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Matters of moment, May 2017
It’s Sunday lunchtime at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The rain has held off, but a freezing wind bites into every…
It’s Sunday lunchtime at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The rain has held off, but a freezing wind bites into every…
With Silverstone’s opener starting this month, here’s how things are poised in the wake of Audi’s exit Audi has departed,…
Olympian winners compete together at Classic At least five Olympic gold medallists will make their race debuts in the celebrity…
Patrick Nève The first driver signed by Williams Grand Prix Engineering, Patrick Nève has died aged 67. Nève worked at…
Major car changes – yet the results aren’t what we expected New Formula 1 cars, with bigger wings, more powerful…
Lewis Hamilton arrived in Melbourne adamant that Ferrari had the fastest car. Yes, he was relieved that the awkward balance…
We understand that McLaren management has looked very hard at whether it would be possible to exit its contract with…
Turns 11 & 12, Albert Park For the first few minutes, standing adjacent to the approach of the fast Turn…
Nostalgia. We all love it. Can’t get enough of it, in fact. At least if the worldwide explosion of Goodwood-inspired…
Sixty years ago, the eighth season of the FIA’s Formula 1 world championship started with a race whose runners, riders…
Grand Prix motorcycling has known few riders as wild as Wayne Gardner, who gave Australia its first premier-class world title…
Door handles. That was one of the notable upgrades when Triumph decided the TR3 deserved some extra appeal. In those…
McLaren’s star car outshines its rivals We are used to car manufacturers saving their best stuff for the Geneva show…
The GTS is the Goldilocks 911, taking the best that the range has to offer and ditching the worst No…
How do you improve on the brilliant GT86? With difficulty, as this mid-life facelift proves Not before time, Toyota’s broadly acclaimed…
The best Vanquish yet? Perhaps so, but there are better Aston alternatives It has got there. Aston’s doughty old V12…
The numbers are good, the manner of its delivery rather less so For people who want a compact sporting saloon…
The truly great John Surtees I first saw John Surtees at Brands Hatch in 1954 on the REG and his…
Crashed and Byrned – 2017 updated edition Tommy Byrne & Mark Hughes Try and buy a second-hand copy of this…
Thirty years after it burst onto the scene, Ford’s Sierra RS Cosworth remains one of the most thrilling tin-top racers…
Provisional results 1. Ian Duncan/Amaar Slatch: Ford Capri 16hr54m46s 2. Stig Blomqvist/Staffan Parmander: Tuthill Porsche 911 16hr58m00s 3. Gerard Marcy/Stephane Prevot: Tuthill Porsche 911 17hr39m45s 4. Steve Perez/John Millington: Datsun 260Z 17hr50m49s 5. Onkar Rai/Baldev Chager: Porsche 911 17hr54m16s…
Spa is quick still. Sebastian Vettel’s fastest lap at the Belgian Grand Prix equated to a 141.457mph average – despite the hideous Full Stop chicane opposite the pit entrance. The…
The 1996 Jordan 196 – the very Formula 1 car Brundle hopped into after his Melbourne barrel roll – could be yours Images courtesy of RM Sotheby's // Scott Pattenden…
World Champion Freddie Spencer explains the small change at Ducati that made the difference for Jorge Lorenzo, what's behind Maverick Viñales' struggles, and looks at Lorenzo's move to Honda alongside Marc…