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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
A fond farewell to Rubens
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23/01/12
The 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix, which closed the season, didn’t exactly go the way Rubens Barrichello might have wished. Having …
January’s podcast with Pat Symonds
20/01/12
Welcome everyone to our first podcast of 2012. Pat Symonds is the only podcast guest we’ve had more than once, …
News from the Formula 1 paddock
17/01/12
We are in the silly season, a period of posturing and positioning. The Grand Prix teams, and their drivers, are …
Where is the ‘Sir’ in John Surtees?
06/01/12
The New Year’s honours list for 2012 was, as ever, a matter of interest for the motor racing industry. This …
Time to reflect on 2011
23/12/11
Oh no, I hear you groan, he’s surely not going to give us another list of his favourite moments of …
2011 Formula 1 season review podcast
22/12/11
It seems like only a few months ago that we recorded our 2010 Formula 1 season review in our local …
Formula 1’s fickle finger of fate
22/12/11
According to that surreal 140-character world that is Twitter (I wrote it off as a waste of cyberspace, but now …
Do away with DRS!
19/12/11
Dear Nigel, Is there any chance of the silly DRS being done away with next year? I have lost interest …
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 …
Euro outlook poor…
19/12/11
Dear Nigel, In 2003 there were 10 European races and six international races. Fast-forward some eight years and we have …
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 …
Jenson Button on battling Webber
16/12/11
With the Formula 1 season over and the spate of interesting stories subsiding, it was a relief to have David …
Carefully does it, Kimi Räikkönen…
16/12/11
Why on earth does the Renault-soon-to-be-Lotus Grand Prix team allow its new number one driver Kimi Räikkönen to race a …
Jaime Alguersuari stands proud
15/12/11
It’s not often that you feel sorry for a Formula 1 driver. But that was the reaction here in the …
Drudge-reduction system
15/12/11
Air used to be dirty in Formula 1. Nowadays it’s expectant. There’s a whiff of madness in it too. Ten …
Grosjean relishes Formula 1 return
09/12/11
Kimi Räikkönen’s 2012 team-mate at Lotus has finally been announced. Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov were all in …
Motor Sport on F1 Opinion
While our late founder editor Bill Boddy was working at the Royal Aircraft Establishment he met Denis Jenkinson, and, impressed by his knowledge and no-nonsense attitude, asked him to write for Motor Sport. It proved a memorable partnership. Jenks became our continental correspondent, roaming Europe all summer, visiting race teams in between Grands Prix and sending back lively, incisive reports which became the definitive analysis of the sport. Our editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck continues to provide that same incisive opinion on Formula 1 today.
