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Me and My Motor: David Coulthard, former F1 driver and TV presenter

Me and My Motor: David Coulthard, former F1 driver

“The thing about racing for a living is you’re also given decent cars for the road,” says David Coulthard, the former Formula One driver.
Published 30 November 2017
Our year from hell: Clarkson, Hammond and May on The Grand Tour Season 2, overcoming disaster, that crash and ill-health

Our year from hell: The Grand Tour exclusive

In episode one of The Grand Tour, second series, Richard Hammond drives up a Swiss mountain, skids at 120mph, somersaults through the air...
Published 29 November 2017
Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

Me and My Motor: Jim Crowley, jockey

"The worst part of my job isn’t the diets, or the sweating in a bath to keep the weight off — it’s driving from one racecourse to another...
Published 28 November 2017
Me and My Motor: Jay Kay, singer and front man of Jamiroquai

Me and My Motor: Jay Kay, front man of Jamiroquai

Jason Kay loves cars. The singer and front man of Jamiroquai is rarely happier than when he’s breathing in the smell of freshly burned Castrol oi
Published 17 November 2017
Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs, actor

Me and My Motor: Jason Isaacs

It's hard to watch television or go to the cinema these days without seeing Jason Isaacs. He plays Georgy Zhukov, the Soviet war hero, in The Dea
Published 10 November 2017
Martina Cole, crime writer, talks cars with journalist Emma Smith for Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor.

Me and My Motor: crime writer Martina Cole

When you’re a successful author, with a busy life and a number of cars, it can be hard to remember which model you drove to the shops...
Published 07 November 2017
Me and my Motor: Mark Beaumont

Me and my Motor: Mark Beaumont

Mark Beaumont has just pedalled all the way around the world in less than 80 days — most of the way with a broken arm. The 34-year-old Scotsman...
Published 30 October 2017
Me and My Motor: actor Patrick Stewart

Me and My Motor: actor Patrick Stewart

As captain of the Starship Enterprise, Stewart got used to travelling at warp 9. But his knees turned to jelly the night Paul McCartney...
Published 19 October 2017
Interview: Jenson Button on quitting F1 and his father’s death

Jenson Button on quitting F1 and father's death

Jenson Button’s career in Formula One was ended by a head injury. But it wasn’t his. It killed his father, John, the man who inspired and...
Published 16 October 2017
Me and My Motor: Helen Glover, Olympic rower

Me and My Motor: Helen Glover

Helen Glover has been the top-ranking female rower in the world since 2015, totting up three world championships, five World Cup wins and two...
Published 25 September 2017
Me and My Motor: Russell Watson, singer, talks about his cars

Me and My Motor: Russell Watson

Russell Watson admits he has spent “a fair few quid” on cars over the past couple of decades, since he shot from northern club singer...
Published 21 September 2017
Exclusive: Brian Johnson of AC/DC talks Cars That Rock, series three

Exclusive: Brian Johnson talks Cars That Rock

Brian Johnson clearly isn’t in the TV game for the money. According to the AC/DC frontman, presenting the new series of Cars That Rock...
Published 28 August 2017