From frozen out to champions

One minute we were rubbing in the sun cream, the next hunkering under brollies as the good old UK weather kept the British Touring Car Championship guessing at bucolic Oulton Park. The series’ annual

Britain topped the world in rallying and in Formula 1, and it was a period of boom and bust across the motorsport world.

It was a decade of British success across a turbulent landscape. Matt James picks out some highlights

A fresh impetus behind grand prix racing breaks down the barriers. Matt James looks back

Will Hoy, Tim Harvey, Joachim Winkelhock, Gabriele Tarquini, John Cleland, Frank Biela, Alain Menu, Rickard Rydell, Laurent Aiello… Anthony Reid. If you thought we were listing the title winners from

Fairy tales can come true, and the UK experienced a purple patch early on in the century with two home-grown grand prix title winners.