Audi Rally Cars: A History
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that Audi completely revolutionised the way rally sport is played today. Prior to the 1980s, rally cars were either front or rear-wheel drives. But a rule change request from Audi asking if four-wheel drives could be allowed to compete changed the face of rallying in just a few […]
Fistful: Cosworth rarities
It’s sixty two years now since Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth launched Cosworth Engineering in a greasy corner of London. Since then the engineering firm has provided the connective tissue of some of the world’s finest and most winning sports cars the world has ever known – and has collaborated with a wealth of mainstream […]
Audi QUATTRO: REVOLUTION
Take On Me. Ah Ha. I prod the Blaupunkt. The audio brand itself seems transposed from another dimension. Could it be that somewhere deep in the stereo’s analog wiring, lodged in some dusty circuitry – a mulletted Scandinavian male model’s lilt is freeing itself from thirty plus years of entrapment? Course not. Magic FM always […]
Audi Rally Sport: The People
The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut in London in 1980. We caught up with former members of the Audi UK Rally Team recall how it changed the world. Harald Demuth – Rally driver Two-time German Rally Champion Harald Demuth helped develop the quattro, campaigned Group B and 80 versions in the UK and […]
Barbon Hill Climb – Influxposure
2019’s Influxposure competition was open to students in the UK, with a chance to not only scoop a £2000 prize but also get the winning video shown to hundreds of thousands of viewers in the UK. After the final three films were selected from the vast number of pitches we received, the three finalists set […]
NSRA Hot Rod Supernationals – Steampunk Automatron
When it comes to feature cars, there are a few areas they need to tick before we deem them ‘feature worthy’. Firstly, is it different? Secondly, does it have the wow factor? And, thirdly, is it interesting? Well, it’s safe to say that this one well and truly ticks all three requirements. The Frankenstein build […]
Remembering Jim Clark
Take the speed of Senna, the wet weather prowess of Schumacher, the smoothness and mechanical sympathy of Prost, the versatility and enthusiasm of Andretti and the humility of a country boy and you’ve got the recipe for the greatest racing driver of the 1960s; indeed, perhaps the greatest racing driver ever. That driver was Jim […]
Hillclimb Monsters
Let’s start with the shock and awe. Del Quigley slips behind the wheel of a single seat racer and rips from a standstill to 160mph. 740 bhp kicks from an oversized V8 and throws 450kg down the runway. The data team raise an eyebrow. This all-British machine is faster than any Formula 1 car they’ve […]
2019 Indy 500
How hard can it be to drive in circles for 500 miles? Ask two-time F1 world champion and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Fernando Alonso. Oh, that’s right. You can’t. Because he didn’t even qualify to race. He didn’t?! You’ve clearly been living in a panic room. What happened? Lots. Plenty. Muchos. But it’s all […]
Motorsport – the pursuit of the MG Car Club
Motorsport has always been the pursuit of the MG Car Club, since its creation by the MG factory 89 years ago. Today, the Club is the biggest single brand group managing the championships and race meetings. The 2019 season starts now (end of March) and continues until October. The two series and six championships cover […]