Simon taylor

Mugello, one of Italy’s greatest racetracks, was once an epic 41-mile closed-road race. We go looking for its original layout in Maserati’s GT2 Stradale, the most focused MC20 yet

This baker’s son achieved what every other hotblooded Stuttgart youngster could only dream of doing during West Germany’s post-war Economic Miracle: to race for Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. Herrmann was

HE WAS A man who was going places, often several places at once. Few racing drivers jousted with jeopardy with such regularity as Willy Mairesse. He was fast and he was committed but all too often he

Hard to believe that the Lamborghini Miura is turning 60. But yes, this revolutionary model was launched at the 1966 Geneva motor show, and its principal architects were only in their 20s. This, for t

Thirty-five years ago, the ambitious Eddie Jordan launched his own grand prix dream despite a hand-to-mouth existence and an inventive attitude to money. He made his mark in 1991.

‘When the owner came over to Italy and saw the finished car, we surprised him by having Valentino Balboni come and drive him in it. That was quite an experience for him, to have his freshly restored M