Matt James looks back on a dramatic season when McLaren’s Alain Prost managed to defeat the best cars on the grid

The British race fans first got to know all about Ayrton Senna da Silva through his exploits on the national Formula Ford scene 45 years ago. Matt James explores his initial racing steps

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.

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

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

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