“i said to frank, ‘please give me a test.’ i even banged on his desk”

It was a decade of British success across a turbulent landscape. Matt James picks out some highlights

Fairy tales can come true, and the UK experienced a purple patch early on in the century with two home-grown grand prix title winners.

Britain topped the world in rallying and in Formula 1, and it was a period of boom and bust across the motorsport world.

Will Hoy, Tim Harvey, Joachim Winkelhock, Gabriele Tarquini, John Cleland, Frank Biela, Alain Menu, Rickard Rydell, Laurent Aiello… Anthony Reid. If you thought we were listing the title winners from

One minute we were rubbing in the sun cream, the next hunkering under brollies as the good old UK weather kept the British Touring Car Championship guessing at bucolic Oulton Park. The series’ annual

Jaguar XJS Started: 2nd Result: 1st “I liked driving the XJS,” recalls Brundle of the European Touring Car Championship racing he did in 1983. “I learned to love it. It was a handful, massive V12 in t