The General Assembly of the Grand Prix Drivers Club is always a fun occasion where the members can get together, usually in pleasant surroundings, and enjoy three or four days doing various things. This year, thanks to Club member Giancarlo Minardi, we were invited to Imola where he had arranged his Minardi Day which coincided […]

Ever since I first visited in 1960 I have always enjoyed Turin. Back then I had just taken over as Editor of one of the oldest motoring magazines that still existed, Motor World, founded in Scotland in 1899. By 1960 Motor World was the second oldest motoring magazine in the World still in publication – […]

Throughout the history of European motorsport, the aristocrats and the titled were the true pioneers. They were pioneers mainly because they were the only people who had the money to indulge in this new and gentlemanly sport at the dawn of the 20th century and they embraced racing with great enthusiasm. A number of them […]

Howden Ganley was at Goodwood for the revival meeting and caught up with former historic racer and character Alain de Cadenet and too this photograph of him with an actor, I presume, perfectly dressed up as Tazio Nuvolari complete with yellow sweater, red leather helmet and even the little gold tortoise badge around his neck. […]

I have always had a fascination for small motorsport events around the World because usually it is a new experience but often it reveals cars or drivers that you thought had disappeared off the radar for years.   I had such an episode more than ten years ago on a visit to the Maranello Rosso […]