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Home-made hero
In just two years Peter Westbury became Britain's top hillclimber — in a self-built car. Then he hit the tracks.…
In just two years Peter Westbury became Britain's top hillclimber — in a self-built car. Then he hit the tracks.…
Rupert Keegan was the rich kid in the F1 team with a playboy image – well, Penthouse actually. But being…
Back in 1903 Walter Christie was a determined pioneer of front-wheel-drive — which he called 'direct action'. But his real…
X-ray spec The beautiful Alfetta was a post-war sensation. Only one is still racing. Keith Howard quizzes the man who…
Michael Schumacher wasn't the first German GP star to make his name in a Mercedes sportscar. Hartmut Lehbrink reviews Wolfgang…
BRM 2 – The saga of British Racing Motors by Doug Nye with Tony Rudd ISBN 1 899870 00 8…
by Patrice Besquet ISBN 2 9149820 06 7 Published by Editions du Palmier, 52 Euros With the subtitle 'The Most…
by David McKinney ISBN 1 86126 568 9 Published by Crowood Press, £19.95 It's a brave move to add more…
by David Weguelin with Doug Nye www.motorfilms.com or tel: 01483 235600 video £14.99, DVD £19.99 I am a late starter…
by Christopher Hilton ISBN 1 85983 349 7 Published by Breedon Books, £25 Hilton's aim here is to discover what…
by Adam Cooper ISBN 1 85960 663 6 Published by Haynes, £30 On pages 216-217 of this excellent book is…
Bill Boddy Having served my apprenticeship in writing by sending schoolboy letters to Motor Sport and other motoring papers, and…
I see that David Ogilvy, who used to do flight tests of light aeroplanes for Motor Sport, is doing this…
Last month I described how Henry Segrave won for Sunbeam the 1923 French Grand Prix, thus becoming the first British…
An appreciative Frank Allocca in New Jersey is the newest of a long line of owners to enjoy the Type…
Shelsley Walsh, our very oldest motorsporting venue, may be closed by 2004 unless some £1.5m can be raised to save…
Aston Martin Racing driver Allan Simonsen has died after crashing on the third lap of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Dane, 34, was leading the GTE-Am class in his…
The crack Manthey team delivered Porsche a 10th victory in the Nürburgring 24 Hours after a hard-fought race that featured a complete checklist of serious entries from the great German…
IndyCar’s first race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course started badly with a multi-car shunt and turned into a murky fuel conservation run won by Simon Pagenaud. The Frenchman…
There were two things that got MotoGP commentators and fans particularly excited last season: the unpredictability of the racing and the incredibly close lap times, with the fastest 15 riders…