Most people go their entire life never seeing a Porsche 917 K in the flesh, let alone hearing that flat-12 engine screaming.

Faced with this and an unfounded fear that Porsche was about to put a 16-cylinder engine in the 917 for 1971, he turned the 512M into a customer-only programme and focused on developing his 3 ...

As with all things in life, too much of a good thing is, well, too much. In motorsport, dominance and predictability kills interest – but sometimes one needs to stress-test a theory just to be ...