Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish on motoring loves. . . and losses

Me and My Motor: Le Mans winner Allan McNish


Allan McNish, three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours race, hails from an unlikely motoring mecca. His birth town of Dumfries and nearby Kirkcudbright...
Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy on racing at Le Mans and his life in cars

Me and My Motor: Sir Chris Hoy


Sir Chris Hoy is making a comeback on the racetrack this summer — but not on two wheels. Instead, he will press the pedal to the metal in a 200mph...
Me and My Motor: Daniel Brühl on playing Lauda and a naked dash down the autobahn

Me and My Motor: Daniel Brühl on playing Lauda and...


Daniel Brühl grew up playing with model Ferraris and hoped one day to take one for a test drive.
Me and My Motor: Freddie Hunt, son of James, is a chip off the old block

Me and My Motor: Freddie Hunt, son of James, is a chip...


Freddie Hunt has always lived life in the fast lane — ever since he crashed his nanny’s Austin Metro into a skip. “The keys were in the ignition...
Me and My Motor: Sir Jackie Stewart on his first car, his struggle into motor sport and film production

Me and My Motor: Sir Jackie Stewart on his first car...


Growing up in a village not far from Glasgow, Jackie Stewart — who won three Formula One world championships and was nicknamed the Flying Scot —struggled...
Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana Jones, Bond and the Ford Anglia

Me and My Motor: Movie stuntman Vic Armstrong on Indiana...


Ever wondered what Harrison Ford is like behind the wheel, if Pierce Brosnan really could handle his Bond cars or whether Tom Cruise is that athletic?...
Me and my Motor: David Duchovny, star of X-Files, on why flashy, fast cars are an alien world

Me and My Motor: David Duchovny, star of X-Files —...


The truth is out there — and it’s electric, according to David Duchovny. The 55-year-old actor insists we will soon stop burning petrochemicals...
Steph Houghton, Nissan Juke Nismo: Me and My Motor

Me and My Motor: Steph Houghton, captain of the England...


Steph Houghton, the captain of the England women’s football team, shot to fame when she scored the winning goal for Team GB against Brazil at Wembley...
Singer Paul Young with his Ford Mustang: Sunday Times Driving Me and My Motor

Me and My Motor: Paul Young on Vauxhall Vivas, supercars...


In the 1980s Paul Young had a string of top 10 hits, three chart-topping albums and an army of swooning teenage fans...
Me and My Motor: Kate Humble on her big break on Top Gear and embarrassing herself in an Aston

Me and My Motor: Kate Humble on her big break on Top...


Kate Humble is best known for fronting wildlife programmes such as Springwatch, Lambing Live and Wild Things, but she got her break presenting Top...
Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on hopping from one car to another

Me and My Motor: actor Laurence Fox on his passion...


Laurence Fox changes cars like other people change trousers. The problem, the actor says, is he just can’t resist a good-looking Jaguar...

Me and my motor: Jason Plato on Top Gear, the BTCC...


Over the course of his two-decade career, Jason Plato has lifted more driving trophies than Lewis Hamilton.