Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert, would go wild if he lost his Defender

Me and My Motor: Ray Mears, survival expert


Ray Mears is the mild-mannered man of bushcraft, most often found in the wilds, eating from the hedgerows and making fire with sticks...

Me and My Motor: Nigel Mansell


He might have topped 200mph on the racetrack, but when it comes to driving on public roads, Nigel Mansell insists he’s a good boy...
Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson, actor and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: Tony Robinson


Tony Robinson knew the days of his beloved Ford Sierra RS Cosworth were numbered when he found it parked on bricks in Bristol...

Me and My Motor: Michelle Mone


Michelle Mone’s life is an almost Dickensian tale of rags to riches, beginning with a Glasgow tenement and a beaten-up Renault 5 and ending with...
Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, the tenor singer who almost made it to F1

Me and My Motor: Vittorio Grigolo, tenor singer


Vittorio Grigolo was just 13 when he sang alongside Luciano Pavarotti, earning himself the nickname “Il Pavarottino”...
Alan Davies Me and My Motor Sunday Times Driving

Me and My Motor: Alan Davies


Before he became an award-winning stand-up comedian, an actor, the bloke from the Abbey National adverts and a team captain on QI...
Me and My Motor: Jolyon Palmer, Renault F1 driver

Me and My Motor: Jolyon Palmer, Renault F1 driver


At the age of 16, the Formula One driver Jolyon Palmer crashed his souped-up quad bike into a tree, lost a lot of blood, not to mention a kidney.
Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey, the musical comedian, is tickled pink by a French fancy

Me and My Motor: Bill Bailey


Bill Bailey has been on the road for more than 30 years. His current Limboland tour is now taking him to Australia and New Zealand...
Me and My Motor: Christina Nielsen, sports car racing ace

Me and My Motor: Christina Nielsen, racing ace


The naysayers may still snipe about whether women have what it takes to make it in motor sport, but Christina Nielsen is too busy winning...
Me and My Motor: Gordon Murray, design legend, on his type of car

Me and My Motor: Gordon Murray, design legend


As a young racing car designer, Gordon Murray helped Senna...
Me and My Motor: Hannah White — the yachtwoman’s car is a means to an end: setting sailing records

Me and My Motor: Hannah White


Hannah White is on a mission to set a new record on water. Having last year become the fastest woman to sail across the Channel, she is now
Me and My Motor: Katherine Grainger — a Jaguar is pure gold to the Olympic rower

Me and My Motor: Katherine Grainger, Olympic rower


When Katherine Grainger won silver in Rio this summer, the rower became the first British woman to win medals at five successive Olympics...