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Pirelli’s R&D man on Ferrari, the future of tyres, and F1

It's disappeared again, with just an empty space in the garage to serve as a reminder that the big Fiat is back in Ferrari la-la land. It was supposed…

By the time you read this it'll be a year since the big Fiat rolled up outside Evo Towers. In 12 months I've clocked up 20,000 miles - and I've got a …

As I watch the 550 being strapped down onto WRC's terrific new rolling road facility at Silverstone it occurs to me that this could all end in tears. …

It was one of those surprise phone calls that sounds too good to be true: 'Hi Harry, do you want us to give your car a special treatment that'll mean …

It was service time this month and, to make matters worse, it was the big one, the one that demands a tick in every box on the job card (new gearbox o…

When a long-term 645 was first mooted last spring there was a buzz of excitement in the Metcalfe household

While it's very comforting having a gold-plated Ferrari warranty nestling in the leather documents folder, the flip-side is the requirement to get any…

Our lesser-spotted 340R came out of hiding this month for a guest appearance at the opening of a new Lotus showroom at Dick Lovett's in Swindon (it's …

Having transformed the Ferrari 550 Maranello into a road-going Le Mans refugee in the form of the 550LM (evo 074), ES Motorsport has turned its attent…

Last month I mentioned that while our 645 is great to own, it suffers from not doing anything outstandingly. Put another way, it lacks star quality. B…

Sun, snow, open roads and beautiful scenery as Harry Metcalfe takes two Paganis - one of them the fabulous new £400,000 Roadster - on a blast in Italy