Philip Lee Harvey, Photographer
Philip Lee Harvey drove hundreds of miles into the Sahara desert for one photograph.
15 F1 circuits you can drive without a race licence
Play Fantasy Formula 1 by driving these public road Grand Prix circuits past and present — and you don’t need even need a race licence to lap them.
Tiff Needell, Racing Driver and TV Presenter
Tiff Needell has grand plans for an epic European tour with the greatest car of all time: the McLaren F1.
Detour #49: Irohazaka Winding Road, Japan
For centuries people would come to Irohazaka for a religious experience, but these days it’s believers in the art of drifting who make the pilgrimage.
5,000 miles across Europe in a £600 Saab - Part 1
London to Kos in an eBay banger to deliver a bicycle? Why not?
5,000 miles across Europe in a £600 Saab - Part 2
Kos to London through the Balkans in an eBay banger marked the start of a beautiful relationship.
Simon Kidston, Classic Car Guru
Classic car expert Simon Kidston looks forward to driving a childhood favourite road again soon.
Detour #48: Fraser Island, Australia
The world’s largest sand island offers up an unbeatable 4x4-only adventure.
Motorway Madness
Even the most hellish drives can bring back fond memories when you can’t get behind the wheel for a while.
Detour Pit Stop #26: Miataland, Italy
Miataland is a boutique B&B with a difference. When you book a room you can also choose from an extensive collection of special edition Mazda MX-5s to drive on the fabulous roads of Perugia.
Amy Shore, Photographer
Photographer Amy Shore recalls a week-long trip by Mini and motorcycle from Scotland to Cornwall.
Detour #47: Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland, UK
The Causeway Coast route in Antrim is Northern Ireland’s answer to the Pacific Coast Highway. With a rugged beauty, an engaging road full of challenging corners and laid back, friendly locals to chat to along the way it’s easy to make this relatively short drive last a day or more.
Gavin Green, Journalist
Gavin Green, former editor of Car, tells us about competing in the London to Sydney Marathon with his late father.
Detour Pit Stop #25: The World's Biggest Truck Stop, Iowa, USA
With spaces for 900 trucks it’s the biggest in the world, serving around 5,000 visitors every day. Since it was founded in 1964 Iowa 80 claims to have served over 65 million people - that’s the population of the UK.
Detour #46: Death Valley, USA
It was only a matter of minutes outside in this vast, desolate oven before we were pining for the car’s ice cold a/c.
Memories of meeting Stirling Moss: the Lotus Esprit road test
James Mills recalls taking the new Lotus Esprit S4 to the home of Stirling Moss and returning several days later to learn that Britain’s greatest race driver didn’t like what he found.
Cars named after race circuits
There’s nothing more synonymous with speed than a race circuit. So it’s not surprising that car makers have been taking track names for their swiftest machines for decades.
Detour #45: Nürburgring to Bonn, Germany
Find out why the B257, the road from the Nürburgring to Bonn, is almost as good as the race track.
Detour Pit Stop #24: Cesare Fiorio's Masseria Camarda, Italy
Fiorio is the mastermind who put Lancia on the motorsport map. He created cars like the Lancia Stratos and 037, which to this day remain some of the most exciting machines ever to put spark and fuel to good use.
Racing the first hybrid rally car in the world
I would enter a first-generation Toyota Prius in the Midnight Sun to Red Sea Marathon Rally. Starting from northern Sweden, we would have 5,000 miles and ten countries to cover, arriving in Jordan in just 20 days.