Clash of the titans

IF COLIN HAD STILL BEEN AROUND... DEC 2015 “It was fantastic for me – I had team-mates who were world champions,” Nigel Mansell boomed from the balcony of Goodwood House at July’s Festival of Speed F1

Your feature Great Lost Circuits reminds me each month of the Marlboro Motor Speedway in the States, right. This compact 1.8-mile track had nothing to do with the famous brand of cigarettes, but was s

It had seemed just a temporary setback for Williams when its engine partner Renault withdrew from F1 at the end of 1997. Yes, it meant a couple of seasons as a customer team, but the link with BMW had

If you had to name the most prolific racing-car designer of all time, Mike Pilbeam would have to be a candidate. His CV covers more than 100 projects spanning six and a half decades. Some of these wer

The regular glances and can-you-believe-it grins to his wife and two children said it all: Nick Tandy was more than a little bewildered to find himself suited and booted in front of an illustrious aud

After the death of founder Colin Chapman in 1982, Lotus was in dire straits financially. Thankfully for all us petrolheads, it was saved by British Car Auctions chief David Wickens. He quickly recruit