September 7, 1997 Monza, Italy A red and yellow striped flag is shown to indicate a slippery surface as Michael Schumacher slides his Ferrari on his way to sixth place…

Three Brits were among the winning crew at the Dubai 24 Hours as BMW’s updated M4 GT3 Evo took victory in its first appearance. Darren Leung, Dan Harper and Ben…

Ferrari, for me, has always been all about a number of different things; the history, the sculptural look of the cars, the noise of those V12 engines, and they are…

Have you ever driven a Ferrari Challenge car before?” enquires a thickly Italian-accented voice from behind a full-face helmet. The man speaking is none other than Giampiero Simoni, a legend…

It was with much sadness to hear of the passing of David Brodie – ‘The Brode’ – a proper racer, if ever there was one. I was a guest of…

It’s always good to be back in Mexico City. It’s one of the best on the Formula E calendar with a sell-out crowd of such passionate fans. In fact, as…

Racing the reich February 2024 As far as tales of British derring-do go, there’s few to beat that of plucky Eric Crudgington Fernihough. In the mid-1930s, he took on the…

Here at The Signature Store we often get asked to authenticate items, usually either for valuation or ahead of sales, and that raises the sometimes thorny issue of COAs, or…

A long-awaited WRC round in the US looked like it might finally become a reality, with officials confirming last summer an aspirational timeline that could see racing in Tennessee as…

PortimÃo, December (pre-Christmas) A week before Christmas, I spent two days coaching John Emberson – owner of the ‘Chocolate Drop’ Chevron [see Golden brown, November 2024] – in Portimão, in…

Langhorne, a one-mile dirt track speedway in Pennsylvania, was a place that drivers both feared and respected, the ultimate challenge for the bravest of the brave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKK06hcdVao “No circuit scared…

Car of the month – Ford Escort Mk1 Continuation Is this a dream? We know… looks like a fantastic work of fiction, but this is real. The legendary Ford Escort…