Mike Fisherly

📍 ‘The stopwatch measures speed. It never measures sacrifice.’ ▪️For every Hamilton, Fangio or Senna, there are thousands of men and women whose names never adorned a grandstand. ▪️They mortgaged homes, exhausted savings, travelled through the night and accepted risks most of us would never contemplate. ▪️All for a few precious laps and the hope that one day

📍 ‘Spa gave Formula 1 one of those useful little reminders: championships are not won by being fast once, but by surviving the weekends that try to bite you.’ Kimi Antonelli won for Mercedes. Ferrari kept the pressure on. Red Bull looked less lost. And George Russell discovered that a title campaign can find a gravel trap

📍’The collector car market isn’t slowing. It’s becoming more selective.’ The headlines may suggest caution, yet beneath the surface something rather different is unfolding. The finest analogue supercars, rare coach-built machines and impeccable provenance continue to command remarkable attention. Average cars are finding buyers. Exceptional cars are finding custodians. That distinction has never mattered more.  ♔ Full Story 📍 ‘In

📍’Some people collect cars. Ralph Lauren collected masterpieces.’ While others filled garages, Ralph Lauren quietly built what many regard as one of the greatest private automobile collections on earth. Not because every car is rare. But because almost everyone represents the very best of its era. The result isn’t simply a garage. It’s a museum that still smells faintly of

📍’The world’s greatest driving computer isn’t under the bonnet. It’s wearing your hat.’ ▪️The human brain consumes around 12 watts of power—less than an old-fashioned lightbulb. ▪️Yet every journey it interprets weather, judges grip, anticipates danger, reads another driver’s intentions and decides whether overtaking is inspired or idiotic ▪️All in the blink of an eye. ▪️Someone recently claimed AI

🚩 McLaren 788HS: The Final Flourish 📍 ‘When an icon takes its final bow, it rarely leaves quietly.’ McLaren’s new 788HS is more than another limited-edition supercar. It’s the ultimate evolution of the 720S and 750S bloodline—lighter, sharper and built in tiny numbers. Sometimes the last chapter proves to be the best one.  ♔ The Last Great V8

🚩 Ferrari Testarossa Spider: The One Ferrari You Couldn’t Buy 📍 Most Ferraris are coveted. One was simply commissioned. In 1986, Gianni Agnelli—the impeccably dressed chairman of Fiat—wanted to experience Ferrari’s new Testarossa beneath an open sky. Ferrari had no intention of building a Spider. For Agnelli, however, rules had a habit of becoming suggestions. The result remains one

📍 ‘The collector-car market is no longer rewarding everything with a famous badge and an optimistic estimate.’ Ferrari remains dominant, analogue hypercars are strengthening, and modern classics are attracting fresh money. The ordinary cars are still available. The exceptional ones are becoming increasingly difficult to buy.  ♔ Full Story 📍 ‘The market is not booming. It is becoming

🏁 Silverstone gave Formula One exactly what it needed: Ferrari winning, Mercedes worrying, Red Bull wobbling and the FIA explaining another avoidable complication. Charles Leclerc took the glory. George Russell kept the pressure on. Lewis Hamilton gave the home crowd something to applaud. And suddenly, the championship looks rather less settled.  ♔ Full Story 📍 ‘Silverstone did