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The Editor: Importance of saving old motor racing footage
How important is it to preserve evidence of past racing glories? On this, readers of Motor Sport and I will…
January 2025
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Sun sets on the WEC season at the Bahrain 8 Hours
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver…
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Lewis Hamilton fans should remember – even giants grow old
In the new book Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane by Matt Whyman, Toto Wolff says that he…
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Alpine to ditch Renault power from 2026
Dan Fallows has been released from his position of technical director at Aston Martin after a very disappointing season for…
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Verstappen showed three sides to his personality in three races
The triple-header across the Americas was an intense period for the Formula 1 circus. So much seemed to happen both…
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‘Maybe the best’ – Sébastien Buemi’s wonder-drive in WEC finale
Sébastien Buemi WEC, Bahrain, 2/11/24 Each issue, we nominate a driver from a recent race who deserves recognition for a…
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Top 5: the greatest F1 wins from (nearly) the back of the grid
John Watson 22nd, 1983 United States GP West It’s a record John Watson hopes will stand for ever – and…
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Bentley Speed Six rides again – 12 to be built
Car of the month – Bentley speed six That Bentley looks familiar... Yes, well, it has been gracing the pages…
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Circuit de Charade: a lost F1 track to love and fear
A mountain circuit around two extinct volcanoes with 50 corners and just one brief straight – surely not a grand…
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An historic winning streak at Goodwood and Silverstone
SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL, August My son Chris ended up doing most of the touring car race in our Toyota Corolla. It…
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Out and about, November 2024
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Why IndyCar needs to race in Mexico
Announced attendance numbers should always be taken with a pinch of salt, but based on televised overhead images, the quoted…
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Speed Monarch book review: Eric Fernihough the bike king
First things first – pronunciation. Although in Yorkshire it’s said with a ‘huff’, our Eric preferred ‘Ferni-ho’. Sounds a little…
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Christmas racing collectibles
This is one for the future. If you’re interested in investing in models that are likely to appreciate, I have…
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F1 celebrates 75 years but don’t forget these other anniversaries
As we motor into another winter three variably thought-provoking anniversaries beckon. Seventy-five years ago, on December 15, 1949, a group…
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‘Medieval war at the Osterreichring’; — from the archives
Österreichring, austria, August 13, 1972 It is easy to forget that the permanent race-track, in the hills overlooking the village…
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New TAG Heuer Senna watch is engraved with image of the F1 champion
With a history in motor sport that dates back more than a century, TAG Heuer has enjoyed associations with some…
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Is BMW about to enter MotoGP?
BMW has never tried to win the MotoGP world championship. The German manufacturer made a vague attempt in the 1950s,…
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What will president Donald Trump mean for electric car production?
By the time you read this the fact that Donald Trump has become the first person since Grover Cleveland in…
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2025 Porsche Macan Turbo Electric review: there’s something missing…
It would be understandable, perhaps even expected, for the usually unflappably confident Porsche to be just a little nervous about…
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