Person of the year gordon murray

THE ANGELES CREST Highway winds through forests and mountains north of Los Angeles, bordered by rockfaces and climbing to almost 8000ft. Not surprisingly, it’s a favourite of local car enthusiasts, an

Much like a 19-year-old Bob Dylan arriving in New York brimming with talent and potential, Gordon Murray landed in England as a 23-year-old with little more than uncanny ability and burning ambition.

No matter what the onslaught of incredible stats, it’s the gearknob I remember most. Sure, when the McLaren F1 was launched in 1994 it cost £540,000 (plus taxes) and there was talk of a 6.0-litre V12

Murray originally aspired to becoming a racing driver, and campaigned his self-built IGM (Ian Gordon Murray) in the National Sports Car Championship in 1967-68. The original car no longer exists, but

I HAVE BEEN fortunate enough to meet Gordon Murray on several occasions, though I am not sure his joy at discovering we would be sitting together at various functions over the years was ever quite as

The previous weekend’s British Grand Prix was a timely prelude to the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s biggest-ever celebration from 10-13 July, marking 75 years of Formula One. More than 100 cars charted