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Matters of moment, March 2017
"You have picked a fine time to join Motor Sport,’ quipped contributor Paul Fearnley, ‘a new era in every sense.’…

"You have picked a fine time to join Motor Sport,’ quipped contributor Paul Fearnley, ‘a new era in every sense.’…
Bernie loses his grip on F1 A look back on Bernie Ecclestone's extraordinary rise to power and the legacy that…
Alén set for Race Retro Finn and former rival Vatanen commit to rally demo Rally aces Markku Alén and Ari…
How real are Ferrari's hints at a second 'home team'? Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne recently made noises again about the…
Pat Symonds is not retiring and we almost certainly haven’t seen the last of him in Formula 1. But his…
Prodrive Impreza headlines Hall of Fame auction One of the most important cars from Prodrive’s rally history will go under…
Think qualifying for the Indy 500 is easy? Think again... Indy is out on its own. Those four solo qualifying…
Ferrari is more than a business - it's a calling In his fascinating and often touching epilogue to a new…
Getting hurt is a given in motorcycle racing. Injuries can be important, to say the least, but usually more important…
Fulfilling a Bathurst dream Ah, the off season! that PART of the year when drivers get to spend a bit…
In a class of his own Dan Gurney celebrates his 86th birthday on April 13. The great man has aged…
Audi tops Detroit exhibits New design language revealed at a shrinking show Those filing out of the Cobo Hall on…
Sharpened in every area, and gunning for Porsche A dozen years ago AMG was a pretty straightforward kind of in-house…
New engine adds serious urge to related but very different cars However they might appear in the flesh, the biggest…
Still brutally quick, but a thorough revamp has softened its manner Years after it first appeared and with no sign…
Hot and bothered The Ford GT40 in February’s Dream Garage must have been somewhat civilised during its rebuild. We drove…
Lola T70 The Racing History & Individual Chassis Record John Starkey This is already well known to automotive bibliophiles, having…
Ressence Every watch company likes to think it is doing something original, producing products quite unlike those made by its…
Alfa's Tipo B Monoposto wasn't motor racing's first single-seater, but it defined a design direction that endures in the Grand…
Adolf Hitler was first to take advantage of the opportunity offered by modern international sport to ambitious leaders looking for…
You don’t win world championships by panicking. This is what Sebastian Vettel told me once: “To be honest, you don’t worry too much about what is behind you. If there…
As I hope you will see from my final Motor Sport column (out on December 31st), Martin Brundle was in excellent form when we met for lunch 10 days after…
Well, the Mercs still have it – Lewis Hamilton took his third win from four and the Ferraris never had quite the raw pace needed to beat him – but…
Alex Palou took a scintillating pole for the 2023 Indianapolis 500, with high drama at the back of the field too