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Damien Smith on the August 2014 issue
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The notorious Nelson Piquet
Damien Smith previews the December issue of Motor Sport and our cover story – an exclusive interview with Nelson Piquet
I was there when… 2011 Indian GP
Simon Arron looks back at the first Indian Grand Prix in 2011. The result may have been predictable, but the traffic wasn’t.
Roebuck’s legends: Kyalami ’83
Roebuck from the archives: the 1983 title decider between Piquet, Prost and Arnoux.
Hunt and Lauda at Fuji, 1976
Paul Fearnley looks back at Japan’s Formula 1 title deciders. There were none more famous than that of the 1976 season with James Hunt and Niki Lauda
I was there when… 2005 Japanese GP
Simon Arron remembers Kimi Räikkönen’s victory from 18th on the grid.
Audio podcast with Tony Brooks
The racing dentist sits down with Roebuck, Cruickshank and Widdows to talk 1950s GP racing, Stirling Moss and F1 today.
I was there when… 2010 Korean GP
The warnings had been fairly bleak. The circuit, we were told, wasn’t so much in the middle of nowhere as …
How good was Peter Revson?
Dear Nigel, Next March will mark the 40th anniversary of Peter Revson’s death while testing his Shadow F1 car in …
Lauda’s falling out with Ferrari
Dear Nigel, I’d like your opinion on the 1977 F1 season, in particular the deteriorating relationship between Niki Lauda and …
Ferrari’s V6 vs V12
Dear Nigel, Knowing that you are a good friend of Chris Amon I have often wondered whether he has ever …
Rush revisited
Late to the party again, I have only just seen Ron Howard’s Hunt-Lauda biopic, Rush. I enjoyed it very much. …
Roebuck’s legends: Piquet leaves Brabham
Late in the afternoon of November 22 1963, I was stopped by a policeman and reprimanded for riding my bike…
Reader event with Sir Stirling Moss
From what we hear from you readers our BBQ at the Hurlingham Club on September 18 went down very well, …
Jackie Stewart’s last Grand Prix
Forty years ago next Monday, Jackie Stewart contested his 99th Grand Prix. A messy affair, it did not sit well …
I was there when… 2008 Singapore GP
It wasn’t a violent temper tantrum, more a petulant stamp. Fernando Alonso wasn’t expecting to win Formula 1’s inaugural night …
Räikkönen’s second stint at Ferrari
The last two world champions simultaneously employed by Scuderia Ferrari fought like cat and dog. Giuseppe Farina was still in …
Roebuck’s legends: BRM V16
When I was a kid, someone gave me an EP – remember them? – of the BRM V16 on full noise. I once told Stirling Moss about it.
James Hunt’s American adventures
Back in 1973 and ’74 James Hunt leaped from a frustrating few years as a struggling, often ridiculed Formula 3 …
F1 History photo galleries
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.
