John Surtees in 1979
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
All at Motor Sport were sad to hear of the death of Maria Teresa de Filippis on Friday. While there had been female race and rally drivers before her, de…
We have delved into the Track Torque audio archive and come up with a magical journey back in time to the summer of 1977. We take you to Silverstone for…
It’s time to resurrect another tape from our Motor Sport audio archive, to look back on the 1979 grand prix season with one of my Track Torque programmes from Radio…
There are a great many reasons why Stirling Moss is still the most famous racing driver on the planet, this despite Lewis Hamilton’s unstinting efforts to establish himself as what…
The response to the launch of our new Motor Sport sound archive has been encouraging, many of you telling us that not only have you enjoyed the interview with Lord…
Many of you have told me how much you enjoy dipping into the extraordinary treasure trove that is the Motor Sport archive, how stories from past decades bring back so…
Those of you who tweet will be familiar with Audi’s hashtag #welcomechallenges. Well, the team from Ingolstadt sure had some challenges at Le Mans 2015, and of course the biggest…
It’s been 40 years since Derek Bell took the first of his five victories at Le Mans in the Mirage-Ford GR8 run by John Wyer and sponsored by Gulf. This…
Next weekend, at La Sarthe, Oliver Jarvis will step aboard an LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro, replacing Tom Kristensen in the team that has made a habit, in recent years,…
Les Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans held little interest for me. A motor racing fan since I was five years old, when my parents took me to Goodwood, it was Grand…
Among the pictures on my office walls are two of Tazio Nuvolari. I look across the room and there he is, rounding the Station Hairpin (now Loews) on his way…