Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
23/02/12
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and …
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Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
23/02/12
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and …
Why Ferrari is bad for Italian racing drivers
23/02/12
And then there were none: Italian drivers in Formula 1. The home of the most famous team in motor racing …
Hunt vs Lauda on the big screen in ‘Rush’
14/02/12
No doubt you will have heard about, and been intrigued by, a new motor racing movie. Yes, another one for …
The enigma of Arnoux
13/02/12
Dear Nigel, Your thoughts on René Arnoux, please. For me, it was his maverick nature that perhaps cost him a …
Why Formula 1 won’t return to Indianapolis
13/02/12
Dear Nigel, Having attended the two first US Formula 1 races at Indy I was impressed by both the F1 …
Niki Lauda’s injuries: the truth
13/02/12
Dear Nigel, I’ve just finished reading In The Name Of Glory about Hunt and Lauda in 1976. I was quite surprised …
Why TT racers are a breed apart
13/02/12
Dear Nigel, I was wondering if you have seen TT3D: Closer to the Edge? Do you think that the riders’ …
When Formula 1 turned ugly
09/02/12
If it looks right, it is right: Renault AK 90CV, Bugatti Type 35, Alfa Romeo Tipo B, Maserati 250F, Lotus …
The return of the Silver Arrows
08/02/12
Something quite extraordinary has been announced. An event that no motor racing enthusiast can afford to miss, that nobody ever …
Why we’ll miss Patrick Head in Formula 1
25/01/12
Never exactly one to kowtow to convention, Patrick Head. But then great race engineers never are. It’s written in their …
‘Clark-like’ Carlos Reutemann
19/01/12
Carlos Reutemann was a racing driver from Central Casting: blue eyes, chiseled jaw, dimples, brooding Brando brows, luxuriant hair, tanned. …
Brise could’ve been the best
19/12/11
Dear Nigel, I seem to recall that on at least one occasion in the mid-70s Tony Brise lapped Alan Jones …
Winners that never were
19/12/11
Dear Nigel, Which driver and team that never won a Grand Prix would you most like to have seen do …
Ayrton Senna at Suzuka revisited
19/12/11
Dear Nigel, I have been following your writing for many years and know how you feel about Alain Prost and …
All that was great about Gethin
09/12/11
I was like so many people very sad to hear that Peter Gethin had died. The news came to me …
The power of one
07/12/11
The already much-missed Peter Gethin scored a singleton Grand Prix victory. But what a win it was. On the final …
The search for Rubinho’s heir
01/12/11
It will be sad if we have seen the last of Rubens Barrichello in Formula 1. For the category’s most …
Twists in an American F1 tale
EXCLUSIVE
24/11/11
Austin, Texas, my American friends tell me, is a pleasing town very different in character from such as Dallas or …
No mere mortals at the wheel
EXCLUSIVE
03/11/11
Dear Nigel, I imagine that in your early days, belting around Europe in your Elan, you would have fancied yourself …
The magic of Monza
13/09/11
Monza on my mind. Sounds like some kind of Italian country and western song, if you can imagine such a …
Motor Sport on F1 History
“I get disappointed when I hear about modern racing drivers not having any interest in the past,” said Sir Jackie Stewart when he came into the office to edit the December 2011 issue of Motor Sport. “The one thing about history, and the one thing about knowing a bit of it, is that you learn from it”. Not only that, but the sight of Grand Prix machines tackling the old Nürburgring and Spa circuits is enough to get most of us hooked on the sport for good. Motor Sport has always delved into interesting stories from the past and although the magazine looks to the future, it constantly keeps an eye on F1 history.
