I always thought that the figure of John Steed must have been slightly out of scale on my Corgi Toys ‘Avengers’ red Bentley. The real thing, though an imposing car, is a bit smaller than you’d expect. Lined up on the start-finish straight at the Yas Marina circuit it looks somewhat like the old toy-box model, apart from the colour. Referred to, by Ettore Bugatti, whose own team of lightweight racers vied for supremacy at Le Mans 24 Hour …
