By Oliver Gavin It was a dark and stormy race… The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was certainly a baptism of fire. In fact, the extended periods of torrential…

By Lee McKenzie Until Sunday, the Monaco Grand Prix weekend had been pretty straightforward. Rain on Thursday brought a splash of excitement, but qualifying went as expected and it looked…

By Oliver Gavin I always welcome back-to-back race weekends and I’ve certainly racked up a few air miles over the last month, with two visits to California punctuated by a…

By Lee McKenzie As you drive towards the circuit in Barcelona on Thursday, everything comes flooding back. You count the number of times you've been to the Circuit de Catalunya,…

Continuing the Jaguar theme on our classified spotlights, this week we turn our attention from D-type to E-type. The Jaguar focus is appropriate, given that the marque celebrates its 80th…

Commissioned by former Grand Prix driver Henry Taylor, this Wingfield recreation mirrors the original TKF 9 D-type – a car made famous by Taylor’s own success at its wheel, not to…

By Darren Turner We’re getting into the best part of the season for sports car drivers now, when it seems that every race you do is epic. It’s my favourite…

By Lee McKenzie It wasn't quite the spectacle that we had last year, but it seems that when the darkness falls in the Bahrain desert, the temperature rises in the…

By Ross Jamieson As the chairman of Ferrari from 1991-2014, Luca di Montezemolo reigned over the Scuderia for each of the 11 Formula 1 titles amassed between ’99 and ’05.…

By Lee McKenzie I’m sitting in Bahrain having landed in a storm. The winds have whipped up the sand and unsettled the calm that is the norm here. As I…

By Oliver Gavin Teams and drivers typically encounter many bumps in the road, both literally and figuratively, at Sebring. It’s a car buster – always has been and always will…

By Lee McKenzie I bet you never thought you'd look forward to seeing the pointing, celebratory finger of Sebastian Vettel after four years of consecutive world titles. But who wasn't…