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Patrick Head: The F1 designers I respected... and tried to beat
During my time at Williams I have been privileged to compete against a number of designers whose work I have…

During my time at Williams I have been privileged to compete against a number of designers whose work I have…
It is part of motor racing folklore that Australian World Champion Alan Jones had little time for FIA stewards, or…
The crash that claimed Marco Simoncelli’s life at October’s Malaysian motorcycle GP was very similar to the accident that killed Shoya Tomizawa during last…
There have been plenty of big accidents over the past 10 years in Indycar races on high-banked oval tracks. Davey…
Sir, As the restorer of the ‘Pink Pig’ for Porsche, I would like to correct one thing regarding the controversy…
Sir, The Porsche 917 ‘Pink Pig’ story was fun, but there’s a bit more to it… As your story states,…
Sir, The December issue brought back both sad and good memories. When we ran our Lotus 47 in the 1968…
Sir, Thumbing through the December issue of your fine magazine, I came across Doug Nye’s article on Dr Tony Goodwin’s…
Sir, Concerning Rob Widdows’ intriguing account of the Porsche ‘Pink Pig’, I found it disappointing that Klaus Bischof denies the…
Sir, Douglas Kent (Letters, November) suggests Piero Taruffi’s Tarf twin-boom record car was based on similar theories to Smokey Yunick’s…
Sir, Just a quick thank you from the USA for the terrific recent website podcasts. How wonderful it was to…
I read with interest in Doug Nye’s column that Dr Tony Goodwin is about to publish his autobiography. I am…
Sir, It was good to be reminded of the life and times of the great Jo Siffert by Michael Cotton…
Sir, Your editorial in the November issue rightly gives credit to the Goodwood Revival meeting. However, your comment that you…
Sir, Having attended the IndyCar race at Las Vegas in anticipation of a great weekend, it turned into one of…
Sir, Stephen Campbell is not the only person to be irritated by the anachronistic hippies at the Goodwood Revival (Letters,…
That’s how much time has passed since Johnny Herbert last raced an Audi R8 sports prototype – so how would…
If I tell you not to think of an elephant, what do you do? If I then repeat myself and…
Want to know what the Mazda sounds like? Just ask its Le Mans-winning pilot Johnny Herbert Mazda might be protective…
In the business world, management is all. The best managers earn the biggest salaries; companies with good profit growth are…
The 2011 Motor Sport Hall of Fame was considered another huge success. Sir Jack Brabham, Sir Frank Williams, Jody Scheckter and Dario Franchitti were all inducted on the night and…
In my hands is a literal ton of jet engine. It might be on a hoist, but I’ve got enough of the strain that my arms feel wobbly and I…
Drivers such as Michael Lyons don’t really exist any more. Contemporary racing drivers can be found in the odd Mini or sports racer, thanks mainly to Goodwood and the Silverstone…
The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is a FWD/AWD LMP1-H racer that meets FIA WEC and ACO criteria and features a 3-litre TTV6 IC engine with DI, in conjunction with an…