Blogs

Dan Wheldon, by Ian Wagstaff

From 2005 to 2012, British drivers dominated the results at the Indianapolis 500, winning outright on five occasions. Two of those victories, as well as a pair of seconds, a third and a fourth fell...

The Richard Heseltine Column - The Agony and the …. Agony!

It is perhaps a sad reflection on me, but I am drawn to obscure films for reasons I have never been able to explain. Moths show greater resistance to flame. I would rather sit through a ‘Euro-Spy’ ...

Phil Hill's Road Cars

By Ian Wagstaff Back in late 1988, Ian Wagstaff visited the late-Phil Hill at his Santa Monica-based Hill & Vaughn classic car restoration business to talk about road cars. The following, never...

Stirling Moss - Mission Impossible 2, by Philip Porter

Continuing our occasional series highlighting that Stirling was, above all, a racer.  1959 Dutch Grand Prix in Cooper-Climax at Zandvoort The Dutch Grand Prix which took place in 1959 was one of th...

Four Drivers, One School, by Simon Ham

Founded in 1552, Bedford School is one of the UK’s oldest Public Schools, with an illustrious academic, military and sporting history. Its alumni include seven Olympic gold medal winners, 24 rugby ...

Ron Gaudion, Jaguar Works and Ecurie Ecosse mechanic

Interview by Philip Porter On a trip to Australia in 1996, I visited Ron Gaudion and we have been good friends ever since. Ron worked for Jaguar and then Ecurie Ecosse in the great days and has a f...

Première Night, part 5 - Carbon Brakes, ABS and natural Gas

By Serge Vanbockryck Run from 1982 till 1990, Group C was arguably the most spectacular period in sportscar racing, with a record number of manufacturers involved and spectators attending. To maste...

The Richard Hesetine Column - Interview with Alan Mann

He stretched self-deprecation beyond its elastic limits. Either that, or he was simply disinterested in what had happened decades ago. With Alan Mann, it was hard to tell. This sometime racer, team...

Butch Cassidy the Race Driver - Part 2

By Mark Cole Click here for 'Butch Cassidy the Race Driver - Part 1' Being disenchanted with Haas, in 1981, on Green’s advice, Paul Newman (PLN) switched to March-Chevrolet, and Teo Fabi took four ...

The High Life, by Richard Goode

From my earliest days, I had a feeling that everything was possible. When, as a teenager, I said to my father that I planned to hitchhike from London to Cape Town, he was characteristically unemoti...