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Matters of Moment, January 2011
He wasn't the favourite... Damien Smith, Editor The night before the big season finale, I was at Beaulieu for a…

He wasn't the favourite... Damien Smith, Editor The night before the big season finale, I was at Beaulieu for a…
Nigel Roebuck The man-made harbour, the sci-fi hotel that crosses the track, the pretty lights in the darkness... Abu Dhabi's…
Vettel win 'icing on cake' for Red Bull Sebastian Vettel earned himself a place in the record books at Abu…
Only in Italy would you find a politician weighing into a debate about the outcome of a Formula 1 World…
In Brief • The Racing Steps Foundation, which supports GP2 driver Oliver Turvey and Formula 3 racer James Calado, is…
A re-start and a finish... Huge news for Indycar racing this month with the announcement that General Motors is coming…
A Welsh Chorus I asked for this. So, here I am. On a Welsh hillside in mid-November in relentless rain,…
Rossi's big bang theory Stopwatch never lies. That may be true but it doesn't always tell the whole truth. That,…
Return to the Odyssey In October I spent a few days at our editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck's place in Surrey. As…
Vettel shows mettle Sir, How enjoyable for me to have got home from work and find the newly-crowned Formula 1…
It's your round-up A great season of F1 such as we've just enjoyed provokes some heated discussion. Time then for…
January 05 - Renault Fl appoints Eric Boullier as its new team principal 12 - John Booth takes over from…
No one got hurt in the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2005, but otherwise it was one of the…
David Hobbs is 71 now, still the quintessential Englishman with the deadpan humour that stayed with him through a 30-year-plus…
In a 38-race year, NASCAR Sprint Cup cars survive for just two events. It's relentless, tough, and more sophisticated than…
The 1961 Lady Wigram Trophy was one of the more dramatic races in New Zealand’s golden era of motor sport,…
Most of it is concealed from view, but F1's super-stiff springing is crucial to keeping the power on, By Gordon…
For one season only, the groovy colours of Paul Michaels' Hexagon Racing team - run from his London car dealership…
New occasional series showcases the best readers' photos, starting with early 1970s F1 We have author Christopher Hilton to thank…
Gone are the days when Skoda used to be the butt of jokes - now it's busy bagging international rally…
Not long till Christmas, so may I draw your attention to a couple of books for those of you wondering what to give a motor racing nut. The first is…
Formula Regional driver Dilano van 't Hoff has been killed after a crash at Spa-Francorchamps
Much of the news ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix is about the move to Donington. Whether it happens or not remains to be seen, but what we do…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring birthdays for two greats of the sport April 10 1929: Mike Hawthorn, the Yorkshire lad who conquered the world,…