The Rallye Monte Carlo Historique attracts a fair number of crews from Scandinavia – 20 out of 305 entries this year – and their prevailing winter climate means they have a natural aptitude for rallying. We follow the fortunes of two Norse 911s as team insiders. The power goes down, the snow flies from the wheelarches like a ship’s bow-wave, and the blue and white 911 rockets through the snowfield that’s doubling as a road junction. Say ‘Hi!’ to Mauritz Lange, wildman pilot o

Peel back the covers from classic racing Porsches in paddocks at historic meetings and, chances are, Uwe Niermann’s firm will have prepped many of them. I perused the treasures in his Aachen workshops. The yellow GT40 swoops through Eau Rouge; it’s the ex-Ecurie Francorchamps car, one of eight heading up the classic Spa Six Hours field. Current owner,historic stalwart Chris Stahl has co-opted formidable co-drivers in the shape of Porsche legends Jürgen Barth and Klaus Ludwig

Delving into his profound 911 knowhow, Alois Ruf has produced a 2.8 RSR lookalike, a ’70s car upgraded with newer powertrain and running gear. I travelled back to the future at Pfaffenheim. Trust Alois Ruf to spring a surprise. Just when you’d pegged him as the turbo king, producing state-of-the-art supercars like the Ruf CTR-3, we discover he’s built a normally-aspirated 2.8 Carrera RSR. Or has he? This white swan is not quite what it seems. The 3.4 badge on the engine lid g

A long day’s run from Tangier, the Atlas Mountains provide amazing Lotus driving roads. Dodging the rock falls, Johnny Tipler’s Marrakech Express is a Europa SE. I never imagined schoolboy French would come in so handy, but I found out in Morocco. Hauled over by a couple of speed cops at night on an innocuous 60kph (37mph) road on the outskirts of Marrakech, words like ‘désolé!’ suddenly bubbled up and in fluent Franglais I explained truthfully that I’d lost my way to my hote

There’s nothing like being on a race track with a proper racing car, and when that happens to be a front-running Carrera Cup 964 it’s a fabulous bonus. Welcome to the tea party! This time we have a really amazing piece of car confectionary to drool over. We’ve come to Abbeville circuit in the Picardy region of northern France at the invitation of our Belgian friend Johan Dirickx. A prolific 911RS enthusiast, he’s recently acquired the 964 Carrera Cup Car that Harald Gröhs dro