Articles by Nick Garton
Abba, Stirling and an Eight Year Old Me at the British Grand Prix 1981
The 1981 British Grand Prix was for me, as an eight-year-old, one of the biggest events of my life. It still is.
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Video: Top Gear’s Top 10 of all things Group B
It’s Top Gear Live time this weekend in the UK, with May, Hammond and Clarkson hitting the road with their globe-trotting live show. Haven’t they got enough money yet?
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Photo Gallery: The First Silverstone 6 Hours 1976
This year’s Autosport Silverstone 6 Hours marks the 35th anniversary of Britain’s premier endurance racing event; an occasion which is set to celebrate the best of the past, present and future of international sports car …
Days of Thunder is the best racing movie of all time.
So, then, the Senna movie has gone down a storm – and rightly so. Not to put too fine a point on it, things were simply more exciting then. The circuits were bumpy, the cars …
Real-Life Herbies – Part 1
Who would have thought that Disney’s classic ‘The Love Bug’ is almost as good as a documentary? When compared with adventures of talking mice, winsome princesses and seven vertically-challenged miners, the tale of a 1200cc …
Happy Birthday, Little Champion: Mini Cooper 50th Anniversary
One cause for good cheer in 2011 is the 50th anniversary of the Mini-Cooper. Be they original Austin or Morris, reconstituted Rover or even overblown BMW machines, few cars have brought such panache to motor …
Sporting Tunes
The World Cup is over and it’s safe to remove the earplugs – not actually inserted to drown out the Vuvuzelas, but rather the endless round of sub-standard football anthems that have become part and …
Red and White Mini’s Return to Rallying
Well it had to happen, I suppose: the words ‘Mini’ and ‘rally’ are to come into close contact for the first time since Monte Carlo in 1968, when the teeny tearaway’s reign of terror in …
60th Anniversary Stars Get Ready For Action
Manama, 11th March 2010: The stars and the cars of this weekend’s 60th anniversary celebrations for the FIA Formula 1™ World Championship have already begun to make their presence felt in the countdown to this …
Exclusive: Sir Jackie Stewart Previews the FIA Formula 1™ World Championship 60th Anniversary Celebrations
Sir Jackie, you’re a regular visitor to Bahrain and its Grand Prix but this year it’s the venue of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the world championship. How special does that make this year’s event …
Fangio to drive Maserati 250F at 2010 Formula 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Manama, 4th March 2010: Juan Manuel Fangio II, nephew of five-time Formula 1™ world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, will take to the track at the wheel of a Maserati 250F as the world’s biggest annual …
American legend Mario Andretti to celebrate 60 years of Formula 1™ in Bahrain
Manama, 28th February 2010: American motor racing legend Mario Andretti will play a starring role in the Kingdom of Bahrain as the 2010 FIA Formula 1™ World Championship season starts at the Gulf Air Bahrain …
Bahrain’s 60th anniversary of Formula 1™ event ‘Will Never Be Repeated’
Manama, 26th February 2010: Behind the scenes preparations are underway to make the forthcoming Formula 1™Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix not only the start of one of the most-anticipated seasons in years, but also to …
A Minor Hero
The Monte Carlo Rally seldom fails to bring about a barrage of memories of the Swinging Sixties and the Mini-Cooper S. After all, it was the performances of the cheeky little cars in the hands …
Christmas Shopping: Slot Cars
Once people get over the initial sense that adults shouldn’t really be getting excited about the smell of hot electric engines, the subject of slot car racing soon turns to the enormous range of cars …
