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Matters of Moment, May 2012
As we mark 30 years since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the driver who for some of us personifies more…

As we mark 30 years since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the driver who for some of us personifies more…
Having lunch with racing's great personalities is hardly a chore for Simon Taylor, but he particularly enjoyed catching up with…
An F1 season rarely starts without controversy as the teams push the boundaries of the rules and in turn become…
Plans for Bernie Ecclestone to float part of the F1 business on the Singapore Stock Exchange have emerged. The offering…
Richard Seaman is the latest name to join a long list of legendary racing drivers whose stories are potentially being…
Audi drivers Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello claimed a third Sebring 12 Hours together on the return of…
Nissan has stepped up to provide the engine and backing for the experimental Delta Wing that will race at this…
The return to racing of veteran historic competitor Frank Sytner after he suffered a major heart attack at the 2011…
Double Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel will take his Goodwood bow this summer, spearheading the 20th Festival of Speed's…
Masters Historic Racing and the Canadian American Challenge Cup are combining two modest grids to promote a four-event series for…
Although largely overlooked by the major historic festivals, the 50th anniversary of the Lotus Elan will be marked by the…
The racing heritage of Crystal Palace will be celebrated again at the end of May with a sprint event in…
Formula 1 cars of the 1970s and early '80s will race at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this summer…
The 2012 edition of Tour Britannia will start with a new prologue stage on the evening of Wednesday June 6…
The 50th birthday of the AC Cobra will be celebrated at this year's Cholmondeley Pageant of Power (June 15-17) with…
The Grand Prix entrant whose Trojan company manufactured McLaren sports cars and single-seaters under licence, has died aged 82. Peter…
Following the record-breaking grid of 52 Jaguar E-types at last year's Silverstone Classic, the organisers of the E-type Challenge are…
André Lotterer, winner at Le Mans last year with Audi, made his rallying debut in the Boucles de Spa when…
This race promoter, who has died at the age of 59, was arguably the second most important name in the…
On February 16 at London's Roundhouse, the 16 members of the Motor Sport Hall of Fame became 20. Colin McRae,…
Motor Sport’s features editor Simon Arron didn’t travel quite as widely as usual in 2018, but that still translated as attendance at about 50 events (and probably almost as many…
Choosing a single experience from another busy season is tough. But it has to be done and I have plucked one from way back in March. The Sebring 12 Hours…
The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach. I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach Grands Prix, from the inaugural Formula 5000 race back in…
After working out that we could do quite a large number of races in Britain, and indeed buy a new car for the same price as the Le Mans Classic,…