Le Mans: why it's still the greatest
What a contrast in the course of eight days. One Saturday this past month I wandered around Spa-Francorchamps soaking in the sights, sounds and intensity of the 6-hour World Endurance…
Approaching Tertre Rouge at 130mph in the Toyota TS030, the words of Sébastien Buemi came back to me. ‘You can get through with only a lift, but you have to…
Nordschleife. One single word from the motor racing vocabulary that conjures up so many memories, so many images and not a few shivers. From the autobahn you follow signs towards…
Audi Sport achieved an emphatic podium lock-out in the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. On the face if it, all bodes well for…
I am just back from the land of bacon, beer, bicycles and blondes. And a much-missed motor racing circuit called Roskilde, the scene of many a great race back in…
At Donington this past weekend Chevron’s cars appeared with Mission Motorsport logos, marking the British manufacturer’s support for the charity. Jordan and David Witt are running a Chevron GT3 and…
They don’t make them quite like ‘Quick Vic’ Elford these days. Sure, rally master Sébastien Loeb can turn his hand to the circuits and win in sports cars. But he’ll…
Audi finished an exciting 1-2 at Silverstone on Sunday in the opening round of the 2013 World Endurance Championship. Toyota had locked out the front row in qualifying, but in…
This summer there are be two very good reasons to visit the Swift Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent. On Thursday June 6 there will be a special three course lunch with Sir…
If you have to leave, leave on a high. Say auf Wiedersehen in style. On Sunday March 17 the most successful endurance racing team of this century loaded their cars…
America’s oldest long distance sports car race takes place this Saturday on the rough and tumble Sebring airfield circuit in central Florida. A world championship sports car race from its…
It sounds as though Mallory Park is in a bit of a pickle. Verbal decibels have reached danger level in a row over its number of days’ usage and the…
Last week Paul Fearnley offered some warm reminiscences about the 1973 motor racing season. For my part, that year has an equally strong hold on my heart and mind because…
In an homage to the Gulf collection that graces the cover of the March issue of Motor Sport, reader Maarten Vogels has recreated the photo shoot with model cars. If…
Five wins in the last eight Rolex 24 Hour races at Daytona is a pretty impressive record. Chip Ganassi’s IndyCar team has established itself over the past 15 years as…
Those who know me will be aware that I am not averse to a grizzle, a gripe or a groan. According to some I fit that Northern standard of dourness.…
A court case that has been rumbling on for many months finally reached its conclusion last week. It held that motoring journalist and racing driver Mark Hales was liable for…