Obituaries

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

At just the second time of asking, Citroën has become a race winner in Formula E. The chevrons of the Stellantis-owned French brand now adorn the cars that wore Maserati tridents last year, and at 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

Every lover of late 20th-century rock will have been saddened by the death of Chris Rea. He sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, with massive hits such as Fool (If You Think It’s Over) and Driv

Into my penguin suit and off to the Royal Automobile Club on London’s Pall Mall to enjoy Motor Sport UK’s Night of Champions, where the championship winners of 2025 were to be celebrated. If you think