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Vettel pilots 100-year-old Aston

Sebastian Vettel has taken to the track driving a 100-year-old Aston Martin racing car to mark 100 years since Aston’s first Grand Prix entry.
Published 22 July 2022
Bernie Ecclestone to become a father again to first son at the age of 89

Ecclestone to be charged with fraud

Former Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone is to face charges of fraud by false representation after discovery undeclared assets.
Published 12 July 2022
Iron Dames in Ferrari 488 GTE Pro Evo at Monza 2022 WEC

All-female team takes podium in WEC

Iron Dames has become the first all-female racing team to take a class podium position in a World Endurance Championship (WEC) event.
Published 11 July 2022
What is F1 Halo, when it was introduced and how does it save lives?

F1 Halo explained

The Halo prevents large objects and debris from entering the cockpit of a single-seat racing car. Here’s how it works.
Published 05 July 2022
Sebastian Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell Williams F1 car ahead of British GP

Vettel will drive eco-friendly ex-Mansell F1

F1 driver Sebastian Vettel will take to the Silverstone circuit on Sunday in the car with which Nigel Mansell won the British Grand Prix.
Published 01 July 2022
Bloodhound LSR project still alive and now aiming for first carbon zero land seed record

Bloodhound SSC project is alive, and going green

A cat may have nine lives but one dog is proving just as resistant to death: the Bloodhound project is still "very much alive", and going green.
Published 01 July 2022
Five fastest ever Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb times

Top 5 fastest ever Goodwood hillclimb times

Many a car has set a hill climb time at Goodwood. Few, though, can hold a candle to these five blisteringly fast runs.
Published 27 June 2022
McMurtry Spéirling EV breaks Goodwood hillclimb record

McMurtry Spéirling breaks Goodwood record

The McMurtry Spéirling single-seat electric vehicle has set a new record on the hillclimb course at Goodwood.
Published 27 June 2022
2023 Porsche 963 racer

Porsche 963 aims for victory at Le Mans

Porsche has unveiled its new Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) racing car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Published 24 June 2022
Bowler Defender Challenge

Video: Taking on the Defender Challenge

The new Defender is an ultra-stiff, tough and very capable off-road vehicle, but there is always room for a bit of Bowler treatment.
Published 24 June 2022
Ford e-Transit SuperVan 2022

New Ford Supervan unveiled with 1,973bhp

Ford has revealed a fourth instalment in its long-running series of madcap Supervans.
Published 23 June 2022
Alpine A110 to Le Mans

Alpine A110 to Le Mans: perfect road trip machine?

Alex Goy heads to the 2022 Le Mans 24 Hours in an Alpine A110 to find out if the lightweight sports car is cut out for road trips.
Published 22 June 2022