Parting Shot: April 23, 1926 Brooklands, Surrey In a bid to smash the Land Speed Record, racing driver JG Parry Thomas purchased Count Louis Zborowski’s 1923-built 27-litre Higham Special. Here’s…

Determining the best Formula 3000 drivers is an inherently subjective task. Statistics are useful to a point but can’t be relied on fully, since drivers who became champion at the…

Sustainability wasn’t the buzzword in 1984 that it is today. But there was a growing consensus that Formula 2 couldn’t go on as it was. Added to unpalatable costs, the…

I don’t know if it’s just me, but looking at the photograph of the selection of Formula 1 cars from across the years gathered on the track at Silverstone in…

The man who would be Kling... Oct 1997 In 2025 a Mercedes-powered Formula 1 car rules the roost, and 70 years ago it was a similar story. Mercedes made its…

The Motor Sport month through the lens of Michael Hoyer Northampton-based Michael Hoyer, 44, first began photographing racing cars in 2003 with a dream to one day shoot at the…

Many of those who watch the Austrian Grand Prix will never have witnessed the visceral drama of racing at the magnificent Österreichring, part of which has morphed into what is…

This isn’t a Testarossa as we know it… This is a new generation of Ferrari Testarossa, far removed from the original production car that was launched in 1984. While there…

1. 1965 Monte Carlo Rally Stuart Turner, BMC competitions chief from 1961, rated the drive by Timo Mäkinen in the Mini Cooper S as among the greatest he witnessed. Co-driven…

September 7, 2025 Santa Pod, Northants Sweden’s Susanne Callin and her Slick Tricks Top Fuel Dragster lets rip to win the FIA European Championship. In a winner-takes-all final, Callin beat…

November 7, 1993 Adelaide, Australia Larking about in the driver photocall for the final race of F1’s 1993 championship, as Footwork driver Aguri Suzuki hits the deck after misjudging his…

Your feature Great Lost Circuits reminds me each month of the Marlboro Motor Speedway in the States, right. This compact 1.8-mile track had nothing to do with the famous brand…