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New sponsor, a change of driver. Camel tobacco money is a welcome fillip for minnow Tyrrell and its previously plain blue 018. But it means Marlboro-backed Michele Alboreto – the team’s last grand pri

Jochen Mass was one of the top sportscar drivers of his generation. A total of 32 world championship victories and a Le Mans 24 Hours win are testament to that. But the German, who has died aged 78 fo

Age? It’s just a number in modern motorsport. At 41, Sébastien Ogier is a prime example of a decorated legend who simply refuses to lift as he pushes on into his fifth decade. The Frenchman scored a r

The name ‘Ligier’ first appeared in Autocar in March 1964, on the entry list for the forthcoming Le Mans 24 Hours. Driving for the French importer of Porsches, Guy Ligier would finish seventh in a 904

When you consider that Jody Scheckter’s driving style earned him the nickname ‘Sideways Scheckter’ in his early days, that he continued to drive racing cars that way right up to and throughout his For

No one has ever managed to win Le Mans single-handedly, but in the early ’50s one man nearly did. Pierre Levegh, who 70 years ago this month was killed at the La Sarthe disaster along with 83 spectato