Porsche is one of those marques about which I feel ambivalence. Unless the six numbers click into place on the...
Fifty years ago, petrolheads woke one morning to discover that their life had changed, their horizons had widened. Suddenly there was the Jaguar E-Type, the most beautiful car in the world (Enzo said so) and priced less than four, basic 850-cc Minis—translate to the cheapest Korean import. In the UK,...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
It is a given that motor sport flourishes in countries that are both affluent and mindful of technology. In the pioneering days that meant America and Western Europe. We have the Turkish GP because the government is gagging to join the EU and Turkey is going through an industrial revolution,...
One driver rarely mentioned in the endless pub debate about great drivers is Sir Jack Brabham, yet in many ways...
Three apparently unconnected things seemed to me to have a synergy. One is the supposed 75th anniversary of Jaguar, a date that both the company and most of the media have got wrong. Jaguar Cars Ltd. was registered in March, 1945, Jaguar had been the name of some models made by...
It hardly seems credible, but the 13th Goodwood Revival Meeting has just taken place and it was as good as...
Twenty-five years ago, a company called Amstrad launched an inexpensive word processor. The package was crude, each three-inch disk held...
The BBC recently screened a documentary on the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Pierre Bouillon’s car was launched into the air at high speed from the back of another competitor and caused carnage. The name may be unfamiliar to some because Bouillon raced under the name, Levegh, as did his uncle,...
William Lyons was a great stylist, and is possibly the only CEO of a major manufacturer to have personally penned...
Dan Gurney Biography He drove in the last great era of Grand Prix racing before the advent of tobacco advertising and aerodynamic devices changed the sport forever. Is adversaries were some of the greatest names in Grand Prix history, Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Graham Hill and perhaps the greatest of...
Illustrating Patrick Quinn’s article on the Bira MG K3 (VR December, 2009) was a photograph of Ron Uffindel, who frequently...
There is a section in The Sunday Times called In Gear and it is basically boys’ toys, with cars as...
It is astonishing what you can learn about different countries if you follow motor racing. I have no real knowledge about tax except for those tear-stained begging letters I receive from the Inland Revenue, but I have picked up a few things. Cunningham, Scarab, and Chaparral were all major American...
The death of Peter Arundell promptsmemory of a challenge. Formula Junior was once Formula Arundell; he won twice as many...
Keith Duckworth Biography Since the partnership was formed in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth along with Bill Brown and Benny Rood, Cosworth has become the most successful independent engine manufacturer in history with a string of driver and manufacturer titles to its credit in a wide range of...
There has been much rejoicing over the return to F1 next year of Team Lotus and I cannot understand what...
Over the years, I have assembled a fairly large library. In the event of a fire, the cost of replacing...
It seems that we may have had the last Grand Prix at Silverstone. There was a time when I lived nearby and, in 1983, I reported on every meeting. At a Saturday “clubbie” I was the whole press corps and a tenth of the crowd. It remains my most enjoyable...
People have often expressed surprise that the Indianapolis 500 was included in the World Championship, between 1950 and 1960. For...
I became interested in motor racing during the one brief period when Aston Martin was really something special. There was...
In 2007 I attended the Press Day prior to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. You can be a passenger in...
