IT WAS A constant source of bewilderment during press week. Scroll back a few decades or so and Motor Sport magazine was a hive of activity at the best of times, but the last few days before an issue

I enjoyed Martin Buckleyʼs article on the BMW 328 and SS Jaguar 100 (February). The rear view of the 328 was especially evocative for me, because it revived memories of when my dad entered his 1934 M4

The son of a railway engineer, the recently departed Paul Grist combined an acting career with a love of vintage cars before he started a top restoration firm. Across 87 years his varied life included

The excellent article on Leyton House F1 [The team that fired Adrian Newey, March] brought back memories. I was their insurance broker at the time along with many other F1 teams and their principals.

Rétromobile is Europe’s finest indoor classic car show, and as I nosed happily around this year’s three floors it seemed better than ever. Among the money-drenched dealers’ stands, favourites included

Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering