David Purley was a hero you have probably never even heard of, but a hero he most certainly was. If...
The final car to complete VR’s array of vehicles at November’s NEC Classic Motor Show will be the recently restored...
November 2016 Here’s a nice shot taken in the pits at Brands Hatch before the non-championship F1 Race of Champions on March 20, 1977. This was the first appearance of the Mike Pilbeam-designed F1 car—entered as a LEC but often referred to as a Pilbeam—for David Purley. Purley would finish...
I think it was in 1957 that I saw Fangio race at Silverstone, it was a catalyst for me to...
It’s amazing how some of the names forged into the history of motorsport were first introduced to it. Some have a family background associated with it, while others have their personal “road to Damascus” moment. This was the case with Mike Pilbeam, the designer and engineer who first worked with...