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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

Hans Herrmann, who has died aged 97, will forever be remembered as Porsche’s first outright winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours together with Richard Attwood in 1970. But that is to overlook the other achi

THE CLASSIC CAR world sometimes behaves as if Friedhelm Loh has come out of nowhere, an unheard-of collector who has burst onto the scene since Covid, waving around wads of cash and buying up all the

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

The World Rally Championship has a new young hero – and just in the nick of time. At 24, Oliver Solberg can now boast two wins from his first two starts in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, following a histor

Spring into 2026 as season begins across Europe