āFlat out like a lizard drinking!ā Came the response from Andrew Woodall when I asked him how he was. It was a Monday afternoon and… Read More...
āIt was the best of times…it was the worst of times.ā Ā – Charles Dickens PROLOGUE Iāve forgotten more about my life in motorsports than most…
Affable and friendly are two words often used to describe Harry Heuer, but on the track he was a fierce competitor for the six years… Read More...
Itās sometime easy to loose sight of the fact that the heroes of racing are, by and large, just people. Like us they eat food… Read More...
A silver-haired, 85-year-old man walked slowly into a room full of revellers during a party I was attending in the Mercedes-Benz museum one evening in… Read More...
At the end of 1981 when our (Jaguar) turnaround story was just unfolding, a most remarkable man came into my office, demanding some time. His… Read More...
Ultimately, I wanted to be a fashion designerāa very feminine thing to doāso from school thatās what I did. I was brought up with my… Read More...
Mike Jiggleās recent article on the ex-Moss Cooper Mk IV-J.A.P. (VR, July 2015) prodded a few memories about the formula. I assisted the late David… Read More...
At the 1975 edition of the fabled 24 Heures du Mans,Ā Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell teamed to take thhis Gulf Mirage GR8 to overall… Read More...
During the French Grand Prix at Rouen-les Essarts on July 8, 1962, John Surtees aims the Bowmaker Lola Mk4-Climax into the Nouveau Monde hairpin. He… Read More...
I love Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) automobiles. These were cars built specifically for the Japanese market, and the best of them were either higher performance… Read More...