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‘Piastri and Norris are driving for their future place at McLaren’
Before the 2024 season started we looked at the key driver rivalries that we expected to play out over the…
August 2025
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Sidecar takes flight at Isle of Man TT
Across the broad spectrum of all motor sport sidecar TT racing is something else. The sight of a rider and…
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Why Ferrari will suffer F1 if team boss Vasseur really is under threat
The inability of the rear damper to control the Ferrari’s ride height has snowballed into a tricky political situation for…
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Karun Chandhok: Have Max Verstappen’s rivals sensed his weakness?
Legacy is a fascinating topic in the motor racing world. For knowledgeable and passionate Formula 1 fans, which the readers…
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‘Robert Kubica’s drive was among Le Mans’ best’
Ferrari’s unbeaten three from three at the Big One since its return to sports car racing’s top tier eclipses all…
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The fastest five cars ever timed on Goodwood Festival of Speed’s hillclimb
1. McMurtry Spéirling (2022) Max Chilton, 39.08sec Like an outlandish sports prototype that has shrunk in the wash and then…
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Porsche’s 963 Hypercar takes to the streets
Is that a road car? Technically it is… ish. Meet the Porsche 963 RSP, a one-off version of the brand’s…
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Longford circuit: Australia’s original, terrifying, high-speed arena
Sometimes known as the ‘Reims of the South Pacific’ due to its long, fast straights and undulations, Longford has a…
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Spa, Watkins Glen, then a drive in Ronnie Peterson’s March: My month on the track
SPA CLASSIC, May 23-25 Always one of the highlights of the season. This time, I was racing with John Spiers…
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On the road… June 2025 motor sport in pictures
Paul Lawrence has been in and around motor sport for more than half a century and for the past 30…
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Watkins Glen drama shows IMSA is going from strength to strength
This month’s Postcard... comes datemarked Watkins Glen, a scenic village in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. It’s…
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Does F1: The Movie have the winning formula?
Racing films have always had a reputation for being comedically unrealistic, and unfortunately this production is another to add to…
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Driven to destruction — and that makes race-worn gloves a collector’s dream
Of all the trends, I’ve always found gloves a bit niche. Popular pieces tend to be helmets and race suits,…
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The call of F1 V10 engines is still howling, two decades after their demise
Beyond school leaving age many old snowies such as myself assure our young friends that the answer to what seems…
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Dale Earnhardt's NASCAR legacy: the long shadow of the man in black
It happened 10 years ago on the last lap of NASCAR's traditional season-opening Daytona 500. Everyone was jammed together in…
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From the archives...
Long shadow of the man in black Feb ’11 A new Amazon documentary on late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt has…
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Chopard Mille Miglia watch commemorates Moss’s greatest race victory
“On May 1st, motor racing history was made, for Stirling Moss won the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, the first time this…
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Mat Oxley: Why motorcycling came first for Piero Taruffi
Piero Taruffi scored his most famous successes on four wheels. In May 1952 he became the third driver to win…
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Aston Martin’s Le Mans mission was simply survival
Long chat with Gordon Murray after what seems like far too long. As you read this the South African-born son…
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2025 Morgan Supersport review: Finally! As good to drive as it looks
One of the first big jobs I did as a young road tester was to pit a Morgan Plus Eight…
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