Don’t judge a book by its cover

There are facts the first-time 296 Speciale pilot needs to consider. One is that this car has the lowest polar moment of inertia of any current Ferrari. Another is that it is the most powerful purely

THERE’S always a sense of trepidation when you approach a ‘hardcore’ supercar, especially one with prancing horses on its front wings. These cars take no prisoners. They’re intense, uncompromising and

They said Antonio – later ‘Tony’ – Lago was ‘spietato ma con grande fascino’ (which is to say ‘ruthless, but charming’). And they said of his most famous car that it was ‘une veritable oeuvre d’art’.

Has there ever been a model so enigmatic yet charismatic, so awash with magical beauty and talent as the Alfa Romeo Type 33? On the track, Carlo Chiti’s 1966 design took a couple of years to find its

MOTOR SPORT 2026 DIARY Digital diaries on your smartphone or laptop are all very well, but there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned analogue paper version to count down the days. Ours is A5 size, com

Paul Howse has produced disappointingly few paintings in recent months, but we’ll forgive him – the car-designer-slash-watercolourist has been busy working with Lanzante to create the new 95-59, a lim