Sports Car News

It was only when we decided to put the podcast below together that I sat down and counted how many we had done. Since 2009 we have recorded 90 podcasts,…

To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who 'never knew the meaning…

A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith How would you define…

To buy the lead image click here. The news on Friday that Bentley are possibly going long-distance racing in a purpose-built prototype left me spending the weekend mulling over the cars’ previous participations at…

During the 2014 season, Scott Sharp and Ed Brown took a decision to switch the focus of their Extreme Speed Motorsport United Sportscar entry on to the world stage, foregoing the final…

Bentley is to return to prototype sports car racing for the first time since 2003, the year in which its Speed 8 prototype won Le Mans. Although Bentley boss Wolfgang…

A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here   From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins…

Fighting spirit is at the heart of motor sporting endeavour. Achievement in the face of adversity is what inspires us, and ‘digging deep’ to find that extra level of performance…

As a young boy Corrado Lopresto played among some of the finest cars owned and collected in Italy. His family, related to some of the country's biggest landowners, stored every…

Chip Ganassi’s team has won six of the last ten Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, including last year’s race. This year, Ganassi will run four cars in two categories at…

The big stories from the past fortnight in motor sport from the Archive. The most successful Formula 1 driver of all time, Michael Schumacher, was born in 1969. He was…

Which was the last Aston Martin to lead Le Mans? I always thought it was Project DP212, the DB4GT-based prototype whose slippery shape combined with the right foot of Graham…

In essence it’s a prime slice of rural Oxfordshire, a brisk, open B-road lined by low hedges that permit good sight lines – except on mornings such as this, when…

A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith How would you define…

A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith How would you define…

A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here To buy the lead image click here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define…

Who was the most successful driver of arguably the greatest British sports racing car? The car is easy to identify if you base the claim on the fact that among…