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Matters of moment, June 2012
On the Friday ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix a collective groan rose from the Motor Sport office: Jean Todt…

On the Friday ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix a collective groan rose from the Motor Sport office: Jean Todt…
CONTRIBUTORS DOUG NYE has been extra busy recently, setting up the sensational Silver Arrows demo-race for Goodwood Revival, filming for…
With its novel side exhaust consigned to history the former Renault team, that we now know as Lotus, has made…
Nico Rosberg’s victory in the Chinese GP put a renewed focus on Mercedes GP’s so-called Double DRS system, which gives…
The ongoing management shuffle at Williams Grand Prix Holdings took an unexpected turn when Adam Parr resigned from his role…
Susie Wolff has joined Williams as a development driver, and the Mercedes DTM veteran will undertake some aerodynamic running –…
The future of group Lotus has been thrown into doubt following the sale of its parent company proton. It is…
Chrysler is to take on Ferrari, Porsche and Chevrolet with the new-generation Dodge Viper in the American Le Mans Series.…
The race debut of the all-new Toyota TS030 Hybrid has been delayed until the Le Mans 24 Hours following a…
Nine-time motorbike world champion Valentino Rossi made his second international race start on four wheels at the opening round of…
Peter Gethin, who died last year, will be remembered at Silverstone in both May and July this year. At the…
The European debut of the unique Veskanda Group C car will be one of the features of the second Donington…
Honda is set to pitch the new generation NSX against Chrysler in the GTE class. Honda Performance Development, American Honda’s…
Over 250 of the world’s most celebrated racing cars will take on the Monte Carlo street circuit during the 2012…
Alain Prost will take top billing when he makes his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June…
Both Tour Britannia and the Roger Albert Clark Rally will run with condensed routes in 2012, aimed at reducing costs…
Bill Stone, who has died after a long illness, was an accomplished racer but he will be best remembered as…
Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche has died at the age of 76. The eldest son of Ferry and grandson of company…
The designer of the 1959 Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 has died at the age of 85. Cutting became…
This team owner, who made a memorable impact on British saloon and sports car racing with his red and gold…
We are going to take a dive here into statistics regarding how representative might the Mercedes performance at Bahrain last weekend be for the rest of the season. Yes, it…
Early this year Jacques Villeneuve tried to break into NASCAR with Bill Davis’s Toyota team. Jacques had a tough time and was left on the sidelines after just half a…
A frantic look back at the twists, turns and turbocharged thrills of F1, to kick off our '80s Month – following the lead of this month's magazine Formula 1 in…
Fernando Alonso may have been the first driver to win a grand prix in Marina Bay but was far from the first driver to win in Singapore. Paul Fearnley looks back at the history of the Asian GP and the crowning of its first champions