Marcus Pye

The new UK motorsport season finally got underway last weekend, albeit with the now familiar COVID-19 restrictions and protocols. While that didn’t prevent some great spectacles, further bumps in the road remain in sight which could lead to 2021 remaining thoroughly domestic

Two championships and two class titles in four seasons mark historics ace Benn Tilley as a special talent. Here’s how the Lincolnshire racer progressed from Junior Saloons to become Autosport’s top club driver of 2020

As the son of club racing legend Gerry, Gregor Marshall has racing in his blood. Although his ambitions are modest, his determination to get his Vauxhall Firenza on the grid at the 2020 Goodwood SpeedWeek tells of a driver who relishes a challenge

Brian Jones was the voice of Brands Hatch for decades, with his passion and enthusiasm for racing rubbing off on those around him. His death earlier this year has left a large hole in UK motorsport, but MARCUS PYE remembers him fondly

From legendary drinking habits to dramatic driving styles, there has been no shortage of cult-hero figures over the past 70 years in national motorsport. Here's an extended version of the original list that appeared in Autosport's 70th anniversary bookazine

Coronavirus meant 2020 was a season like no other, but there were still plenty of special moments when motorsport did restart. Autosport's veteran national correspondent MARCUS PYE looks back

Excool, manufacturer of advanced data centre cooling equipment, has partnered with the British Racing and Sports Car Club to launch a new sports prototype series in the UK for 2021

They're two companies that carried and influenced generations of junior single-seater racers. After Cooper led the revolution, Ralph Firman paid attention, then mastered, the art of building and selling great racing cars

From wins for Moss and Hawthorn to a 1994 Tyrrell smashing the lap record, there have been plenty of memorable occasions in Castle Combe's long history. Autosport marks its best ahead of its 70th birthday celebrations at the Autumn Classic

It's 60 years since the Marshall & Fraser team first formed and now one of its successful machines, the Reliant Kitten, is set to go on the prowl once more

The cancellation of the Spa Six Hours is a massive blow for historic racing, but not entirely unforeseen. But the event can come back even stronger in 2021, writes MARCUS PYE

A limit on the number of spectators following the COVID pandemic may be having an impact on club racing, but during the downtime work has been carried out to protect drivers from more familiar motorsport dangers - as MARCUS PYE has found out

Thruxton came alive last weekend as an unprecedented 400 plus competitors were in action for the Classic Sports Car Club's first meeting of the year

Ron Tauranac's machines were world-beaters from the early 1960s to late '80s, but he is perhaps best known for helping Jack Brabham found his own Formula 1 team. Following his death last week, Autosport pays tribute to an engaging and genial man

National motorsport in the United Kingdom roared back into life last weekend for the second week of racing since coronavirus struck, with the Brands Hatch Super Prix the headline event

The UK club racing season finally began last weekend, although the three meetings that did run were very different to normal. At Castle Combe, normally bustling with spectators, it was eerily quiet but the new procedures seemed to work well

Four days before the 70th anniversary of the venue's inaugural race meeting, the Castle Combe Racing Club brought sanctioned racing back to life in one of the UK's first post-COVID-19 lockdown events

Dutch-born Egbert 'Eppie' Wietzes, whose two Formula 1 race starts were seven years apart at Ontario's Mosport Park, has died at the age of 82

For all of Motorsport UK's efforts to implement safety measures for national racing's return in July, it would all be for nothing without entries. Luckily, COVID-19 seemingly hasn't diminished the UK's desire to go racing

Mike Bell has died following a short battle with cancer aged 70

The Vintage Sports-Car Club has trimmed its 2020 event calendar in the wake of Motorsport UK requirements in response to the COVID-19 crisis

OPINION: Motorsport UK has given its first indications of how motorsport could return in Britain after the coronavirus hiatus. But it might be better for club racing to draw a line through 2020 and instead come back stronger next year

Sid Marler, who died recently aged 95, was one of British motorsport's greatest stalwarts, having started competing with the 750 Motor Club in 1950 at the birth of formal club racing

Thundersaloons and National Hot Rod ace Pete Stevens passed away earlier this week after being struck down by coronavirus

Grand prix winners Pastor Maldonado and Rene Arnoux are among five former Formula 1 drivers on the entry list for the Automobile Club de Monaco's GP Historique event in May

Special saloon fanatic Andy Wilson has bought the fabled DAF V8 Super Saloon and plans to give the crowd-pleaser its first race "in anger" for 42 years this season

Denmark's first Formula 1 world championship driver, Tom Belso, has died following a battle with stomach cancer

British company Revolution Race Cars has entered the marketplace with a futuristic US Ford V6-engined machine that meets FIA safety criteria and can be raced in a number of series in 2019

Choosing highlights from six decades of Lola success was a tricky task, but here are Autosport's pick of the marque's finest cars - including test drives of the top three

Those with memories of double world champion Graham Hill's 1971 International Trophy Formula 1 race win in the Brabham BT34 'lobster claw' would have approved of namesake Jake's resounding victory in last Saturday's identically titled Pre-'66 GT race. The 24-year-old BTCC racer's astonishing debut in Richard Wheeler's Lotus Elan, beating powerful opposition, was the drive of Goose's annual Silverstone Classic

Historic Formula Ford driver Nelson Rowe credited two spectators and a competitor for saving his life after he was dragged from his car while engulfed in flames at Cadwell Park

French racer David Ferrer has passed away from injuries sustained in a crash at the Zandvoort Historic Grand Prix last weekend

Tim Parnell, who has died aged 84, had racing in his veins as the son of Britain's pre-eminent post-war racer

Jack Sears, the winner of the inaugural British Touring Car Championship, has died at the age of 86

At 17 laps, Michael MacDowel's grand Prix driving record was among the shortest in Formula 1 world championship history

As the Goodwood Revival's lead commentator, MARCUS PYE had the best seat in the house for the 18th edition of this extraordinary event. He picks his 12 highlights

Formula 1's visit to Silverstone might be the largest outright event in Britain, but MARCUS PYE says nothing tops the Goodwood Revival on the national motorsport scene. He previews this year's edition

The Silverstone Classic has established itself as one of Britain's must-visit racing events. MARCUS PYE explains why it was worth the trip, even if it clashed with an entertaining Hungarian GP

Heading to the Goodwood Festival of Speed? MARCUS PYE is. Here he picks out the best things to look out for - either in person, or via AUTOSPORT's live streaming service

Plans for a new housing development have raised fears for Goodwood's future. MARCUS PYE argues that the area can't afford to lose its talismanic motorsport hotbed

The Goodwood Revival is always one of the highlights of the racing calendar. MARCUS PYE has 10 good reasons why you should be gracing it with your presence this year

An integral part of Donington Park seemingly forever, Robert Fearnall - who died today (Friday, March 3) - was by no means a one-trick pony. His lifelong passion for motorsport led him to carve a unique niche within it, firstly as a young journalist and historian of rare calibre and later as a management professional

The unexpected death of Martin Hines last weekend robbed motorsport of one of its most successful and charismatic men. Marcus Pye could count him as a friend, and pays tribute to 'Mr Karting'