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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.

With little more than a week to go before the Brabham BT46B was due to make its debut in the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix, things were not looking good. Better known as the ‘fan car’, this was Gordon Murra

AUTOSPORT’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY intertwines almost perfectly with the 75 years of the Formula 1 world championship for drivers. This magazine’s grand old title is the junior by three months, and right fr

At first it’s hard to imagine a 12-year-old Thierry Boutsen sneaking the keys to his mother’s Fiat 600 for a joyride, such is the Belgian’s calm, pragmatic demeanour. With an earnest smile and a lithe

A sunny Saturday at Oulton Park for the historic racing Gold Cup offered a little slice of bliss. Forgetting to apply suncream certainly wasn’t a problem the last time my dad was here, on a streaming

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