Vanwall: The Most Important British F1 Team Ever?
This Thursday the 19th of October is the 65th anniversary of when Vanwall, the London based 1950’s Formula 1 team, secured the inaugural World...
Surtees’ World Title Trophy For Sale… And Others
Auction house Bonhams sells a remarkable collection of racing memorabilia at the Goodwood Member’s Meeting sale, on April 14th. All items come from John...
Ford Escort RS 2000 Mk.1
Affectionately known as the ‘dog bone’, the Ford Escort is still a wonderful representative of the touring car generation that saw the light of...
Motorsportfriends Calendar 2025 – MK XX
The small calendar with cult status for your desk or workbench. 53 racing scenes from the 50s to the 80s. The format is 14.8...
Trevor Legate: A Life of Photography and Automobiles
I left school as an aspiring artist and was accepted by an art college in Sussex which, fortunately, had a photographic department; I was...
The GTO Legacy
The Ferrari 250 GTO is one of the most legendary Prancing Horses ever to emerge from Maranello. Its thoroughbred bloodline produced just two further...
The Badge As An Artwork
The hand-painted Scuderia Ferrari fender shield represents another example of the mastery over detail of Maranello’s artisans.
As every Ferrari owner knows, the eyes are...
Mans Interactions With The Machines They Love
I suspect that, like me, many of your readers still like to follow F1, but do so from the comfort of their armchairs in...
Soul Versus A.I.
With a flood of A.I. imagery in media and art we turn back to imperfect, analog technology, to touch the heart.
Fascination with technology, whether...
All in the Name: The Enzo Ferrari
With a unique design borne out of Ferrari’s expertise in aerodynamics, the V12-powered Enzo Ferrari was lightweight, beautifully purposeful and furiously rapid.
Ferrari’s naming conventions...
Britain’s Most Unconventional Car Dealer – The Duke of London Story
In an industry dominated by pinstripe suit traditionalists, Merlin McCormack—better known as the Duke of London—stands out like a Testarossa in a white-van convoy...
The Motorsport Scrapbook (28)
Born in 1937 in Auckland, New Zealand, Bruce McLaren studied engineering at university but left the course early to pursue a career in motor...
