The nurburgring wars

What if I told you there was a place in Japan where your wildest fantasies could be brought to life? Not that one. I’m talking about the one where the car in your garage looks as good as a 250 Testa R

My taste buds became attuned to the sweet tang of forbidden fruit via the Gran Turismo video game. Many a car fan of my generation waxes lyrical about how this game turned them into petrolheads, but t

IF THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY, 2007 feels like a surprisingly long flight away. In the land of 2007, there was just one Taylor Swift album, one Transformers film and, as of January that year, one g

For the sheer love of racing: that’s what it’s all about for Max Verstappen, who has won another dose of respect by claiming an emphatic victory on his GT3 sports car debut at the greatest, most chall

Huge credit to Max Verstappen. Seven days after his dominant Italian Grand Prix win and on a weekend off from a 24-race Formula 1 season, the four-time champion pitched up at the Nürburgring to make h

Last week’s motorsport fun (I ran Autocar’s electric Renault 5 in a Cornwall sprint) sent me into one of those urgent moods of car desire that stay with you after you’ve had a really good time. Sprint