September 2025

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British GP or Le Mans Classic?

What the racing gods give with one hand they take with the other. Earlier this summer the FIA announced that…

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Alain Prost is Goodwood’s star turn

At this year’s Festival of Speed we witnessed another celebration of Formula 1’s 75th anniversary – although as you’d expect,…

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Porsche’s ready-made route into F1: will it join the grid at last?

The valuation of a Formula 1 team may seem an esoteric consideration for F1 followers. But it can have a…

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Karun Chandhok: Likeable Laurent Mekies can steady the red Bull ship

It’s been a busy month in the Formula 1 world with races coming thick and fast and a huge celebration…

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Oliver Rowland wins Formula E title with nerves of steel

Oliver Rowland Formula E 13/7/25 A foregone conclusion? Perhaps, in the wake of Oliver Rowland’s remarkable sprint this term to four…

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Top F1 teams in the Horner era

5. Renault/Lotus/Alpine ‘Team Enstone’ makes this list on the basis of form that is fast becoming a distant memory. In…

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Brough Superior motorbike gets a Richard Mille makeover

Motorcycle of the month – BROUGH superior RMB01 Woooaah – what’s this? This is the ultimate watch-turned superbike tie-in you…

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Jacarepagua: When Formula 1 raced in Rio

Jacarepaguá rose from the ruins of the old Autódromo Nova Caledônia in Rio de Janeiro, with work on the new…

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From Watkins Glen classics to secret supercars at Silverstone: my month in racing

Through April and into July I managed 12 consecutive weekends of racing. Back to back I did Spa, Brands Hatch…

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Racing at its most spectacular: July 2025 through the lens of Jakob Ebrey

The motor sport month through the lens of Jakob Ebrey Jakob Ebrey’s racing life never stops. The 47-year-old, who employees…

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Why American racing drivers have more fun

Ask drivers who came up through the international road racing ranks what they like most about racing in America and…

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The book with a power boost

Three big hardback volumes in a slipcase, comprising 1960 pages and 665,000 words, illustrated by 3584 photographs, technical drawings and…

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Sign them up: cars with autographs means money

For some, getting a scale model car signed isn’t enough. To those of us lucky enough to have an automobile…

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Why overweight electric cars are not the answer

Not too far into the Austrian GP at the hilly Red Bull Ring, it was noticeable how many rolls of…

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Jim Clark’s best-ever season

Jim Clark's 1965 diary January 1st Clark celebrates New Year and his almost full recovery from a slipped disc –…

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Tudor watch follows in the F1 tyre tracks of Racing Bulls

Think big name watch brands with links to motor sport and the two obvious ones that spring to mind are…

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Mat Oxley: Yamaha – the V4 grand prix trailblazers

Yamaha is currently building an all-new MotoGP bike, because its current YZR-M1 is no longer competitive. The M1 is powered…

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Will a Lotus still be a Lotus if its Hethel factory closes?

Is Lotus really going to shut its Hethel factory? Personally, and despite the company saying it has “no plans” to…

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2025 Bentley Bentayga Speed review

If you’ve watched the Netflix series Yellowstone you will want to go to Montana. If you haven’t it comes highly…

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Jaguar roars again in Berlin ePrix

After a demanding weekend in Jakarta in mid-June, where we came away with a sixth-place finish courtesy of Nick Cassidy,…