It’s fair to say I was a little frustrated after round seven of the United SportsCar Championship – it just felt like another race of ‘what ifs’. The Friday at…
This week’s classified spotlight both is, and is not, a GT40. Technically the car’s full title reads ’Superformance GT40 Mk1 Continuation’. However, two thirds of its components are interchangeable with…
Many of you have told me how much you enjoy dipping into the extraordinary treasure trove that is the Motor Sport archive, how stories from past decades bring back so…
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Blyton Park may not be the most historic of circuits, nor is it the easiest to access. But where else can you affordably run four cars with 48 cylinders, more…
Darren Turner recently wrote an article for Motor Sport entitled Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan. The superbly named hypercar follows the lead of Pagani, Ferrari and McLaren – all brands…
You will probably know that the current GT3 regulations have created the most successful formula for sports car racing the world has ever known. Every major manufacturer, from Ferrari, Lamborghini…
A new documentary's been doing the rounds at film festivals over the last couple of months – the story of Steve McQueen's obsession with motor racing and the making of…
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'.…
