Finishing lines

Jaguar’s Le Mans debut, June 1950

With the global sportscar scene buoyant right now and Le Mans upcoming, Matt James reflects back to a time when the World Sportscar Championship disappeared altogether against a highly political backdrop in 1991

A race for pre-war sports cars was a fitting highlight of the Donington Historic Festival from 2-4 May, as Donington Park circuit marked the 90th anniversary of its first Grand Prix. Gareth Burnett’s

Slick presentation and big touring-car presence defined Donington Historic Festival

The idea of a racing car competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans emblazoned with the Harrods department store livery on its flanks sounds somehow incongruous. Just as unlikely back in 1995 was the notion

Richard Attwood strides into the pub, dapper as ever just days after his 85th birthday, and greets me with an enormous grin. The pub is significant, not for what, but where it is. When we were arrangi