The racing sun sets for ‘westy’

Some of motorsport’s most enduring figures can’t resist the urge to keep racing. Matt James finds out why

Guenther Steiner is that rare thing in modern motor sport: a genuine character; a straight-talking, old-school racer in an era of corporate jargon and marketing polish. Not despite that, but rather be

Matt James spoke to some of those who have successfully switched from a life in the cockpit to find a home in the commentary booth

30 years ago, Colin McRae flew, drifted and slid his way from WRC frontrunner to sporting megastar

The anecdote has thus far been delivered by detour and digression. Wynne Mitchell is doubled up in mirth as he recounts a story surrounding Tony Pond’s third-place finish on the 1985 RAC Rally of Grea

He spent the best part of 30 years trying to make racing cars go faster, then the next quarter of a century striving to make them safer. But Peter Wright, who died in November aged 79, was an understa