I don’t want it to be hurtful to anyone,” says Joann Villeneuve in the opening moments of the new feature-length documentary on her husband Gilles and his friend, team-mate and eventual…

Rob Huff describes himself, with a self-deprecating chuckle, as a motor racing “journeyman” when he reflects on a colourful career as one of Britain’s best touring car specialists. But the…

Are racing car liveries as cool and memorable as they used to be? Let’s ask a man who should know. The trouble is, any conversation with Peter Stevens, the eminent…

“In the order of a balanced fun/strong appearance, I’d have to go for the Brabhams first. Then I’d choose the Skoal Bandit RAM livery next – I did a lot…

1993 Portuguese GP (DNF – crash) “Häkkinen was the breath of fresh air F1 needed in Estoril, and he bounced into the paddock like some golden retriever puppy that had…

The tax case. The daft things he’s said about women. Putin. To the wider world Bernie Ecclestone is what they might call ‘toxic’ these days, like the mad uncle you…

Motor sport loves a poacher-turned-gamekeeper. Who better than a former mechanic or engineer who knows all the tricks (and has on occasion used them) to keep slippery racing teams on…

Some delicious irony for you. A few weeks ago I was on my way to a Porsche Formula E Gen3 launch to find out more about a new racing car…

The three cars poised on the rough concrete banking look right at home – largely because that’s precisely where they are. Strictly speaking, they’re French-minted racing royalty, but nevertheless Brooklands…

You’ll know the name. How can you not? Richard Mille branding seems to pop up just about everywhere in motor sport these days. Yet the man behind the Swiss luxury…

Forty years of Group C? It’s the anniversary that just keeps on giving. If the heavyweight triple-volume celebration of works Porsche 962s reviewed in this space last month, Ultimate Works…

Formula 1 world champions who arguably drove better in their title defence seasons? As John Watson says: “It’s a good pub debate.” One example that’s almost as intriguing as James…