May 2025

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Brundle & Warwick: our front row seats for Ayrton Senna’s 1985 Estoril masterclass

Martin Brundle “It’s 40 years ago but naturally I remember Ayrton Senna’s performance in the rain. I was very familiar…

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Lotus 97T: Ayrton Senna’s Estoril annihilator

A proper gobsmack moment. That’s the best way to describe the sensation of seeing Ayrton Senna’s 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix-winning…

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Is Max Verstappen’s F1 crown slipping?

The new season is upon us; the intrigue of the reshuffled driver line-ups about to play out, Lewis Hamilton at…

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Here comes the rain again

The key moment of decision in the Australian Grand Prix came on lap 44 with the sudden heavy shower just…

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Off the pace, is Lawson about to lose his Red Bull seat?

Last year’s long-running Red Bull saga about whether Sergio Pérez’s contract would be terminated short after a series of disappointing…

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Word on the beat

After being denied entry to the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris for refusing to sign a nondisclosure…

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The legendary 1955 Mille Miglia rediscovered: new photos of Moss and Jenks’ win unearthed

The greatest story ever told,” we proclaimed in 2005 on the 50th anniversary of Stirling Moss’s epochal victory on the…

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Why practice made perfect for Moss and Jenks’ 1955 Mille Miglia win

Stirling Moss’s first experience of Italy’s tremendous classic road race came in 1951, upon his debut as a works Jaguar…

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Moss & Jenks: the other years

“Some years ago there was a popular ballad entitled Trees and the last line ran, ‘…but only God can make…

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Chip Ganassi: an American winner

Chip Ganassi has a one-word answer when asked what keeps him coming back to motor racing year after year... “Winning.”…

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Tragedy at Montjuich Park

Can it really have been 50 years ago? I remember the events of April 25-27, 1975 almost as if they…

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Counting the cost

The four men who lost their lives were: Antonio Ballarri, a 28-year-old Barcelona journalist; Joaquín Morera Benaches, a 52-year-old fire…

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Giancarlo Fisichella: 'I raced for Ferrari, won in F1 and at Le Mans. All but one of my dreams came true'

Giancarlo Fisichella notched up more than 200 starts over a 14-season Formula 1 career that took him from Minardi to…

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Historic racing: 2025 calendar

Donington Historic Festival (May 2-4) A new era begins for promoter Motor Racing Legends, now owned by racer and historics…

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The Lola T70 that miraculously survived racing’s hardest chargers

Were this car a battle-hardened soldier, it would have been the type on which fortune inexplicably smiled, the type who…

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You gotta Röhrl with it

This very early Porsche 911 2-litre might appear relatively ordinary at first glance. And it was, until 30 years into…

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Citroën 2CV built to tackle Sahara sells for £52k

1964 CitroËn 2CV Sahara Sold by Artcurial, £52,180 Citroën’s solution to making a four-wheel-drive 2CV was simply to put one…

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Drivers on parade, Kyalami, 1973

March 3, 1973 Kyalami, South Africa Back row, from left: Peter Revson, Jackie Stewart, François Cevert, Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda,…