John Wickham, who has died aged 73, won Le Mans with Bentley, as well as the BTCC title with Frank Biela and Audi, after running the 1980s Spirit F1 team
Part of France's golden F1 generation of the 1980s, Patrick Tambay was charismatic, cosmopolitan and quick. Andrew Marriott remembers the two-time grand prix winner
Simon Arron didn’t just love motor racing. It crackled within him. No matter what the subject, his conversation sparked with obscure facts, hilarious anecdotes and sheer enthusiasm for the sport.…
Remembering Simon Arron, Motor Sport's much respected and loved former editor, who died last week at the age of 61
We’re used to racing icons being ‘multi-disciplined’. But rarely encompasses the worlds of teaching and podcasting, as it did for the uniquely talented British Superbike rider, Chrissy Rouse, who has died after a severe crash at Donington
Walking through Kensington one day in the 1980s I saw an Alfa Romeo parked by the kerb. No everyday saloon but an 8C 2300, even then worth a million or…
Gentleman driver, team owner and TV presenter, Alain de Cadenet lived a life of adventure, charming many he met along the way
Tony Brooks, who died on May 3, aged 90, was one of the truly great F1 drivers. From his debut win in the 1955 non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix for Connaught…
Sidney Taylor, 1932 – 2022 Sidney Taylor – usually known as Sid - was one of the great characters of motor racing, making his mark as a driver, successful team…
Reine Wisell 1941-2022 Reine Wisell was the dashing flaxen-haired Viking with the long flowing locks, sideburns to his chin and the flashing white smile. On the same trajectory as his…
If you could race it, Vic Elford would race it — fast. One of the most versatile drivers in motor sport history has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 86, after a career racing just about anything
Sir Frank Williams 1942-2021 Frank Williams. Has there ever lived a man so immersed, so desperately enthralled and in love with motor racing? He didn’t have a plan, he had…
Tony Dron towered above the cohort of mid-sixties aspiring young motoring journalists both physically but also with his skill at the wheel of a racing car and with the typewriter.…
Adrian Hamilton's enthusiasm and passion for cars, displayed in his extensive dealership success, was matched only by his kindness and willingness to help others within his world
Sabine Schmitz 1969-2021 Alongside Fangio, Surtees, Clark, Stewart, Ickx and the other legends of the Nürburgring Nordschleife sits the name of Sabine Schmitz. The 51-year-old, who died on Tuesday, is…
Murray Walker commentated on Formula 1 from 1978 all the way up to 2001 and was an iconic part of the sport's history
