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Me and My Motor: Hannah White — the yachtwoman’s car is a means to an end: setting sailing records

Me and My Motor: Hannah White

Hannah White is on a mission to set a new record on water. Having last year become the fastest woman to sail across the Channel, she is now
Published 19 September 2016
Me and My Motor: Katherine Grainger — a Jaguar is pure gold to the Olympic rower

Me and My Motor: Katherine Grainger, Olympic rower

When Katherine Grainger won silver in Rio this summer, the rower became the first British woman to win medals at five successive Olympics...
Published 15 September 2016
Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp, the musician and actor, on his love affair with the Porsche 911

Me and my Motor: Martin Kemp on the Porsche 911

Martin Kemp fell in love with the Porsche 911 in 1983. Aged 22 and playing bass with Spandau Ballet, he had “a few quid in the bank” so treated
Published 06 September 2016
Me and my Motor: Susie Wolff, the racing driver on getting within a whisker of an F1 race seat

Me and my Motor: Susie Wolff, the racing driver

There’s a photograph of Susie Wolff aged no more than two years old, wearing a hand-knitted cardigan and matching bonnet, holding the wheel of...
Published 30 August 2016
Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor: Martin Clunes

Me and My Motor: Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes has a deep love of horsepower — of the mechanical and four-legged variety. When he’s not behind the wheel of his BMW or Lexus...
Published 22 August 2016

Me and My Motor: Jonnie Peacock, the Paralympian

Jonnie Peacock can’t afford his dream motor but he does own the Ferrari of running legs. The carbon fibre blade costs £6,000 and it can power him...
Published 02 August 2016
Me and My Motor: Charlie Mullins, multimillionaire boss of Pimlico Plumbers

Me and My Motor: Charlie Mullins, boss of Pimlico Plumbers

As a newly qualified plumber driving around London in his beaten-up Morris Minor van, Charlie Mullins would gaze at the Bentleys and Rolls-Royces...
Published 25 July 2016
Me and My Motor: Eddie the Eagle Edwards

Me and My Motor: 'Eddie the Eagle' Edwards

One of the most memorable images in Olympic history was the sight of Michael Edwards soaring – or falling, to be more precise – from the ski jump...
Published 22 July 2016
Me and My Motor: Rachel Atherton, women’s downhill mountain biking world champion

Me and My Motor: Rachel Atherton, mountain biking star...

Rachel Atherton spends her working days hurtling down mountains, at speeds of up to 50mph, heart rate rising, knuckles white from holding on for dear...
Published 04 July 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