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Matters of moment, July 2015
Audience surveys have to be a good thing. I know, because we run them from time to time here at…

Audience surveys have to be a good thing. I know, because we run them from time to time here at…
Short-sighted F1 policies, rivals remember Jim Clark’s Indy victory In the middle of May there was a meeting at Bernie…
Too late, too little, Formula 1 is trying to figure out how to recapture its declining fan base. Unfortunately, it’s…
Is 17 too young for F1? Max Verstappen’s early form for Toro Rosso suggests not, despite that crash in Monaco.…
Spain and Monaco Rd 5, Catalunya, May 10 2015 1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes W06 1hr 41min 12.555sec 2 Lewis Hamilton…
Battersea races to mark end of first chapter for all-electric series | By Gary Watkins London’s round of the FIA…
Frank Matich Successful Australian racer and car builder Frank Matich died in May, shortly after his 80th birthday. Though he…
After a worrying week and a half of practice and qualifying which saw James Hinchcliffe badly injured in one of…
I can’t believe that the Le Mans 24 Hours is nearly here! It seems like yesterday I was in Ofterschwang,…
Motorcycle ace Geoff Duke, who died in May at the age of 92, achieved six World Championships and also won…
The First American Grand Prix The Savannah Auto Races 1908-1911 Tanya A Bailey Impartiality is an essential factor when it…
Most motor sport enthusiasts think you need to be a bit, erm, unusual to ride in the Isle of Man…
Petty in Goodwood return NASCAR legend to light up hill with 1970 Superbird | by Paul Lawrence Richard Petty and…
For sale @Tom Hartley Jnr Moira, Derbyshire. Tel: 01283 761119 www.tomhartleyjnr.com We’ll never again see those great days of rival…
The changes might be subtle, but the differences are dramatic | by Andrew Frankel How would you like your very…
It’s quick, certainly… but only for an SUV I always find it a great comfort when I discover my view…
The numbers might not be particularly special, but it oozes style What kind of car must a Bentley flagship be?…
Rough takes on the smooth This is not my kind of car. It is noisy, quite uncomfortable, has a poor…
Spence 2, Roebuck 1 Nigel Roebuck is unfair to Mike Spence in claiming that the 1965 Race of Champions was…
Sixty years after taming the wild Mille Miglia, Sir Stirling Moss revisited its familiar roads in his faithful Mercedes 300SLR…
Two Formula 1 events on one day, about 400 miles apart in neighbouring nations. The difference? One drew a massive crowd, 20 cars and colossal global exposure, the other attracted…
The new Ferrari 488 GTB never seems more absurdly fast than when you consider where it came from. Trace the line of mid-engined, two-seater Ferraris that preceded it and it…
Mick Schumacher's mother Corinna laid into James Vowles; Flavio Briatore laid into Monza security; and for once Max Verstappen didn't lay into his team – Chris Medland's 2024 Italian GP F1 diary
When I wrote a few weeks ago about Mario Andretti and other drivers who achieved success across a wide variety of motor racing categories driving I neglected to properly credit…