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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…
Susie Wolff has joined Williams as a development driver, and the Mercedes DTM veteran will undertake some aerodynamic running –…
The ongoing management shuffle at Williams Grand Prix Holdings took an unexpected turn when Adam Parr resigned from his role…
The future of group Lotus has been thrown into doubt following the sale of its parent company proton. It is…
Nine-time motorbike world champion Valentino Rossi made his second international race start on four wheels at the opening round of…
The race debut of the all-new Toyota TS030 Hybrid has been delayed until the Le Mans 24 Hours following a…
Chrysler is to take on Ferrari, Porsche and Chevrolet with the new-generation Dodge Viper in the American Le Mans Series.…
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…
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…
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…
Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche has died at the age of 76. The eldest son of Ferry and grandson of company…
This team owner, who made a memorable impact on British saloon and sports car racing with his red and gold…
The designer of the 1959 Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 has died at the age of 85. Cutting became…
Bill Stone, who has died after a long illness, was an accomplished racer but he will be best remembered as…
Toyota technical director Pascal Vasselon is unhappy about BoP and the “expensive” route that the WEC has taken Toyota motor sport technical director Pascal Vasselon says he wants to enter…
Nico Hülkenberg will again drive for Aston Martin in place of Sebastian Vettel at this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the team has announced. Vettel tested positive for Covid-19 prior…
For many decades the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s ‘Gasoline Alley’ was packed with cars during the month of May but in recent years the Indianapolis 500 has struggled to fill the…
Years ago I concluded an interview with Bernie Ecclestone with a question about his relationship with Max Mosley. We all sit there in the press room, I said, and endlessly…