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Historic scene: December 2017
Viva Salmone! That mock-Italian moniker followed Mike Salmon through a racing life full of great cars – and great stories…
Viva Salmone! That mock-Italian moniker followed Mike Salmon through a racing life full of great cars – and great stories…
Outing Formula 1 Editor Nick Trott’s Matters of Moment piece in the November edition was absolutely spot-on with regard to fans getting…
A year after he was ousted, Bernie Ecclestone looks back on his F1 reign and reveals why he doesn’t go…
...a team that established Bernie in F1 Jack Brabham and Ron Tauranac formed Motor Racing Developments while the former…
This year’s duel between Lewis and Sebastian has been a long time coming. But what makes the two most successful…
Their performances are similar, but the outstanding Formula 1 cars of 2017 followed very different routes to the same destination…
Low rake means less variation in the aero platform across different ride heights. The aero platform does not therefore need…
The high-rake Ferrari SF70H – compact, conceptually simple but with lots of trick detail – was a classic Rory Byrne…
Colin Chapman’s reputation as an innovative genius endures, but some of his cars performed less well than others. The imperfect…
It doesn’t look like the BMW 635s that raced in Europe, but this Australian Black Beauty was a crowd favourite…
Tim Reid went to school within earshot of Silverstone – very handy for a young enthusiast “I could hear cars…
“Life without sideways is monotonous,” shouts Ari Vatanen as he slaloms up a dirt track towards his local restaurant. “We…
The Penske PC22 was designed to lap Indianapolis at 220-odd mph, among other things, yet one has recently been active…
The Autumn Classic concluded the local hillclimb season with a cocktail of US muscle and traditional British whimsy Given the…
Timing is everything Reservoir The classic analogue watch face has existed for hundreds of years. The earliest clock faces –…
End of the line for Vauxhall’s traditional performance yardstick A big Holden masquerading as a Vauxhall has been such a…
Upgraded Lambo is a car for driving, not posing Ageing curmudgeon that I am, I always approach cars like this…
Not quite, but the Velar is the marque’s sportiest model yet – Range Rover Velar R-Dynamic HSE D300 – It was,…
Race-ready Aston Martin Vantage GT2 is your ticket to Le Mans Little wonder GT racing has been enjoying such…
London’s only Morgan dealer proves location counts If the rolling Malvern Hills are the ideal setting for appreciating Morgan’s…
Jim Michaelian has been involved with the Long Beach Grand Prix since its debut in 1975, and his unwavering focus on spectators has made it the most influential street race in the world, writes Preston Lerner
The inaugural Seoul ePrix hosts a thrilling Formula E championship decider this weekend, with four drivers still fighting for the title
Despite being the chairman of Prodrive, David Richards has never been too busy to chat. Within 24 hours of sending an email asking if he had any time to spare,…
All IndyCars will be fitted with ballistic screen from next season, offering extra protection from debris - and the potential for air conditioning Open canopies will be fitted to Indycars…