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He sticks his head through the door of the meeting room. “What are you doing here?” Great mock confused/puzzled expression – and then the Hollywood smile. Luca Cordero di Montezemolo has…

Shooting the breeze with Berger is a glorious oasis in a desert of political correctness. There is no messing around, no ducking and diving. Gerhard’s shots are fired from the…

Contributing to Motor Sport I meet a great many people and some make a big impression. Maria Teresa de Filippis was one of those. There was always that twinkle in the…

The handsome middle-aged man playing with his train set was once the scourge of grand prix motor racing, the sport’s wild man, the new kid on the grid who, said…

Stirling Moss is the most famous racing driver in the world and the greatest all-rounder the sport has ever seen, even if he never won a Formula 1 world championship.…

Formula 1 drivers have to be extraordinarily fit: and a by-product of their fitness is that, if they have a serious accident, they are likely to recover much more quickly…

Karl Edward Tommy Borgudd was born and brought up on the island of Oland in the Baltic Sea – a long way from Monte Carlo and even further from the…

The first Formula 1 race I covered as a cub reporter was the Gold Cup at Oulton Park in August 1970, when I was still young enough to have heroes.…

Early evening is a good time to savour modern Goodwood. The crowd has dispersed so there are few distractions to mask row upon row of competitive elegance. The paddock is…

Gérard Ducarouge, who has died aged 73, wasn’t really the designer of the line of great Formula 1 cars, from the Ligier JS11 to the Lotus 99T, for which he…

Almost unbelievably, this year marks the 47th consecutive season that Frank Williams has fielded a Formula 1 team. The first Grand Prix with a Williams entry on the grid was…

At Brands Hatch the Williams team gave a demonstration of dominance and quality. Both cars started from the front row and, apart from the first two laps, occupied the leading…

"Suddenly he arrives, from nowhere, a yellow helmet in my mirror.” The afternoon of Sunday October 22, 1989 was one of the most tumultuous in the history of Grand Prix…

Recognise this guy? It would be quite understandable if you didn’t. Yet for the best part of 30 years, he was considered one of the most powerful and influential figures…

Aspiring to sing at La Scala is one dream, but others would prefer to score for Juventus. Some think only of designing the perfect suit. There is one Italian, however,…

It seems so improbable: a century has elapsed since Alfieri Maserati set up shop in Bologna, initially carrying out general engineering work and perfecting his own brand of spark plugs.…

In his heyday on the Grand Prix circuits Louis T Stanley cut an imposing figure. Tall and corpulent, ruddy of face and silver of hair, his blue blazer and old…