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Matters of moment, September 2014
Following our revealing interview with FIA president Jean Todt last month, you may recall that we posted a copy of…

Following our revealing interview with FIA president Jean Todt last month, you may recall that we posted a copy of…
The thoughts of chairman Lauda, why politically correct is incorrect In a changing world there is always Niki Lauda, and…
Advertising feature 7min 54sec! How the new Renaultsport Mégane 275 Trophy-R smashed the front-wheel-drive lap record at the Nürburgring’s fearsome…
Behind the superficially innocuous mid-season ban on FRICS (front-rear inter-connected suspension) is a story of classic F1 intrigue and below-the-radar…
My top six Formula 1 cars Formula 1’s finest technical brain of its generation – arguably of all time –…
Great Britain & Germany Rd 8 Silverstone, July 6 2014 1 Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes W05 – 2hr 26min 52.094sec 2 Valtteri…
London’s new circuit Battersea selected for Formula E fixture | By Gary Watkins Formula E has set out its stall…
United colours of NASCAR NASCAR’s top teams have formed Race Team Alliance (RTA) to “explore common interests, reduce costs and…
Formula One Circuits From Above Bruce Jones In principle the idea is excellent: tap into the miracle of Google Earth…
‘Steady’ Eddie Riders from the United States of America won all but three of the 16 500cc world championships between…
VSCC celebrates in style New events mark club’s 80th anniversary | By Paul Lawrence The Vintage Sports-Car Club will celebrate…
When they were new An original road test taken from the Motor Sport archives, October 1965 | by Denis Jenkinson…
New division at Jaguar D-type homage spearheads specials department | by Andrew Frankel Jaguar has announced its own in-house ‘Special…
A concept that became reality | by Andrew Frankel We landed at Inverness Airport and they’d positioned the i8s on…
Speed meets sophistication as GM’s brute matures I never mind being in a minority of one in this business. The…
Ingolstadt’s tiddler packs lots of punch... for a hefty price This should be a recipe for laughing yourself silly. The…
Swedes set to challenge German performance specialists Long before I drove this new ‘Polestar’ version of the V60 hatch, I…
Letter of the month Fear of the past? Watching coverage of the German GP qualifying session, I was struck by…
In 1930 Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin defied Bentley by supercharging its beloved 4½. Eighty-four years on, we take an unforgettable…
Brett Lunger has always been understated, self-analytical, supremely fit and serious. That was his manner back in the 1970s when…
Is it all over for Robert Kubica? So the final piece of the 2018 line-up falls into place with the – not unexpected – news that Sergey Sirotkin will partner…
OK, so it looks like we are not going to get the mooted twin turbos or turbo V8s – but we will almost certainly be getting 1000bhp+ versions of the…
Among the many moves in the Formula 1 driver market that will play out in 2021, the arrival of Mick Schumacher at Haas is one of the most intriguing. The…
65 years ago, three drivers made their world championship debuts at the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix: Bernie Ecclestone, Graham Hill and Cliff Allison would each make their F1 mark in very different ways