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

The return of Ford’s famed Blue Oval to Formula 1 may be denigrated by some rivals as a badging exercise, but the US giant generated a tremendous legacy of 176 grand prix victories by lending its name

‘Flash Alf’ Martin was a welder, but not just any welder. He was a brilliant welder. He worked for the Rubery Owen Group, which owned British Racing Motors, the BRM Formula 1 team. In its factory at B

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

The very first Aston Martin, built in 1914, just months before the start of the First World War. Development of the car slowed for obvious reasons, yet that didn’t stop Lionel Martin driving it to Wil

A vision of a time 11 years before the M3 opened – and when Ford Prefects, Austin Cambridges and telegraph poles were everyday sights