Famous five

Carbon fibre wheels roll to a stop in the pitlane at Misano. The Ferrari F80’s fans are working at full pace to counter the fierce heat and the thermal load of a full day of fast laps and a couple of

THE APEX SUPERCAR IS AT A crossroads. If you’re Gordon Murray, you build the lightest, purest, most analogue car you can. If you’re Bugatti, you build a grandiose behemoth of blinding speed and dazzli

With its divisive looks and hybrid V6 engine, the Ferrari F80 looked set to disappoint after the Enzo and LaFerrari. How wrong can you be?

‘WHERE’S YOUSUF?’ THE NIGHT IS DRAWING IN, AND SO IS the weather. Rain is blowing sideways across the North York Moors and lashing the White Horse Inn’s windowpanes as we assemble on the eve of this p

The F80 is the Ferrari that’s too fast for Fiorano. It’s the latest limited-run, extreme-performance Ferrari of the kind that appears once a decade, a lineage featuring the GTO (aka 288), F40, F50, En

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