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Sam Bird London ePrix

Sam Bird gears up for Formula E London finale

After an electrifying inaugural season in 2014-15, the final event of this year’s Formula E electric racing series rolls into London this weekend...
Published 01 July 2016
Me and My Motor: Philip Glenister, from Life on Mars to life in cars

Me and My Motor: Philip Glenister's Life in Cars

Philip Glenister thought he would surprise his wife and make up for the lean years by arriving home in a sporty BMW in 2005...
Published 29 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Cerys Matthews of Catatonia on family cars and beaten-up trucks

Me and My Motor: Cerys Matthews of Catatonia

Before Catatonia became one of the top-selling groups of the 1990s, Cerys Matthews and her bandmates spent many long nights driving home...
Published 21 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics champion, on the planes that made her

Me and My Motor: Emily Collett, British aerobatics...

At the age of nine, Emily Collett looked in awe at an F18 jet fighter and announced firmly: “When I grow up, I’m going to be an engineer and fly...
Published 13 June 2016
Me and My Motor: actor Patrick Dempsey on starring in Le Mans, for real

Me and My Motor: Patrick Dempsey

Like Steve McQueen and Paul Newman before him, Patrick Dempsey has combined a successful Hollywood career with a decent turn as a racing driver...
Published 13 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish on motoring loves. . . and losses

Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish

Allan McNish, three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race, hails from an unlikely motoring mecca. His birth town of Dumfries and nearby Kirkcudbright...
Published 10 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy on racing at Le Mans and his life in cars

Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy

Sir Chris Hoy is making a comeback on the racetrack this summer — but not on two wheels. Instead, he will press the pedal to the metal in a 200mph...
Published 06 June 2016
Me and My Motor: Daniel Brühl on playing Lauda and a naked dash down the autobahn

Me and My Motor: Daniel Brühl on playing Lauda and...

Daniel Brühl grew up playing with model Ferraris and hoped one day to take one for a test drive.
Published 31 May 2016
Me and My Motor: Freddie Hunt, son of James, is a chip off the old block

Me and My Motor: Freddie Hunt, son of James, is a chip...

Freddie Hunt has always lived life in the fast lane — ever since he crashed his nanny’s Austin Metro into a skip. “The keys were in the ignition...
Published 23 May 2016
Me and My Motor: Sir Jackie Stewart on his first car, his struggle into motor sport and film production

Me and My Motor: Sir Jackie Stewart on his first car...

Growing up in a village not far from Glasgow, Jackie Stewart — who won three Formula One world championships and was nicknamed the Flying Scot —struggled...
Published 18 May 2016
Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana Jones, Bond and the Ford Anglia

Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana...

Ever wondered what Harrison Ford is like behind the wheel, if Pierce Brosnan really could handle his Bond cars or whether Tom Cruise is that athletic?...
Published 09 May 2016
Me and my Motor: David Duchovny, star of X-Files, on why flashy, fast cars are an alien world

Me and My Motor: David Duchovny, star of X-Files —...

The truth is out there — and it’s electric, according to David Duchovny. The 55-year-old actor insists we will soon stop burning petrochemicals...
Published 03 May 2016