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Excess in the '80s
The 1980s will go down in motor sport history as the most power-crazed decade of all time. For that reason…

The 1980s will go down in motor sport history as the most power-crazed decade of all time. For that reason…
A combustible mix of politics and potency turbocharged an unforgettable racing decade If the first Grand Prix of the 1980s…
Mad Grand Prix machines, outrageous parties and the birth of superbike racing... the 1980s were gloriously unsustainable That the 1980s…
Group C was a party and everyone was invited, making it one of the great eras of sports car racing…
You can’t touch rallying in the 1980s for pure adrenaline, excitement and big-spending teams Group B was so synonymous with…
No other decade matches the 1980s for visceral excitement, but it was a bloated era, a time of excess, and…
If you had to pick a single year in motor sport as the best ever, what would it be? One…
Two rivals brought to perfect pitch in a year-long manufacturer arms race. We let loose in Ford’s secret weapon, and…
Our technical analysis tracks down which compromises are due to the architecture and which come down to set-up Subtle they…
The Motor Sport Hall of Fame has teamed up with official charity partner Mission Motorsport to celebrate the greatest names…
Legendary designers Adrian Newey and Gordon Murray will attend the Motor Sport Hall of Fame. The pair will be joined…
Hall of Fame partner Christopher Ward announces winners of ‘Need for Speed’ competition, supporting British grass-roots motor sport contenders Christopher Ward,…
Driver, constructor, innovator, winner… and he even played cricket. A man of rare versatility and charm, Dan Gurney passed away…
The motor sport fraternity pays tribute to Dan Gurney Dario Franchitti, triple Indianapolis 500 winner “Rest in peace, Dan. We’ll…
Located in the eastern Caribbean, this popular holiday island is evolving its own distinctively themed Festival of Speed The recipe…
Its streets are notoriously congested during Grand Prix weekends, but are little different at any other time of the year.…
The world felt like a bigger place in the early 1970s, but that didn’t deter Don Larsen... Writing from California,…
Meet the man who has been painting crash helmets for 40 years, working with more than 60 GP drivers and…
A moribund marque comes triumphantly back to life to kick-start a French halo brand – Alpine A110 – You have to…
First Mercedes-powered Aston offers a taste of the future – Aston Martin DB11 V8 – Since the war, how many…
What do you think of the modern Mini? It’s a subject capable of inducing looks of dreamy, doe-eyed adoration in some and something closer to fuming apoplexy in others. No…
What is now known as the Rolex 24 Hours was founded 50 years ago as a three-hour race called the Daytona Continental. The race was run over three hours in…
Ferrari's return to top-level sports car racing comes 50 years after its last effort — the astounding Ferrari 312PB. But it didn't bow out of competition in the way that it arguably deserved...
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Marlboro Trophy, Silverstone, June 8 1980 On the surface it looks no…