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'Is it right to penalise drivers for breaking track limits by millimetres? Actually, yes it is': Johnny Herbert
Track limits and the rule on crossing the white line reared its head again at the Austrian Grand Prix. In…
Track limits and the rule on crossing the white line reared its head again at the Austrian Grand Prix. In…
Right now, Toyota boasts three manual-transmission performance cars. Naming other carmakers who can claim the same is a depressingly short…
What do the Range Rover and Porsche 911 have in common? Only that they have both been so successful that,…
There’s something for lesser Audis to learn from this flagship saloon. How pleasing it is to see a truly rapid…
Horological historians will know that Abraham-Louis Breguet is best associated with the development of the tourbillon – and since he…
Hungarian Grand Prix July 29-31 If there’s one race that stands out from a highly crowded July – during which…
I’m glad I can open this review with the Darl’mat versions of the Peugeots which raced successfully at Le Mans…
Scholarly. That’s the best word for this discussion on the future of automotive history. It’s hard to summarise how much…
John Watson came to England from Northern Ireland to make his name in 1969. His natural talent was immediately recognised…
I’m going back to 1993, and it’s one that got away – my great rival Joachim Winkelhock beating me to…
Not quite the BBC, perhaps, but this was typical of the Brazilian broadcasting art in 1987. Apart from his attire…
I read with interest your recognition of the recent passing of Tony Brooks [Matters of Moment, July]. As an eight-year-old,…
As you might imagine, compiling a top-30 list of motor racing’s pivotal happenings was a headache of formidable proportions. Through…
It seemed only right to go back. I was here 11 years ago in the very first product created by…
McLaren was never not going to race the Artura and with the 720S looking after the GT3 category, GT4 is…
It nearly didn’t happen. Jost capito was a step away from retirement when he agreed to join Williams Racing as…
New Zealander Brendon Hartley won Le Mans for the third time this summer, an impressive feat in itself, but he…
Fate has a reputation for moving in mysterious ways, but can sometimes be unexpectedly productive. When watchmaker and motor sport…
Good grief. I haven’t sat in this since I climbed out at Brands Hatch in 1972, having just buried it…
Italian racing cars from the 1950s don’t come much more ‘quintessential’ than this spectacular Maserati A6GCS/53, one of the 48…
A retired Grand Prix driver told me recently that he was struggling to retain much interest in the 2015 season. For one thing, he said, the endless paddock dissension had…
Aston Martin was going to fight for overall Le Mans victory with its Valkyrie hypercar, then cancelled its plans. But Andrew Frankel is hearing (and seeing) that the project may well be back on for 2023
Hayden made his MotoGP debut in Japan 2003 for the Repsol Honda Team and just two years later finished in third position in the championship behind Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri. The…
“I’m not comfortable being here,” said Lewis Hamilton in December, honing in on Saudi Arabia’s “terrifying” laws for the LGBTQ+ community. Formula 1’s most prominent figure added his voice to…