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Me and My Motor: Jason Kenny, Olympic cyclist

Me and My Motor: Jason Kenny

Jason Kenny, the six-time Olympic cycling gold medallist, is relaxing trackside. But this isn’t a velodrome, he’s at Silverstone, practising...
Published 24 July 2017
Me and My Motor: YolanDa Brown, saxophonist AKA 'the Lewis Hamilton of jazz'

Me and My Motor: YolanDa Brown

With her fusion of jazz, soul and reggae, the saxophonist YolanDa Brown has won two Mobo awards, and performed at the Royal Albert Hall and the W
Published 17 July 2017
Me and My Motor: Rande Gerber, bar entrepeneur and husband of supermodel Cindy Crawford

Me and My Motor: Rande Gerber

Rande Gerber made headlines last month when he and George Clooney, his business partner and drinking buddy, sold their Casamigos tequila brand...
Published 11 July 2017
Interview with David Richards, chairman of Prodrive

Me and My Motor: David Richards

David Richards has been a world rally champion, principal of two Formula One teams and chairman of Aston Martin...
Published 04 July 2017
Me and My Motor: Ansel Elgort, star of new film Baby Driver

Me and My Motor: Ansel Elgort

Ansel Elgort may be a baby-faced 23-year-old but he’s definitely got guts. Asked who is the better driver between him and his latest...
Published 26 June 2017
Me and My Motor: Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, on catching the racing bug from his film star dad

Me and My Motor: Chad McQueen

Steve McQueen had a reputation as a hellraiser but according to his son, Chad, he was a great father. “Every other kid wanted him as their dad...
Published 19 June 2017

Me and My Motor: Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin vividly remembers the first car he drove. The Scottish author of more than 20 bestselling crime novels was permitted to get behind the
Published 12 June 2017

Me and My Motor: John McGuinness

In modern motor sport nothing comes close to the nerve-shredding danger and excitement of the Isle of Man TT. Imagine the Monaco Grand Prix on
Published 07 June 2017
Me and My Motor: Jeffrey Archer, the former MP turned bestselling author

Me and My Motor: Jeffrey Archer

"I met my wife, Mary, while we were both students at Oxford,” says Jeffrey Archer, the former MP turned bestselling author...
Published 30 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding, singer-songwriter

Me and My Motor: Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has enjoyed a string of hit songs but still prefers the anonymity of an Uber cab to driving something showy.
Published 22 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Patrick Bergel, great-grandson of Sir Ernest Shackleton

Me and My Motor: Patrick Bergel

Patrick Bergel remembers the haunting black-and-white photographs of a three-masted ship sinking into the Antarctic ice that hung...
Published 15 May 2017
Me and My Motor: Mark Webber, former F1 and sports car racer

Me and My Motor: Mark Webber

"People associate me with four wheels, but I grew up on two,” says Mark Webber, the Australian former Formula One driver...
Published 02 May 2017