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Facing the fear
In September Motorcycle Grand Prix racing endured its worst week in decades. Two riders died on consecutive weekends at the…
In September Motorcycle Grand Prix racing endured its worst week in decades. Two riders died on consecutive weekends at the…
We saw Dario Franchitti at his best in 2010 as he chased down Will Power and beat the Australian to…
Medicine and duty Sir, I live in Thailand and I love watching motor sport here. Why? Because there’s clean racing…
That’s what Bernie Ecclestone says of Fernando Alonso. In our exclusive interview, the bullish Spaniard reveals how he handles fame,…
"I’ll give you the same tip I gave to Jacky Ickx in 1973 when he was driving the Targa for…
Vic Elford explains how he built his formidable sports car reputation in the Madonie road race 1967 After an initial…
The Sicilian roads stirred Jenks’ blood on his trips to the Targa The Targa Florio is not so much a…
He’s had a lifetime of racing whatever he could get, grabbing any opportunity, rolling with the punches when it went…
To mark Alfa Romeo’s centenary, the company offered us a mouth-watering menu. But the tastes would prove both sweet and…
Forget playing Wembley Arena – the stadium that Nick Mason loves best is in France, just outside a small town…
Pioneer aircraft were built using fabric and glue. But so is today’s high-tech racing machinery… Since McLaren revealed the MP4/1…
Day two of Rally Finland, noodling slowly along a public road between special stages three and four, near a place…
It’s 50 years since Erik Carlsson scored the first of three RAC victories for Saab – and he’s still loyal…
It’s not often that the Brits get to upstage the entire motor industry at a foreign motorshow, but that’s precisely…
904 and latest Toyota tech delights My month was dominated by an unforgettable European jaunt. First stop was Spa for…
It is instructive to mark the arrival of Ferrari’s latest V8-powered, mid-engined two-seater by looking briefly back to its first.…
How far can a brand be stretched before it snaps? BMW’s Mini may be about to find out. Its new…
Like the Mini Countryman Lexus's new CT200h, the self-styled ‘world’s first premium compact hybrid’, is also asking more questions than…
Occupation: Managing Director, Ariel Motor Company What is your greatest achievement?It has to be the success of the Ariel Atom.…
Of the time the ‘Ferrari spell’ was broken and reality set in with the 348tb If I try to recall…
Ford shuns road and race constraints with an unrestricted track-only GT Mk II machine - that will cost you a cool $1.2million - featuring vast strides in power and aero Ford…
All drivers completed plenty of running on a second successive sunny day at Yeongam, a track where rain has often played a part in proceedings. However, the threat of Typhoon…
Tomorrow five Formula 1 greenhorns will venture out on a ‘green’ parkland track Down Under to begin their Grand Prix careers for real. From sim to sink or swim. Messrs…
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…