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Jim Russell’s Downham Market workshops helped put Grand Prix on screen
Forget Oxfordshire’s Motorsport Valley. If you want real racing heartland take a look at Norfolk. Obviously there is Snetterton race…
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ExCel’s Formula E finale: Wehrlein takes a second title as Gen4 looms
August 15, 2026 Excel, London The 12th Formula E season reached its climax at the ExCel London Circuit, with the drivers’…
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer…
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Why McLaren’s Zandvoort set-up allowed Lando Norris to beat Antonelli
Netherlands August 21-23 Lando Norris made it two grand prix wins on the trot with victory for McLaren in a…
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Marcus Ericsson’s Markham masterclass came down to seven crucial laps
He never pulled up any trees in Formula 1 and, even during his subsequent IndyCar career, Marcus Ericsson has struggled…
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Why Formula 1 has staged grands prix under some very misleading names
5. Pacific GP not by the Pacific The Seto Inland Sea GP doesn’t really hold the same cachet as Pacific…
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Dallara IR-28: IndyCar’s 2028 car targets more power, less weight and closer racing
It’s been ages since we had a new Indycar Sure has. The current Dallara DW12 – named in honour of…
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Ain-Diab: the road circuit that hosted Moss’s last-gasp 1958 title bid
Here is a lost circuit, and a story, that often comes up when dedicated fans get together for one of…
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Alex Brundle’s Lola T292 reaches “done-ish” after a year of historic race preparation
There’s always a bit more to be done to a car, however long you feel you’ve left a top engineering…
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Jakob Ebrey swaps his camera for a Porsche 944 in a busy BTCC summer
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IndyCar, NASCAR and IMSA: three answers to the same technical dilemma
As Formula 1 continues to grapple with the riddle of how much electrification and road car relevance translates to grand…
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Gary Watkins traces GT3’s 20-year journey from Ratel’s idea to global category
No writer is better in tune with international sports car racing than Motor Sport contributor Gary Watkins. So who better…
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Why Formula 1 trophies can be harder to value than the cars that won them
Racing trophies are a rare collectible, purely because they can be among the most unpredictable of Formula 1 ephemera. Values…
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Frank Halford and the Halford Special: <i>Motor Sport’s</i> 1926 Brooklands interview
The centenary celebrations of the first grand prix to be staged in Britain were held recently at Brooklands, and the…
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Enzo Ferrari’s chequebook: what Lauda’s 1977 pay row revealed
According to Niki Lauda, after he had named the fee – in Austrian schillings – that he wanted to sign…
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Simon de Burton on Desder’s six-piece D001 and its Motor Valley connection
Followers of GT World Challenge may have seen the announcement that the series has a new ‘presenting partner’ in the…
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Phil Vincent’s clever chassis ideas made his motorcycles decades ahead of their time
This year’s Goodwood Revival (September 18-20) pays homage to a short-lived but legendary motorcycle maker. Vincent Motorcycles was founded in…
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BRM’s V16 and the Silverstone debut that tested British Racing Motors
It is possible that I am going to look foolish writing this the day after the Belgian Grand Prix –…
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Alpine A390: three electric motors can’t turn a 2.1-tonne SUV into an A110
This may not be the car readers of this august journal have been waiting for, for these last 10 years,…
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