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“I like to think Motor Sport played apart in saving the Tyrrell Shed”

It’s not often you can get excited about

LETTERS

Further to your editorial on FIA sexism [The

Tyrrell Shed is dismantled for Goodwood move

After 70 years, the Surrey shed that was Tyrrell’s F1 base is on the move – saved from demolition and shifting to Sussex

John Watson: Lauda became F1 template

If you feel modern Formula 1 takes itself

Rallycross ace Rennison to star at new Lydden festival

They don’t make ’em like that any more:

2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran dead at 56

McLaren has led tributes to its former sporting

Neighbours sound off over Laguna Seca noise

Motor racing is sadly no stranger to the

Historic Sunbeam may shine in 2027

Acampaign to restore the historic Sunbeam 1000hp Land

Brabham supercar future on hold

Brabham’s comeback may prove short-lived after a partnership

Rolls reversed

The Camargue started out as the world’s priciest car but it was soon regarded as a design flop. Were the critics too cruel?

“There has been an extraordinarily rapid turnover of team bosses”

WhenGeneHaasopted not to renew the contract of his

“Dorna was concerned Honda and Yamaha might walk from MotoGP”

How times change. Adecade ago MotoGP introduced new

“In 1974, what proved to be the most resilient specialist industry?”

It’s always been a happy – and attractive

“For anew car show, employ presenters who know what they’re talking about”

Now that Top Gear and The Grand Tour

Off-roader from the old school

Does the Ineos Grenadier fill the hole left by the pre-2020 Defender? After a week with the 4x4 Andrew Frankel gives his verdict

Beneath the fun exterior...

Is this GR-badged crossover not giving us the full picture?

Big-hitter on short jaunts

Touareg R is VW’s most powerful... some of the time

Playing for time

Bulgari breaks new ground with a watch inspired not by a sports car, but a sports car in a video game – Gran Turismo

Montmartre or bust – the world takes notice

Gordon Cruickshank reads a new account of the 1907 Peking to Paris race, when the car pushed the boundary of possibility

Prancing with Prodrive

Ferrari’s 499P victory at Le Mans was the stuff of fairy tales but this biography of a class-busting 550 from ’03 is also a winner

Chase the Red Bull

The 2024 Formula 1 season begins in Bahrain. After the most dominant season ever in F1, here’s who might stop Verstappen

Otmar Szafnauer

Ousted by Alpine in 2023, the former team principal tells us how his relationship with the French soured and why he’s impatient to return to the highest level – Formula 1

Flashback...

It’s an early start for Maurice Hamilton as he heads to Norfolk for the launch of the 102 – Lotus’s great Formula 1 hope for 1990

“It sounds like a joke but I’m completely underrated”

Alain Prost is one of the Formula 1 greats. But does he have a point about how he’s perceived today – especially in comparison to his sainted nemesis Ayrton Senna? In a rare interview, he reflects on a high-achieving racing life with Damien Smith

How Prost nearly returned… with Ferrari

The four-times Formula 1 world champion as a side-kick for Michael Schumacher in 1996? Incredibly, this dream duo almost happened

Prost on…

Je ne regrette rien: Prost was in reflective

SAUDI QUATTRO

Bikes, quads, trucks, cars, classics and a clash of the Titans between Audi and Prodrive. As Henry Hudson tells, the 2024 Dakar Rally served up some serious drama in the dunes

Sharpest of the Arrows

As our search for the Race Car of the Century continues, Gordon Cruickshank presents the case for the finest of the ’30s – Mercedes’ grand prix silver streak, which made mincemeat of most

Painting the town red

A model that won the Le Mans 24 Hours, Targa Florio and Mille Miglia, this beautiful 1940s barchetta established Ferrari as a force to be reckoned with. Damien Smith tells it story

Cat that got the cream

The slippery D-type topped a terrific 1950s for Jaguar and, says Damien Smith, it won where it mattered: the Le Mans 24 Hours

WHEN JAGUAR MISSED THE APEX

Two half-forgotten GT cars from the British marque’s recent past have been united for a historic racing return. Gary Watkins charts their dual stories

FRAGILE MEMORIES

Photographer Maurice Louis Branger superbly captured motor sport’s early days on brittle glass negatives. Working from those plates, Doug Nye’s new book shows the challenges of this pioneer racing era

SAME DIFFERENCE

Renaults to Rovers, TVRs to CRXs, for decades single-make racing has given bumper-to-bumper brilliance. All good fun? As James Mills explains, it’s a serious business

How ateam owner got his mojo back with one-make racing

Peter Briggs had given up on motor sport, until the phone rang...

“I said to Frank, ‘Please give me a test.’ I even banged on his desk”

Where there’s a will, there’s usually a way for twice BTCC champion Jason Plato – as he tells Colin Goodwin

Clark side of the saloon

The Lotus Cortina raced by Mr Smooth is up for sale – and it’s the most famous of its type on the planet, says Simon de Burton

Burns’ 309 was a first step to WRC glory

● The RAC RALLY was a happy hunting

Go on, get on your soapbox

Simon de Burton auction round-up includes a Festival of Speed star and a ’50s F2 racer

The Finnish line is in sight

Fans of motor racing art, artefacts and ephemera will

THE EXPERT VIEW

Safety in numbers

Giving something back

HISTORIC RACING

PARTING SHOT

JUNE 11, 1977 LE MANS, FRANCE Although Renault

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RICHARD MILLE