The motor sport interview john barnard

No driver was as integral as Bell to Porsche’s legendary Group C dominance, and he tells Graham Keilloh about this and a few other things besides

Much like a 19-year-old Bob Dylan arriving in New York brimming with talent and potential, Gordon Murray landed in England as a 23-year-old with little more than uncanny ability and burning ambition.

No matter what the onslaught of incredible stats, it’s the gearknob I remember most. Sure, when the McLaren F1 was launched in 1994 it cost £540,000 (plus taxes) and there was talk of a 6.0-litre V12

SINCE THE DEMISE OF THE E-TYPE IN THE MID- ’70s, there had been a desire among enthusiasts, including many at Jaguar, to see a replacement, an F-type. It nearly happened in the mid-’80s, but for a num

ADRIAN NEWEY is labelled with increasing regularity as the GOAT of Formula 1 racing car design. Greatest of All Time? It’s a phrase used often and too lightly. Although for Newey, there is a strong ca

1. For the McLaren F1 owner’s manual, Gordon Murray told me to deliver something that was significantly better than our competitors’. Nobody reads owners’ manuals and I wanted to change that to reflec