Your take on the stagnant and frequently predictable nature of Formula 1, and the excitement of Formula E in comparison…

Oscar E Seyd, the first editor of this great magazine, was at pains to stress in his editorial of July…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CjqRU8Zdo What is the greatest racing car of the past 100 years? It’s a question as easy to ask as…

Briefly, it feels like it might get away from you. When the turbos light up and the needle of the…

It is the vastness of the thing that is most disconcerting. All that metal; tall, thin and long. It seems…

How do you get 10 of the most incredible racing cars in history in the same place at the same…

I had an enormous enthusiasm and interest for motor sport when I was growing up in the 1950s. And even…

1950 The Formula 1 World Championship takes its bow at Silverstone on May 13, as Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina becomes the…

Into its fourth decade, Motor Sport enters its classic period, once Denis Jenkinson joined as WB’s roving eyes and ears.…

I fell in love with motor racing when I was just five years old and, growing up in South Africa,…

1960 Stirling Moss claims the first Formula 1 world championship GP win for Lotus in Rob Walker’s Type 18 at…

Motor Sport hits its zenith in terms of copy sales during the Swinging Sixties, as the magazine, under Wesley J…

Thruxton, March 30, 1970, European Formula 2. My second race on the British mainland. I turned up with a private…

1970 Porsche claims the first of what will become a record number of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours.…

I was fortunate to race with and against so many great characters in the 1970s, some of whom became close…

It’s the painful hangover decade. But amid political and economic uncertainty – and increasingly lairy fashions – Motor Sport and…

I finished working for Chaparral in September 1979, although I had been based back at my father’s house in North-west…

1980 Audi reveals its Quattro at the Geneva Motor Show. Having already successfully lobbied to make 4WD legal for rallying,…

“The Magazine that gave its name to the Sport” becomes the tad more pompous  “AUTHORITATIVE VOICE OF THE SPORT”  …

I’m often asked what I consider to be the most interesting era of motor sport. It’s a tough question but…