All hail the maestro

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.

PHENOMENAL IS THE WORD THAT SUMS HIM UP. A LATERAL THINKER WITH SUCH A CAPACITY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. SADLY, THERE WOULD BE NO PLACE FOR HIM IN TODAY’S CIRCUMSCRIBED FORMULA 1 JOHN WATSON ‘I’ve kn

As he’s a designer with six decades of experience, mostly at the pinnacle of road and race cars, you might expect Gordon Murray’s car collection to include big-ticket Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Marti

The previous weekend’s British Grand Prix was a timely prelude to the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s biggest-ever celebration from 10-13 July, marking 75 years of Formula One. More than 100 cars charted

THE ANGELES CREST Highway winds through forests and mountains north of Los Angeles, bordered by rockfaces and climbing to almost 8000ft. Not surprisingly, it’s a favourite of local car enthusiasts, an

This month I started my 49th year of writing for Autosport, a journey that has spanned 13 editors, 21 Formula 1 world champions, 11 British prime ministers and two monarchs. I joined on 18 July 1977,