For one company to be involved in so many pioneering exploits over such a long period of time is worth shouting about.

 

Castrol's founder Charles Wakefield was always keen to show how Castrol products would perform when pushed to extremes and it's an ethos which still rings true today.

 

There aren't many lubricant manufacturers which can boast to having helped Barnes Wallace fly to Canada from the UK in an airship in the 1920s and before becoming a record breaker on water with Sir Donald Campbell some 30 years later.

 

It's also fitting that Castrol helped Jack Booth set a motorcycle land speed record in 1911 and that the same red, white and green colours are competing for honours in the current MotoGP championship with Honda.

 

Explore the last century with the timeline above and you're bound to find out something you didn't know. History goes a long way.