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This year’s British Grand Prix marks the 75th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World championship race, which was held at Silverstone in May 1950. Paul Lawrence looks back

Autosport was but a twinkle in Gregor Grant’s eye when Silverstone hosted the first world championship Formula 1 race in May 1950 – this venerable organ’s first edition didn’t fly off the printing pre

To many onlookers, the battle-scarred pea green Willment sportscar at the back of the eclectic Historic Sports Car Club Griffiths Haig Trophy races at Silverstone at the end of May might have been ove

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF V6 TURBOS Those of a certain vintage may lament that the Red Bull Ring succeeded the fast and flowing Osterreichring stapled to the Styrian foothills, but the Aus

Jaguar XJS Started: 2nd Result: 1st “I liked driving the XJS,” recalls Brundle of the European Touring Car Championship racing he did in 1983. “I learned to love it. It was a handful, massive V12 in t

Detroit muscle and European saloon-car racing were once intertwined. However, AMC was rarely represented on track, which made the arrival of the Spirit AMX all the more unexpected. Team Highball built