Enjoying the sweltering heat of the Sussex countryside, Graham and Phil browse some of their personal highlights of the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019. These include chats with Derek Bell, [ … ]
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019
As I recover from the rigours of this year’s Festival of Speed, time for some reflection on an event I have attended almost every day of its 27 years. I [ … ]
Norman Dewis 1920-2019
I was sad, this week, to note the passing of Norman Dewis. As many have already said he was THE Jaguar test driver during the 50s as they won everything [ … ]
Podcast – SMMT Test Day 2019
UKMotorTalk – SMMT Test Day 2019 – Classic and Current Cars, and the Brexit Deal UKMT’s Graham Benge and Phil Boxall chat their way round the SMMT’s annual Test Day [ … ]
Andreas Nikolaus “Niki” Lauda – Survivor
When one hears the name Niki Lauda, inevitably – for this writer at least – it’s accompanied by images of a slightly-built man with a rodent-like overbite and a permanently-affixed, [ … ]
Madrid Central’s Low Emission Zone
From our foreign correspondent – well not really, I I just always wanted to say that! I happened to be in Madrid last week, and I do keep a bit [ … ]
Podcast – An Evening of Maintenance OR Darker Than A Swedish Winter
OK, so not the most catchy of episode titles, but this time, we catch up with Mike and Jim in the workshop while they are battling with the Fiesta ST [ … ]
Driven: The Billy Monger Story
Many of you will have seen the recent BBC TV biography, Driven: The Billy Monger Story… (It is available on the iPlayer for a few months.) I was lucky to [ … ]
London To Brighton Veteran Car Run 2018
Some highlights of another spectacular London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. We were in Crawley for the Veteran vehicles coming through, and then followed the route to Brighton to catch [ … ]
Thin Wall Special Ferrari
A special car, by name and by provenance, the Thin Wall Special, a predecessor of the Vanwall cars, kindly brought to the Total Elf HTX Mike Hawthorn Grand Prix of [ … ]
