In just two years Peter Westbury became Britain's top hillclimber — in a self-built car. Then he hit the tracks.…

When kitsch was cool, John Travolta was new and the only skirts in Formula 1 were mini, soft porn strutted…

Back in 1903 Walter Christie was a determined pioneer of front-wheel-drive — which he called 'direct action'. But his real…

Very few Italians would be inclined to acknowledge it, but the unique competition record of the Alfa 158, the original…

Michael Schumacher wasn't the first German GP star to make his name in a Mercedes sportscar. Hartmut Lehbrink reviews Wolfgang…

BRM 2 – The saga of British Racing Motors by Doug Nye with Tony Rudd ISBN 1 899870 00 8…

by Patrice Besquet ISBN 2 9149820 06 7 Published by Editions du Palmier, 52 Euros With the subtitle 'The Most…

by David McKinney ISBN 1 86126 568 9 Published by Crowood Press, £19.95 It's a brave move to add more…

by David Weguelin with Doug Nye www.motorfilms.com or tel: 01483 235600 video £14.99, DVD £19.99 I am a late starter…

by Christopher Hilton ISBN 1 85983 349 7 Published by Breedon Books, £25 Hilton's aim here is to discover what…

by Adam Cooper ISBN 1 85960 663 6 Published by Haynes, £30 On pages 216-217 of this excellent book is…

Bill Boddy Having served my apprenticeship in writing by sending schoolboy letters to Motor Sport and other motoring papers, and…

I see that David Ogilvy, who used to do flight tests of light aeroplanes for Motor Sport, is doing this…

Last month I described how Henry Segrave won for Sunbeam the 1923 French Grand Prix, thus becoming the first British…

An appreciative Frank Allocca in New Jersey is the newest of a long line of owners to enjoy the Type…

Shelsley Walsh, our very oldest motorsporting venue, may be closed by 2004 unless some £1.5m can be raised to save…