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The Swiss who opened the account
In the spring of 1949, a Maserati driver from Switzerland became the first man to win a British Grand Prix.…

In the spring of 1949, a Maserati driver from Switzerland became the first man to win a British Grand Prix.…
This Brooklands Straker-Squire is even more remarkable than it looks says Andrew Frankel after one rather too brief encounter Photography…
From illicit rendezvous in forests to today’s floodlit portable undercover workshops, John Davenport charts the changing lot of the rally…
Tim Harvey – Renault 19 Renault’s F1 domination boded well for its new touring car – but, as Tim Harvey…
Forrest Lycett’s 8-litre Bentley was probably the ultimate road-racing car of its era. Bill Boddy recalls its achievements and those…
Coys Festival preview If you’ve never seen a Maserati 250F in full flight or a Porsche 917 flat out, then…
Twenty six years ago, on May 28, 1972, a driver with a degree in mechanical engineering from Brown University won…
Strictly speaking, I'd never been to Reims before. But I had, like millions of others, been through Reims dozens of…
1970 Formula Two Championship, Montjuich Park, Barcelona Everyone always assumes that when I choose my best ever race I would…
The Michigan-made Buick was respected here and even achieved Royal status when HRH The Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson…
Crowd trouble at some football matches seems to be on the increase, but this unhappy trend is not, thank goodness,…
The 750 MC National Austin 7 Rally takes place at Beaulieu on July 5, when every version of the famous…
Charles Grandfield Charles Grandfield, Manager of the Jowett Company's Engineering Department, and who was responsible for the Javelins and Jupiters…
I am told that I am not usually lost for words. Just as well, as I make my living from…
No, not mine. But when I was interviewing racing driver W.B.('Bummer') Scott he told me which were the two happiest…
At the Brooklands Society’s annual reunion on June 28 at the Old Track, this year's theme will be the return…
With the recent move of the Vintage Sports-Car Club to fine new offices, library and workshops in Chipping Norton, new…
I will never know why it took until the man was in his 95th year, but Jaguar’s legendary test driver is Norman Dewis no more, but Norman Dewis OBE. I…
Kimi! The 39-year-old jumped from his Ferrari like a teenager after quite the most beautifully judged victory, his first in more than five years, the first of his five-year second…
Few of Formula 1’s host nations are as dependably capricious as Japan. The ground rules were laid at Fuji in 1976, when James Hunt tiptoed through the best part of…
Gordon Murray, designer of numerous Brabham Formula 1 winners and co-designer of the McLaren MP4/4, releases One Formula – 50 years of Car Design Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray launched his…