Track Torque with Sir Stirling Moss, part two
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…
November 20, 2014 and we’re sat round a table in Carluccio’s restaurant in Bicester Village. The weather’s turning and Tom Onslow-Cole is telling me about his switch to full-time GT…
This year’s Ferrari 488 GTB uses a mid-mounted 3.9-litre V8. In that sense, it is traditional Ferrari fare. Not, however, if you were a devotee of the brand in the…
"Born in a gas station," Tom Kristensen had petrol in his veins from an early age. Despite a flirtation with banking, he went on to win the Le Mans 24…
As I sit here to write my final United SportsCar column of 2015 I’m struggling a little to stay fully awake and focused. Hopefully this isn’t because of the soporific…
Much has been made this week of Patrick Pilet and Nick Tandy’s achievement at Road Atlanta on Sunday. It was certainly unique. The sight of a GT Porsche tracking down…
I had a birthday last week and it must have been a significant one because into my lap thumped my very own copy of the greatest work of research yet…
The Porsche 911 celebrated its 50th birthday in 2013. Much was made of the occasion and deservedly so – the 911 is a motor sport great, a consistently class-leading sports…
The weather at Road Atlanta for this year’s Petit Le Mans, the United SportsCar season finale, was abysmal. Days of persistent rain left the track and run-off areas totally waterlogged.…
The classified spotlight usually presents well-prepared, highly-polished machinery. Not so this week where rust, grime and dented body panels take centre stage. Despite its current condition, this week’s spotlight remains…
Think of all the great drivers who drove all those great Ferrari prototypes and GTs that illuminated its golden age of sports car racing. Who was the best remains open…
Back in the 1960s Jim Hall’s Chaparral Can-Am cars captured many imaginations and revolutionised racing as Hall and his small Texas-based team dabbled in aerodynamics – without the use of…
In the mid-1960s, after a stint on the Ford GT project, Eric Broadley refocused his attention to Lola. The result, the T70, broke cover in ’66. It was a muscular…
They were an odd couple, the stooped yet tall Englishman with a stiff upper lip and clipped delivery and the little Mexican with luxuriant swept-back hair and clichéd Engleesh accent.…
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…
I’ve just got back from another amazing Goodwood Revival. In fact, I think I have the post-Goodwood blues today. The Revival just gets better every year and I’m a lucky…
How many Formula 1 drivers have admitted to having a coach? Not many. In fact, you could probably count them on two hands. The fact of the matter is, though,…