Every Brit in motor racing of a certain age blames Bill Boddy and Denis Jenkinson for the fact that we...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration...
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I did 525 races. I had five wheels come off, I’ve had seven or eight brake failures, and I have...
Here’s a sure bet: a lot of what you know about the Mille Miglia, and most of how you feel...
Of Bastards & Wenches Photo: Vince Johnson Dear Editor, Well done. Loved your responses to the letters regarding the “Glorious...
Harry Miller Tony Adamowicz 1 Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson win the Mille Miglia in just over 10 hours, a...
The year 2015 marked the 60th anniversary of Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson’s victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, racing their Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR to a record time of 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds. Travelling at the speed they needed to achieve that record, they certainly took to the...
My personal record with the Mercedes 300 SLR was six starts, three wins, two 2nd places and one “withdrawn when...
I have just marked my half-century of being a motor racing enthusiast. On February 1, 1957, I bought a copy...
Porsche is one of those marques about which I feel ambivalence. Unless the six numbers click into place on the National Lottery, I am never likely to go out shopping for one. The lottery, like a second marriage, is a triumph of hope over experience, but we all have our...
Is 263.4 kph, or 163.7 mph, the maximum speed of a new twin-turbo V12 people-carrier? The speed of a motorcyclist...
Privateer Bruce Halford took part in the epic 1957 German Grand Prix, finishing 11th in his Maserati 250F. It was...
November 2017 Denis Jenkinson Alan Jones Photo: Pete Austin 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Championship at Suzuka in a McLaren-Mercedes (1998). 2 1980 F1 World Champion Alan Jones is born (1946). No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our...
