Storm Force At The Silverstone Classic
Rain beyond measure, saturating the track and soaking my gear. Drivers slithering round, desperately searching out the grip, the rasp of on-off throttles distinct over the relentless hammering sound of...
View ArticleI Like It Rare: The French Quattro Kick-Starter
Designed for the French Super Tourisme series in 1989, this is the Audi 80 quattro, the car that kick-started a slew of Audi touring car race wins and championships during the 1990s. The Audi 80...
View ArticleWedge Style At Silverstone: Worshipping The Esprit Club
For me, it was the Lotus Esprit from that most car-laden of film franchises, James Bond. The DB5 was before my time, so to my childhood eyes it was the ferocious white wedge of Wet Nellie screaming...
View ArticleA Train You Don’t Want To Miss: Bentley’s Blockade Runner
This was a Bentley, but amongst a marque’s output that by definition is already special this one was particularly superlative. It was a recreation of the Bentley ‘Blue Train’, a coachbuilt Sportsman...
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