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Credit Where It's Due
There will doubtless be those who begrudge Damon Hill his championship success this year. Ever since he emerged in the…
There will doubtless be those who begrudge Damon Hill his championship success this year. Ever since he emerged in the…
This month's copy of MOTOR SPORT celebrates the World Championship success of Damon Hill, and it also represents a milestone…
There are striking similarities between the careers of Damon and Graham Hill, but the new World Champion is very much…
Damon Hill kept his fans on the edge of their seats right to the bitter end; so too did his…
At his first attempt, Jacques Villeneuve has already enjoyed a more successful Grand Prix year than his legendary father, Gilles,…
It is 20 years since James Hunt clinched the World Championship in one of the tensest Formula One finales. Simon…
The ITC's collapse mirrors that of the World Touring Car Championship nine years ago. But who is really to blame?…
Overnight success for Mitsubishi is the result of years of experience, says David Williams Andrew Cowan and Phil Short, the…
...but not quite. For all its sporting pedigree, Mark Hughes emerges a tad disappointed from AMG's interpretation of the E-Class…
Sir I was most interested to read "Rich Rumour" in October's issue. Having had access to official Mercedes archives, I…
Sir, In the October issue you enquired if the side-handle starting arrangement on Chris Piercy's Utility Trojan was a standard…
Sir, John Hickman enquires (Readers' Letters, October) whether the 212 European Hillclimb Championship-winning Ferrari driven by Peter Schetty still exists…
Sir, Transport technology reached a zenith when, with the invention of the bicycle, the addition of just 25Ibs to a…
Chrysler 300 — America's Most Powerful Car, by Robert Ackerson. Veloce Publishing, £25.00. Veloce provide in this book a useful…
A Gentleman's Motor Racing Diary. World Action Sports Productions (Tel: 01606 49723), £295 Compiled from the private films of Johnny…
Fairthorpe Cars, by John H Allan. Bookmarque Publishing, £24.99. It is good that the lesser makes among those sports cars…
Essential BMW Roadsters and Cabriolets, by Eberhard Kittler. Bay View Books, £9.95. I found much of interest in this soft-back…
Volkswagen Beetle — The Rise From The Ashes Of War, by Simon Parkinson. Veloce Publishing, £14.99. Here is the extraordinary…
Ferrari — the Battle for Revival, by Alan Henry. Haynes, £14.99. Quick off the mark, as befits an Autocar columnist,…
Roads to Oblivion Triumphs and Tragedies of British Car Makers 1946-56, by Christopher Balfour. Bay View Books, £24.95. I suppose…
Mission Complete in the 2.40 at Chepstow: there could be no better name for AP McCoy’s 4000th winner. Destiny called. Except that the seven-year-old gelding was withdrawn because the going…
The recent recruitment of Alex Albon to Williams as George Russell’s 2022 replacement is great news for a driver whose initial promise was brought up short when he was paired…
There are very few engines that have become so indivisible from their creator that it’s hard to mention them without their names too. I guess you could include the Cosworth…
In what might be the promotional coup of the year, Ford Brasil have not only managed to put fierce rivals Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet in a room together, they've…