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Girl racers hit the road in Ford Focus RS, VW Golf R and BMW M2

Girl racers: Ford Focus RS, VW Golf R & BMW M2

Driving’s boy racers stood down and handed over to three girl racers to put recently released models from Ford and Volkswagen through their paces...
Published 01 July 2016
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2016

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2016 highlights

It seemed somehow highly appropriate that the Goodwood Festival of Speed should fall in the week of the Brexit vote...
Published 27 June 2016
"Shocking" Le Mans 24 Hours sees heartbreak for Toyota, delight for Ford

Heartbreak for Toyota in last-minute Le Mans defeat

The most dramatic sport story of the weekend didn’t happen on a football pitch or a tennis court; nor did it involve Lewis Hamilton and a cranky...
Published 20 June 2016
Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions axed

Gone in a puff of smoke: UK spot checks on car emissions...

A cloud of grey-brown exhaust as a diesel car accelerates, an old car blowing blue oil smoke — sights like these are all too common on Britain’s...
Published 06 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
Arctic Circle Raceway by James Williams

Arctic Circle Raceway: the circuit at the end of the...

There’s a sense of blissful isolation to the E6 highway in northern Norway, as it weaves through verdant forest, revealing lakes...
Published 03 June 2016
Part two in Weaver's series driving different supercars to his Caterham Supersport races sees get behind the wheel of the 2016 McLaren 650S.

Supersport Supercars: Impractical, temperamental...

Part two of my hair-shirted supercar odyssey took me to the charming island of Anglesey. It’s home to restaurants that shut at 8pm...
Published 03 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
Test your knowledge: what is the most expensive convertible money can buy?

Test Your Knowledge: what is the most expensive convertible...

Whether it’s from a lottery win or a hard-earned enterprise, spending your small fortune on a showstopping car goes hand in hand with trading up...
Published 25 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
Two big men of TV are revving up to do battle with the return of Top Gear and and new motoring show on Amazon Prime Video. So is rehashing Jeremy Clarkson’s best wheezes really a good tactic for Chris Evans? Nick Rufford investigates for The Sunday Times.

Chris Evans v Jeremy Clarkson in clash of the car shows

It is a wet Wednesday in Surrey and the ageing airfield at Dunsfold is buzzing, just like it used to in the old days when Jeremy Clarkson and the...
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