McLaren stars at Brooklands centenary celebration
Reigning F1 world champion squad confirmed for landmark celebration of 100 years of Grand Prix racing in Britain
The fourth of five. This time we look at the Ford RS200.
If you haven’t heard where these images come from yet they are the product of a Spanish trip by Richard Heseltine and photographer Lyndon McNeill. There they met 1980s Spanish hillclimb champion Teo Martin and selected some of his car collection – the Group B cars – to photograph. Also under Martin’s ownership are circuit and touring racers (the final total comes in at 80!). For now, though, here’s the RS200. We have previously featured an Audi S1, a Lancia Delta S4 and an MG Metro 6R4.
There’s a full Group B celebration in the current magazine in honour of the 30th anniversary of the era’s demise.
Ford RS200
Engine: mid-mounted 1.8-litre Cosworth turbo BDT ‘four’
Power: 350-450bhp
Result of note for the RS200: Malcolm Wilson claiming a debut win for the RS200 on the 1985 Marlboro Lindisfarne Rally





Reigning F1 world champion squad confirmed for landmark celebration of 100 years of Grand Prix racing in Britain
One hundred years ago, Brooklands hosted the first British Grand Prix, a race faithfully reported in the pages of Motor Sport, which began life two years earlier as the Brooklands Gazette. Now, we have joined forces to mark the momentous centenary
The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix are the first F1 races to be cancelled for three years. We look back at the practical, financial - and more unusual reasons - for grand prix weekend cancellations
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been