Tony Brooks, the last surviving Formula 1 grand prix race winner from the 1950s, has died at the age of 90, his family announced.Known as the "racing dentist" after giving up his family's profession for racing, his exploits in club racing caught the attention of the Connaught team, which offered...

Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to start a Formula 1 world championship grand prix, died last week. Paul Fearnley assesses her career and place in F1 historyPetite and independent – she gave the domineering Enzo Ferrari the flick in favor of Maserati – Maria Theresa de Filippis contested...

For various reasons, over the last few months it’s been hard to find time to read anything beyond page proofs for RACER magazine and assorted other projects, so it was a relief last December when Robin Miller recommended a bunch of books that would also appear on my list of...