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Matters of Moment, January 2016
The blustering wind and rain of Storm Abigail whipped around the six men as they mounted the impromptu podium in…

The blustering wind and rain of Storm Abigail whipped around the six men as they mounted the impromptu podium in…
Former McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh is now CEO of Ben Ainslie Racing. He has maintained a dignified silence since he…
Lewis Hamilton celebrates a hard-earned victory at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, the win ensuring the Englishman claimed…
A new drama is brewing in F1 over a lower-cost alternative to expensive hybrid engines. But will it boil over…
USA, Mexico & Brazil “It’s competition and in competition that’s how it is,” answered Lewis Hamilton when asked about sporting etiquette.…
MotoGP's bad blood Bitter rivalry and seething hatred are nothing new in motorcycle racing. In the 1950s some riders had…
Perfection for Porsche Aero upgrades and more hybrid punch were too much for Audi | By Gary Watkins Porsche turned the…
The sweet scent of success The 2015 campaign has been good for Chip Ganassi’s race teams. Scott Dixon scooped the…
Well done Porsche… but Audi will be back There are only 1700km between the Shanghai Audi International Circuit and Fuji…
Porsche 917 Archive and Works Catalogue 1968-1975 Walter Näher Yet another book about the 917? Yes. Just another book about…
Californian invasion West Coast Specials set for Trans-Atlantic challenge A group of American racing sports cars from the late 1940s…
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Oh, to be a glamorous cinema hero, tanned and handsome, traversing the Alps in an open…
More scandal for VW If you thought it couldn’t get worse, think again I was not anticipating the need to…
The latest variation on a familiar theme is very impressive, but lacks excitement There is no car more often unfairly…
Plenty of improvements, but are they enough? Lotus, it seems, is turning itself around. It’s a slow process, but under…
Up there with the best in class, but you have to look closely to see why There is no class…
Attraction of sophistication lost to compromise Two variations on a similar theme here, first the Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV, which is…
Stouthearted fellow Thank you for the wonderful articles on my boyhood hero Graham Hill. I attended the 1969 US Grand…
Keeping an eye on the time: new releases in the watch world Eterna Eterna has been around for almost 160 years,…
Dario Franchitti has achieved a lifetime ambition: to own a car raced by his hero Jim Clark. And in this…
When Aston Martin returns to the Formula 1 grid in 2021, it will be the end of a 61-year absence of the British manufacturer. The announcement that Racing Point is…
To preview the Silverstone 1000Kms this weekend Lola asked various journalists and competition winners to its Huntingdon-based headquarters yesterday. A forum session – hosted by John Hindhaugh of Radio Le…
“It should be a great event,” I was told on the phone by the Henry Surtees Foundation. “We’ve got Oliver Turvey and Sam Bird coming and lots of karters as…
Daniel Ricciardo is Renault's big-money signing, but there's a key obstacle to overcome for number-one status Quite aside from the doubts of the watching world, we can be reasonably sure that…