Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet joined forces at Williams in the late 1980’s. The result? 18 race victories, one drivers’ world title and a intra-team rivalry renowned for its bitterness and severity
Can you see past Max Verstappen as the best F1 driver of 2023? Vote now in our Season Review Awards for a chance to win Goodwood tickets worth more than £1900
For the first time ever, the Formula 1 grid that lines up for the opening grand prix of 2024 will be the same as for the final race of the previous season
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Very few Italians would be inclined to acknowledge it, but the unique competition record of the Alfa 158, the original Alfetta, arguably owes as much to the rise of National…
Drivers, designers and authors held forth at the first Motoring Literary & Art Festival at Silverstone last weekend, with fans getting to hear some of racing’s greatest stories
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The greatest intra-team spats in history
Cossie Conqueror: How the DFV took on the world outside F1 and won
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The car industry is ploughing billions of pounds into electric cars but sales declined among private buyers in September. Andrew Frankel puts his finger on the problem
Qualifying often – but not always – tells the story of which driver has the real raw pace, superior over one lap. Mark Hughes looks at which team-mates came out on top
Max Verstappen’s dominance of the 2023 F1 season often overshadowed the midfield battle. With the Dutchman removed from the equation, who would have come out on top?
Robert Kubica is the headline name in WEC’s next act but, as Damien Smith writes, the new strength in depth right through the field gives cause for excitement
F1’s 2023 world championship has seen records smashed across the board, and thrilling action was served up with it – pick your best moments of year in our Season Review Awards
Christian Horner says this year’s Red Bull is the most successful car in F1 history, but tells Chris Medland in a Motor Sport exclusive that he can’t dwell on the past. There’s a title to retain in 2024; an engine to build for 2026; but firstly, a pile of appraisals on his desk
Qualifying often – but not always – tells the story of which driver has the real raw pace, superior over one lap. Mark Hughes looks at which team-mates came out on top
In 2020, Red Bull was struggling to get on terms with Mercedes, as Max Verstappen’s ability to adapt sent it into a development dead-end, says Mark Hughes. Then a turnaround at the Abu Dhabi GP began its F1 domination…
Cecil Sandford, the last surviving champion from the first decade of motorcycling’s world championships, passed away on Tuesday, at the age of 95. Sandford was the first rider to win a world title with MV Agusta, which went on to become the biggest racing name through much of the 1960s and 1970s.
MotoGP’s most-awaited bike change in years was the story of Tuesday’s one-day Valencia tests, but conditions weren’t good enough to read too much into the overall results
Hear the stories behind the careers of motor sport’s greats and catch up on our latest podcast series: Engineering the Greats, which includes Adrian Newey, Patrick Head and Gordon Murray amongst the guests
Ace engineer and team owner Dick Bennetts has worked with F1 greats, touring car superstars and many in between – he looks back on a life in racing through our Engineering the Greats podcast
The best engineers often have to work in the most diverse environments, as Tony Southgate explains in our latest Engineering the Greats podcast – he expands on creating an Indy 500 winner, emerging victorious at Le Mans and life at some of F1’s iconic teams
How to lead a Le Mans team to victory — three times. In the latest episode of our Engineering the Greats podcast series, Leena Gade, the first female race engineer to win the 24 Hour race, reveals what it takes to succeed
What does it take to get the best out of racing’s leading drivers? In our latest Engineering the Greats podcast, former McLaren engineer and Jordan designer Gary Anderson joins Rob Widdows to talk working with Prost and Hunt, and designing one of F1’s greatest cars
The most successful Le Mans driver in the race’s 100-year history: Tom Kristensen reveals what it took to win the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours nine times
Ace engineer and team owner Dick Bennetts has worked with F1 greats, touring car superstars and many in between – he looks back on a life in racing through our Engineering the Greats podcast
The best engineers often have to work in the most diverse environments, as Tony Southgate explains in our latest Engineering the Greats podcast – he expands on creating an Indy 500 winner, emerging victorious at Le Mans and life at some of F1’s iconic teams
How to lead a Le Mans team to victory — three times. In the latest episode of our Engineering the Greats podcast series, Leena Gade, the first female race engineer to win the 24 Hour race, reveals what it takes to succeed
What does it take to get the best out of racing’s leading drivers? In our latest Engineering the Greats podcast, former McLaren engineer and Jordan designer Gary Anderson joins Rob Widdows to talk working with Prost and Hunt, and designing one of F1’s greatest cars
Racing drivers tend to be a selfish breed. Actually, it’s common in most sports: to be the best, at your best in any given field, takes total focus and dedication,…
Floyd Ganassi Jr, better known as ‘Chip’, is quite simply one of the most successful team owners in the sport. He came to motor racing as a driver and raced…
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On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
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The engine note didn’t waver. Not one iota. And the team hanging over the pitwall to catch a glimpse of their new creation’s first flying lap thought there was a…
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A white Jaguar XK120 hurtled out of a turn near the Mexican town of Tehuantepec and its passenger and driver waved. I later learned that this signalled a last hurrah…
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In September 1964, famed Honda engineer Michihiko Aika and rider Jim Redman climbed aboard a BOAC VC10 at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, bound for Monza, via Hong Kong, Calcutta, Karachi and…
