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Welcome To Bentley
One hundred years ago it was merely one man’s surname; yet the word Bentley quickly came to define the sporting…
One hundred years ago it was merely one man’s surname; yet the word Bentley quickly came to define the sporting…
Unalloyed triumphs are rare events. With almost every victory comes a tinge of regret, a sense not just of a…
Here’s confidence for you: assemble a bunch of journalists at the bottom of the 8200ft Grossglockner Pass, distribute among them…
In the run-up to this year’s Le Mans 24-Hour race the thought occurs that it marks the 90th anniversary of…
In a different era, on a different continent at a different time of day, the sight that greeted Guy Smith…
writer Andrew Frankel Taken from Motor Sport, November 2013 At midnight on June 27, 1938, a 4¼-litre Derby Bentley eased…
Heritage. We’ve been going on about it in Motor Sport for years, and now it seems the rest of the…
It’s taken since the start of the decade, but Bentley has finally turned the Mulsanne if not into the car…
You don’t know whether to laugh or cry but make a noise somewhere in-between. It just looks so, well, improbable.…
The Blower-4½ single-seater Bentley with which the late Sir Henry Birkin twice broke the Brooklands outer-circuit lap record was very…
Maybe it’s the word ‘boys’ that makes the phrase ring. We know that they were grown men, but somehow it’s…
On paper there seems little point in considering this new 4-litre V8 version of the Bentley Flying Spur over its…
I was not alone in raising my eyebrows when Bentley first suggested it was going racing with its Continental GT…
When someone comes to write the definitive history of Bentley – who knows, perhaps in time for its centenary in…
Bentley is not a name to be taken lightly. Indeed, the development of the Rolls-Royce-built cars has been steady, sensible…
Why do they make it so difficult? Before you can settle into those large deep chairs and appreciate the most…
The sporting car, as a class, has characteristically more distinction than that possessed by touring types. Being out of the…
May 21, 1923: a lone 3-litre Bentley leaves London bound for the Continent. At the wheel is Bentley dealer John…
No fewer than 30 years passed between the introduction of the R-Type Bentley Continental and the subject of this month’s…
This is quite something: the first time that cars from all three eras of Bentley’s racing history have been driven…
Seventeen years in F1, more than 300 Grands Prix started, two world championships, 32 wins and lots of controversy: Fernando Alonso's career timeline Read more: Farewell Fernando Alonso 1999-2000 Fernando Alonso wins…
The last time I saw John was in the Interlagos paddock after the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was bemoaning the fact that, because of a clashing commitment, his boy Jenson…
The final part of the guide to planning Le Mans – where to watch One of the great things about the 24 Hours of Le Mans is that there is…
Lando Norris could already have three F1 wins in 2024, had it not been for tiny errors that handed Max Verstappen victory. Mark Hughes looks at the fine details that separating McLaren from the championship-tested Red Bull