In the first of a two-part series Michael Oliver examines the history of turbine-powered racecars. With the emergence of jet...
Lifting an inside wheel around a right-hand sweeper, the Rover gets its racing legs stretched despite the test day’s chilly...
It was seeing Raymond Mays’ ERA that first drew a young John Sismey to mechanical engineering. After a grammar school education, he worked as an apprentice machinist with Peter Brotherhood Ltd. of Peterborough. National Service beckoned and a spell with the Royal Air Force honed his mechanical and engineering abilities...