November 2025

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The challengers to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem

As we were putting the finishing touches to this issue a Swiss racing driver caused a minor storm within the…

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Life’s such a drag

September 7, 2025 Santa Pod, Northants Sweden’s Susanne Callin and her Slick Tricks Top Fuel Dragster lets rip to win…

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Mark Hughes: FIA president wants V8s back in F1. But it’s not his decision

A populist president trying to reverse our environmental progress? Not Donald Trump. We’re talking Formula 1. F1’s future is being…

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Karun Chandhok: Red Bull’s hot seat - the candidates for F1 drive

As we march into the final third of the 2025 Formula 1 season, there are some fascinating storylines unfolding which…

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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours

IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans…

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Farewell to rally supremo Stuart Turner

1. 1965 Monte Carlo Rally Stuart Turner, BMC competitions chief from 1961, rated the drive by Timo Mäkinen in the…

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Ferrari Testarossa returns — but this is no 1980s throwback

This isn’t a Testarossa as we know it… This is a new generation of Ferrari Testarossa, far removed from the…

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Consigned to history: the fearsomely fast Österreichring

Many of those who watch the Austrian Grand Prix will never have witnessed the visceral drama of racing at the…

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Coffee with Ronnie Peterson’s brother before Silverstone scramble

ÖREBRO, SWEDEN, AUGUST 9 Ronnie Peterson is one of my racing heroes, so a visit to see his brother Tommy…

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Best of GT racing — in pictures

The Motor Sport month through the lens of Michael Hoyer Northampton-based Michael Hoyer, 44, first began photographing racing cars in…

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‘If anyone can turn IndyCar around, it’s new boss Doug Boles’

From 1911 to 1994, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was pretty much a one-trick pony. The gates opened on May 1,…

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Alfa Romeo: Cars in Motorsport since 1945 book review

This will be popular – because who doesn’t love an Alfa Romeo? As you’ll have gathered from the title, there’s…

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The motor sport photography books you need to own

Bookshelf essentials If there’s one topic that’s impossible to cover in a single column, it’s motoring books. Think of this…

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What was Jim Clark really like?

Despite the ever-present risk of retreating into rosy-glow nostalgia, the Monday morning after this year’s Goodwood Revival meeting leaves me…

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The genius of Mercedes designer Rudolf Uhlenhaut

The man who would be Kling... Oct 1997 In 2025 a Mercedes-powered Formula 1 car rules the roost, and 70…

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Bremont Terra Nova — how adventure watch survived our test to ‘the end of the world’

I’m just back from a motorcycle ride: eight days, 2000 miles from Copenhagen to Norway’s North Cape, the place they…

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Mat Oxley: Will Guenther Steiner give MotoGP its ‘Drive to Survive’ moment?

It is no coincidence that former Haas Formula 1 team boss Guenther Steiner was recently announced as the new CEO…

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Were these 1970s and 1980s cars really so bad?

I have a friend called Richard Bremner. You may know the name because he was a long-time staffer and former…

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2025 Ford Puma Gen-e review: Bestseller is a disappointment in electric form

I didn’t know Richard Parry-Jones when I travelled to Saint-Tropez in January 1993 to drive a new Ford. But without…

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Why race in Formula E?

There may be a lull in the Formula E racing season but at Jaguar TCS Racing there is a constant…