living on adrenaline for the rest of the week, unable to process the roller coaster of the past seven days, which culminated with me becoming…
Who do you think was more satisfied with their Le Mans weekend, Toyota or Nissan? On first glance, this is a question not requiring a serious answer. Sure, Toyota was…
Those of you who tweet will be familiar with Audi’s hashtag #welcomechallenges. Well, the team from Ingolstadt sure had some challenges at Le Mans 2015, and of course the biggest…
By Oliver Gavin A lot of people at Corvette Racing would look at winning Le Mans as winning the season – that’s the level and prestige of the 24 Hours.…
It’s been 40 years since Derek Bell took the first of his five victories at Le Mans in the Mirage-Ford GR8 run by John Wyer and sponsored by Gulf. This…